Multi pin slider

[wilcox1088]

What's the best five pin adjustable sight on the market? Looking to have 20-60 with the ability to shoot 80+. I have a single pin black gold but looking for something different. Going on a mule deer hunting in September and am kind of worried about being restricted to one pin and having to let down to adjust

[txoutdoorsman24]

Spot-Hogg gets my vote. Can have up to 7 pins.

[Texastaxi]

Why would you need multiple pins AND a slider?
I thought the slider functioned to eliminate all but one pin.

[DapperDan]

I shoot an axcel and love it. 3 pins and adjust out to 80 as of now. You can go 5 pin but honestly it's overkill on pins. It also has a quick adjust so you can adjust it to known yardage you set without looking at it. Mine are set at 20, 30, and 40


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[hgiles]

I shoot the boss hogg set up as a 5 pin slider. My 5th pin is my slide pin and it works well. Really like that set up. I can slide out to 140

[Texastaxi]

So, once you slide the multiple pins, is only one pin used?
Surely, if you set them at 20, 30 and 40 and then slide it down, those same pins will not be "on" at 50, 60 and 70.

[wilcox1088]

With five you can have them at a fixed position from 20-60 and use your bottom pin as the adjustment out to 70-100

[Texastaxi]

Oh, so only one pin slides?

[Seacoal]

Why would you need multiple pins AND a slider?
I thought the slider functioned to eliminate all but one pin.

Kevin, the reason I shoot a 3 pin slider is because I don't want to have to take the time to roll my sight inside of 40 where I do 90% of my hunting, but if I need to take a shot out to 60 still be able to without having a cluttered sight picture.
Say I was sitting a stand that's 21 yards to the feeder and a buck all of a sudden pushes a doe across a trail behind the feeder at 37 yards. Instead of having to reach down and roll my single pin out to that range, I just draw, stop him, and shoot. Just my .02 on the subject

[bmc09]

So, once you slide the multiple pins, is only one pin used?
Surely, if you set them at 20, 30 and 40 and then slide it down, those same pins will not be "on" at 50, 60 and 70.

only the bottom pin is used when sliding to farther distance.
mine is set to 20, 30, and 40. 40 yard pin is my sliding pin

[wilcox1088]

My big deal is I am worried that with a sing pin if I draw on something at say 30 and he busts out to 50 or 60 I don't want to have to let down and readjust but still want the ability to shoot out to 80 if I need to

[DapperDan]

Multi pin slider

Oh, so only one pin slides?

They all move. But it's the entire sight housing moving up and down. The pins stay fixed inside the housing on my axcel. Roll it back to your zero and your pins are back to where you set them. When you dial you use the bottom pin only at what ever distance you dial.


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[Shane]

So, once you slide the multiple pins, is only one pin used?
Surely, if you set them at 20, 30 and 40 and then slide it down, those same pins will not be "on" at 50, 60 and 70.

The gaps between pins get bigger at longer distances, so they won't be at 50, 60, and 70.

I don't have a slider yet, but I've been wanting to get one. I want a 3-pin slider. I'd set them at 20, 30 and 40, and then adjust distances past that (using the 40 pin, even though they'd all be moving). Having the 20, 30 and 40 would have the vast majority of hunting situations covered without the need to dial in a distance. But if I ever get a shot at an elk or mule deer or something at 50-80, then the slider would be awesome. I wouldn't take a shot at that distance at a whitetail, and I wouldn't take one that far at any animal that was moving or if I was rushed. But if an elk was standing broadside at 77 yards and I had enough time to range and set the pin for the shot (and I didn't have a 30mph crosswind, etc...), then I'd take that shot.

[csvs71]

Spot Hogg

I used to have a 5 Pin SH, then moved to the 3 Pin Slider and now I am using their Double Pin on a Tommy Hogg Chassy and could not be happier. The outer ring alignment is fantastic in low light.

[Arrowsmith]

I have shot single pin adjustable since the mid 90's. My first one was a Sight Master with a clear Specialty Archery scope.

I have shot HHA for the last 10-15 years.

With that being said I am going to a multi pin slider.

The single pin adjustable is great for hunting over a feeder. No problem.....but when you are elk hunting and you basically have one shot for 5 grand (guided hunt) at a bull elk and that bull could be at 70 yards or 53 yards or 41 yards or 32 yards or 26 yards or 8 yards.....you get the idea. It adds a lot of stress to your hunt.

You say.....well all you have to do is range the animal and adjust your sight. In most (nearly all) scenarios you do not have enough time to range the elk and adjust your sight, clip on your release, draw your bow and make the shot.

This year we had a lot of shots that could have been 50 to 70 yards but also had shots that could have been at 10 yards. My default sight setting on my HHA was set at 35 yards, but when we were working bulls many times I had moved it to 55 and then back to 35 and then to 25 depending on what the bull was doing. It was wayyyy to stressful. I swore that I would never elk hunt again without a multi pin sight.

I am switching to a custom Montana Black Gold Ascent Verdict with the Backdraft head, 6" dove tail mount, four pins set at 25, 35, 45, 55 with the bottom pin being my floater. The floater will go out to 100. My pins will be 25 yard .019 green, 35 .019 red, 45 .010 green, 55 .010 Red. I may add a 5th pin for 65 yards.

I am keeping my HHAs in case I don't like the multi pin slider for feeder hunting which is basically known distance hunting.....set it at 25 and your good to go for most all feeder shots, but I am not going thru the stress again of using a single pin slider for elk hunting.