3 Pin Bow Sight - Fiber, Brass Pin, Aluminum Machined - Right and Left Handed

Got back into archery after 50 years -- bought a Sage Samick take-down recurve (40#) and after nearly missing my basement target (2.5 ft square) several times I decided to try a sight. Sights at my local stores were pretty expensive ($50 - $150), so I decided to try a budget one. For $15 I'm very impressed at the quality: The mounting and adjustment hardware is cast aluminum and very sturdy; The sighting ring is some kind of very hard plastic. I suppose you could break it if you really tried, but it also seems rock solid. It took a while to get mounted since I, at first, thought that the screws were the wrong size -- they didn't want to go into the inserts in the bow. After checking out every other possible screw size at my local hardware store, I discovered that lacquer had gotten in the holes when the bow was made, and you just had to grit your teeth and force the screws in the first time. It's easy to take the sight off to store the bow in the take-down case (two mounting screws), and the the sight position remains the same when re-mounted. Adjustments are pretty basic -- you loosen things up, move them, and tighten them again. However, the scales engraved on all the moving parts allow you to make very small, accurate movements -- just remember to notice where they are set before you loosen the screw(s)! Once the screws are tightened, nothing ever moves. I saw ads for peep sights to go in the string, but my string won't separate at the place where it should go, so I wrapped and tied a short piece of dental floss around the string there as a sighting aid. I'm thinking about trying some paint, but will wait until I have a spare string, just in case it doesn't like the paint base. How does it work? Well, after some adjustment and practice time, I'm now putting three arrows into a 2 inch diameter circle at 10 yards consistently. (I'm afraid to shoot more than 3 at a time for fear I'll "Robin Hood" one of them.) I will be trying it out at longer ranges when the weather improves. This is, without a doubt, the most accurate I have ever been with a bow. Frankly, there doesn't seem to be any good reason to "move up" to a more expensive sight.

Very nice. Built well, installed easily (Allen wrenches were included, which is a nice plus, as they often are not). and it seems to work. Excellent price.

My Wife recently developed an interest in Archery and got a good (though not high-end) recurve bow and I wanted to get her a good (though not high-end) sight for it as a Christmas present. This sight appears very well made with key components from milled aluminum to maintain consistent alignment. It doesn't bother me that the view ring is a composite plastic, as, unless the mounting itself gets damaged, it is not critical to aiming and, given the thickness of the plastic, any force which would damage the ring structurally would likely also damage her bow. The fiber optic sights could be a bit brighter but are satisfactory. It was very easy to install, as her bow was already pre-drilled and had threaded bushings. She hasn't tried shooting with it yet, so I can't say how easy it is to align or how well it helps with accuracy--that will be for after Christmas. For those worried about the Cancer warning, just be aware that California Prop-65 and similar warnings are often irrelevant. At this point, with so many items added to the list since Prop-65 was established, the list is mostly a method for lawyers to make money on lawsuits and undeserving people to make money on out-of-court settlements. I recently bought Pine Nuts from CA which had a Prop 65 warning on them, because Pine Nuts are harvested in the wild and, after decades in the 50's and 60's of leaded gasoline and California's famous inversion layer which leads to smog, there is simply no way for anyone to guarantee there won't be any traces of lead in *any* naturally grown products from CA, not even products of organic farming. Farmers aren't going to spend huge amounts of money testing all of their soil. For CYA, those who want to sell products in California routinely put warnings on their products when they have no reason to suspect there is anything harmful about them, just to avoid million-dollar lawsuits in case they happen to have something on the long laundry list of potentially harmful items and didn't warn customers of the possibility.

This turned out to be exactly what I was looking for. It locks up good and secure no rattle points. It's simple and light weight. The round pin guard is plastic the rest is aluminum. It's a pretty straight forward sight. This replaces an old single pin movable sight that was making noise. I didn't want micro adjust this and that. It's for a hunting bow and it's nice and quiet. I hate shooting a bow with rattles and squeaks. This sight put the confidence and pleasure back into my bow.

For the money, it's a good sight. I bought this to replace a sight that wouldn't adjust properly on a kids bow. I wouldn't recommend it on a decked out hunting bow that might see some abuse in the field. It's of plastic construction and could break easy. But this isn't a top of the line sight and it's not priced like one. It worked well for my needs. Easy adjustment and hit right on target. But like I said, I put this on a kids bow with a 29lb draw weight. It does have a hole to install a rheostat light if you choose to do so.

You get what you pay for, and in this case the low price justifies the quality tradeoffs from more expensive sights. The mounting arm is solid, and the sight body itself, which is a plastic material, is decent enough quality. Pins themselves are rather large, and there is very little length to the fiber portion to get good light collection. Don't expect to shoot in low light with this. The level, while nice to have, is super small and either out of the way or difficult to see depending on your preferences. I picked one of these up used from Amazon and it arrived like new, but for $12 shipped I don't regret the purchase. I am looking to upgrade already, but once I do that will be a $100+ sight rather than the $30-50 versions from other manufacturers. Update (1/3/15): My first archery deer was taken using this sight in November, and it performed well. The sight isn't terribly bright in really low light, but is satisfactory until the last 15 minutes of legal hunting hours. I did end up torquing my shot slightly on the deer, which I attribute to my not paying attention to the very small level. Having purchased this sight allowed me to understand what I was looking for in a replacement, and I ended up purchasing a second hand Sword Apex Hunter with 0.010" pins. Note that this is also an inexpensive sight, but it has a larger level, significantly smaller pins, and collects more light for brighter pins towards the limits of legal shooting hours. I will keep the reviewed sight for backup purposes, as it performed well and may be used for another bow in the future.

Well made for the price!

Works great easy to set up looks good