What’s the Deal with Pendulum Sights?

November 6th, 2008 / Posted by edersbow.com

Question: Compare a fixed pin to a pendulum sight on a bow shooting over 300 fps from a elevated stand.

Answer: A pendulum sight has about the accuracy potential of three sight pins set for 10, 20 and 25 yards. The pendulum and sight pins are comparable in their maximum range. If you hold the 25-yard pin dead- on, you will hit the vitals of whitetail deer out to approximately 33 yards with an arrow traveling 300 fps. The same can be said of the pendulum at that speed. But, the pendulum has an advantage in this scenario over the three sight pins. With the pendulum you don’t have to estimate range, something that will limit the effectiveness of the pins unless the bowhunter is really adept at this tough skill or uses a laser rangefinder or has marked references and excellent composure during the moment of truth.

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