Archery Sight Basics, Adjustments PLUS Tips and Tricks You NEED to Know

[@garyhiggins6718]

Thank you Jake for another great video. What you are doing for the Archery community is marvellous and you explain things so well! I used to shoot 36lbs so always had to shoot with the sight on the inside of the riser at 100 yds. Then they came up with carbon arrows 😊😊😊!

[@elinahalla]

I have had a really hard time with my sight and it was frustrating because I just didn't get it until I stumbled this video. Than you Jake you made my shooting a whole lot easier❤️

[@kevinboris5047]

I like the confidence you have to rock that pink bow.

[@phantomcruizer]

Excellent informative video that no one on KZbin comes close to!…including sight manufacturers!! Thanks for posting.

[@MuthuPandiFlyhigh]

Thank u for the video came to check how to adjust the sighter for my son as his sighter is lowered the the possible measurement and he is no way near the board because of lower draw length. Using this video learnt we can adjust the sighter bar too to get the distance. Thank u so much.

[@piangfuann]

Your videos have been very helpful with my very first indoor season as a novice archer (2 gold 2 bronze and one trophy) and I only started in October 2021. Thank you for your service to the archery community! Hola out if you ever come to the UK!

[@stephandelarue9379]

Hey Jake great video …sometime I think by myself this guy us reading minds…outdoor season is coming and this report is now really helpful to set the sight I the right way Thanks also for your channel, I’m proud to be a Patreon 👍

[@dilsuper]

Thank you! for the informative video.

[@lordcarnorjax8599]

A sight is one of those things that you really want to buy once, cry once because the cheap sights are pretty bad for adjustability, will rattle loose and drive you crazy till you buy a better one. The Avalon Tec One carbon is probably cheapest sight I'd recommend but you'll still want to take some purple Loctite to it to stop it rattling loose. If you can go for a Shibuya Double Click or W&W WS600 which are mid range sights you'll be better off again. Those sights aren't as micro adjustable as the Shibuya Ultima or Axcel Achieve (the two best sights on the market) but are rock solid. Learning what effect a sight setting change at each distance is certainly something you need to know. I've spent hours shooting at various distances and adjusting the sight to see the effects. It's all written down in notebooks that are kept in my quiver and bow bag. Helped me out on the weekend when shooting a tournament in some very windy conditions. So windy I had a miss at 60M with a poor shot, can't remember the last time I had a miss at outdoor target.

[@URAHARAVFX]

Thanks bro you really helped me ❤

[@dan123ha]

Good information on basics of sights.

[@evonnesakhrani9515]

Hi jake , great work you're doing for the community , I've read some other comments on your videos , a lot of them say to compare and review the axcel contour Pro brady ellison tab with the ksl tab , I'm sure the whole community wants it , please can you make that video ?

[@VarnasBaltas]

Uuhhh thanks for that tip! Of putting the sight backwards. I'll probably need it when shooting far distances.

[@kaneng1930]

To determine the direction of adjustment with the knob, use you left hand. Curl your index to little finger clockwise and stick up your thumb, that means the pin is going to move up if you turn the knob clockwise. This can also be used for windage knob too.

[@shano81]

No one explained it to me so cleverly before. Under rated comment!

[@StanielP]

Sweet I already knew that but appreciate the experience

[@pequodexpress]

Is it necessary to change anchor point and line-of-sight when moving from instinctive aiming to sight aiming? I brought my son to archery class early to tinker with a basic sight, which my son was using for the first time. I wanted him to experiment with using the sight and begin to learn how to dial in the settings. His coach came over and immediately started correcting a variety of issues with anchor point and line of sight, which he claimed had to change when using a sight versus instinctive aiming.

[@boboconnor9898]

I changed mounting location of the vertical sight bar mounting to the horizontal bar, moving it up one set of holes. This helped me get more distance as well. Do you see an issue with this method - as long as you can still shoot 18m?

[@hood18ful]

Amazing content !

[@raudhahstore__]

so, the closer the pin sight to the eye, the upper the arrow on the target, right?

[@EdmunddelaRiviere]

You need to add that sigt in that color pattern to your store.

[@PennNative]

Fantastic video sir.

[@naomivolain2492]

Thank you, Jake! If you move the sight bar back, does that mean that you'll need to draw back more?

[@mmagpalo]

do y'all have some spare bow...?? kinda need it for a competition, but don't have the budget to actually buy one. I love archery with all of my heart

[@lofispacevibe]

Do i have to do walk back tuning or i just have to move the sight for up and down left and right ?

[@TheMoonarc]

Excellent content, Thanks

[@agpoetrycorner]

Great info again! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Regarding future videos, can you talk about breathing during the shot execution?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmmnq4mAediasKc Have you seen this video?

[@agpoetrycorner]

Thank you!! I thought I have seen all your videos...

[@tonycontreras7733]

How do I decide how far my sight pin protrudes past the riser?

[@BeastModeMTB]

Thank you I’ll try following the arrow. What if the distance changes? Do u bring the black bar back forward?

[@leonorgodinho7992]

Hi Jake can you please advice me, my daughter is 13 year old, she need to buy recurve bow what pound should I buy for her to shoot 60 to 70 mts it would be great help thank you

[@Australian_Made]

#©#©# I have NO PROBLEMS shooting 70m competitively at my club with 25·2# offf the fingers .... BUT NOTE my gear ... 26# SF Axiom+ beginner limbs , at my 26·5" Draw Length (limb bolts wound in a bit) , Medallion XR arrows , 267 grains TOTAL WEIGHT , 16 strand BCY 652 fastflight bowstring , Sight Bar needed to be moved back to only half of its full 9" extension. ..... Hence , I recommend going NO LOWER THAN 28# offf the fingers if you want to reliably reach 70m. Compared to me , the next lowest poundage shooter at my club is 30# , and his Sight Bar is fully extended out the front. 21st September 2022 reply ... Sorry that I'm late to the party.

[@Officialspidey01]

Bro awesome I just learned from you and I can say that yeah I am archer

[@kevinyael93]

Hello Jake, thanks for all your videos, I have a axcel rcx sight and I tight everything screw on my bow and sight, and still sounds like something is loose on the sight block, i think is the spring sistem than lock the block to move it up and down, you know if is a common problem on this sights o maybe I have something broken ?

[@StanielP]

Ayeee now we get to see winter Kaminski lol

[@philipsturtivant9385]

I stumbled on a video last week (Chris Hill/ Olympic archery) where he put the sight on the riser, so it faced backwards - then ran the pin up and down the rail to check that when it was moved up/ down the rail, it ran parallel to the bowstring. Mine didn't - O Wow!! So all last season, every vertical change I made, was creating lateral errors :-( It took all of 2 minutes to fix it - just reset the clamping bolts where the extension bar is fixed to the sight rail. Looking to shoot straight this summer . . . when I get my group size back to where I left it last year . . And how's about an update on how Heather is progressing?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Phillip, have you seen this video I made about this subject? kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5bKaZaXobeIoZo Heather's great, had to take time off from shooting for a few reasons but we have been talking about it more lately.

[@philipsturtivant9385]

@@JakeKaminskiArchery Sorry to hear Heather's been off her game. Hope all's good now. I guess I overlooked that video of yours. I watched it just now - so now I suspect the previous owner of my sight might have been following your advice 🙂

[@williambilse]

I'm glad you are pumping out regular content again.👍

[@kura607]

Im newbie, is 10m distance sight position is not the same as 30m distance? Do i have to adjust for different distance 10m 30m 50m?

[@CarstenBe]

Great tips :-)

[@izwanmohd]

the does sight mounted backward are competition legal?

[@jcgardner5852]

You are right getting people to move sights and in the right direction it can be difficult

[@BeastModeMTB]

Subscribed!!!!

[@handyonweekends]

Love your videos, Jake! Do you have an affiliate product link for this sight or sights you like?

[@mickdawson7404]

Hi Jake, Loved your video about sights, quick question, is there a minimum distance that a sight is useful, I'm in the UK and shoot in my back garden using a 30 lb bow at 16 metres, and try as I might cannot set it up, sight is a Avalon TEC X Recurve, any help or info would be nice :-)

[@thewiseowl]

Mike, your sight block should be near the top of your sight at 16m, there is almost no arrow drop at that distance so maybe go to 10m, put your sight pin at its highest position then shoot a few arrows. Hopefully they go lower than where you are aiming and you can move the sight pin down until it's dialled in. Otherwise I'm sure your local club will be happy to help.

[@mickdawson7404]

@@thewiseowl Thank you Daniel, have just seen your reply and will give it a try

[@mickdawson7404]

Am recovering from the dreaded long covid and need to get my strength back first though :-)

[@mgeelhoed1307]

Thank you Jake, for your info, can you do one on incorporating changes in your (ingrained) form. How to improve.

[@akhilghanghas5529]

Hi I am Akhil from India can you pls make a video regarding grip adjustment 🙂🙂🙂

[@archerybob1]

Insert joke here about "Jake with glasses" and not being able to reach 90m without moving sight in 🦖🤓

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Then I manned up and went with 53#s and had no issue.... still wouldn’t advise it haha

[@aeonarchery4539]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Australian_Made]

#©#©# I have NO PROBLEMS shooting 70m competitions at my club with 25·2# offf the fingers .... BUT NOTE my gear ... 26# SF Axiom+ beginner limbs , at my 26·5" Draw Length (limb bolts wound in a bit) , Medallion XR arrows , 267 grains TOTAL WEIGHT , 16 strand BCY 652 fastflight bowstring , Sight Bar needed to be moved back to only half of its full 9" extension. 21st September 2022 reply ... Sorry that I'm late to the party.