Sword Apex sight.... why?

Okay, I got my order from bowhunting.com today and pulled out the 1-piece Octane quiver. After spending a few minutes getting the thing out of the package (that is tricky:d ) I decided to put it on my 82nd. I screwed the bracket onto the rear of my Sword Apex 3rd Plane Micro sight and instantly noticed a problem. The knobb on the sight was in the way when I would try to twist the quiver on/off. I removed the knobb and noticed that I could take the top part of it off, I did that and it gave me just enough clearance to work. I just don't see the point of making the knobb sit so high that it would cause problems with quivers. I previously had a Treelimb quiver and I couldn't set my quiver vertically because of this knobb. It seems like a rather dumb design idea.

I don't like the look of a straight bold holding the sight into its bracket, but it will work for now. Next week I might see if my grandfather can give me some help on machining a new knobb that will work with Octane quiver.

P.S. I have my new strings on the bow, I am still waiting for my Loesch grip and my Octane stabilizer. I am gonna check to see if the stabilizer is still back ordered from Keystone Country Store tomorrow and if it is I am going to cancel the order and place another order here

 

Yes I agree... and there are several other sights (Toxonics to name one) that have the same issue. For that reason, I stray away from dovetailed sights.

And yes, removing the packaging from the Octane quiver is pretty difficult... I just had to start tearin' stuff apart!!

 

It works on my Viper but just barely. Same issue with the knob.

 

BM, make sure you mess with "all" of the available adjustments on that quiver. I had a similar issue with mine.

 

I had a similar issue with my CJ DN Comp II and my Softloc. Some dovetail sight manufacturers offer a bolt lock in place of the knurled knob so you can eliminate clearance issues. I know CJ does and so does Spott Hogg. I'm sure Sword does as well. You might want to look into that as well.

 

Ben, I messed around for awhile trying everything and still couldn't get it to clear.

Matt, I will check into that, I was thinking about seeing if my grandfather could get the knobb to sit a little lower (he was a metal machineist all his life), if not I was figuring of just leaving it how it is. It works now and has no downside beside looks.

P.S. I just ordered an 11.5" Octane from bowhunting.com I am sick of waiting around for Keystone Country Store. Now I just need my grip to come in and I will post some photos of the transformation.