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    #46
    Originally posted by rocky View Post
    Somewhere in this thread it may have been mentioned, but I may have missed it.
    Keep in mind, that when using a moveable site, whether single pin, or multi pin, once the housing is moved, your anchor will have to move to adjust.
    (usually you will have to relax off the string slightly, as most times you will be using the moveable for longer distances)
    Same as centering pins in a multi pin housing.
    With a fixed, multi pin housing, once you are aligned, (assuming your peep size fits the housing) you never have to "float" your anchor.
    Simply align peep with housing, put desired pin on target.
    In no way trying to detract from the moveable pin advantage, just making sure all pros and cons are discussed.
    Good point Rocky. There are several ways to go about getting a consistent anchor.

    Set your anchor at the most common distance you shoot, like 20 yards, then adjust for the longer distances. This has the advantage of only needing to move the anchor point down, but the distance the anchor needs to move will be greater than method two below.

    Set your anchor for the mid-range of the sight, then move up our down when the housing moves. This has the advantage of not moving the anchor much, only small moves when compared to the first method; but the anchor will move both up and down.

    We're not talking inches here, but millimeters, maybe centimeters at most.

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      #47
      Originally posted by Rat View Post
      On a multi-pin slider all the pins move, but only one is the reference pin.
      You have your three pins set, 20-30-40 and the bottom pin is the reference pin. This means that when using the sight as a fixed pin sight the sight pointer will be set to 40 yards, we call this the 'home position'; this way all the pins will hit 20-30-40 respectively.

      Once you move the wheel, whatever yardage the pointer is on is for the BOTTOM pin; ANY yardage, not just yardage beyond 40 yards (your longest fixed pin). If you set the pointer to 25 yards your bottom pin will be on at 25 yards. The bottom pin is the reference pin.

      The sight can be set up to have any pin be the reference pin but most people like to use the bottom pin, but the top pin can be used just as easily.

      Again, all the pins move, but once the sight is moved from the 'home position' only the reference pin is used.

      1) The 'Home Position' is where the pointer is set on the tape so the fixed pins are used at their pre-determined yardages.

      2) Once moved from the 'home position' ONLY the reference pin is used.

      3) The reference pin can be any pin you choose, most choose the bottom pin (to get the most distance) but it can just as easily be the top pin.

      4) The reference pin can be used for any distance on the dial, not just yardages longer than the longest fixed pin. IE, 25 yards, 35 yards etc. this eliminates gap shooting for ever!

      And Ragin' is right, archery is one huge mind game;confidence is key. So the first time you forget to move the dial and shoot a foot over the target, just laugh it off and move on!
      Just for a little more clarity of those that might think the pins themselves are moving, the whole site housing moves when you adjust yardage with the wheel. The pins themselves are afixed to the housing, and when you make adjustments with the wheel, the whole housing moves, not the individual pins within the housing. After you get your pins set up at your yardages, they stay in place. Whichever pin you decide to use as your 'floater' is the pin you use to shoot when you make yardage adjustments with the wheel.

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