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Old 09-22-2017, 09:09 PM
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LC .. Not apples to apples by any means but the main reason I
decided to go with a 3 pin Fast Eddie rather than a 2 pin was to hope to
avoid the exact situation that happened to you.

My only regret now that I've had time to shoot with the 3 pins (20, 25 and 30)
at target is that I wish I had gone with either a custom 4 pin or a standard 5 pin.

My reason for the 3 pin is to not have to think about or change my sight when
hunting and have the ability to use the longer range dial to use the same sight
for target and practice.

My tight tolerances for the 3 pin to be 5 yard increments is my choice most others would space the 3 pins at 10 yard incs.

That's fine a lot of other people shoot newer and faster bows and a lot of them
shoot longer DLs and 70lbs. I dont.

If you happen to be thinking about swapping out that 2 pin for a multi pin
I can only suggest that you go with at least a 4 pin custom or a 5 pin standard. Weather you space your pins at 5 or 10 yard spread.

Reason for that is with only a 3 pin multi. if you want that same sight hood to
work for target as well as hunting, a 3 pin multi spaced at a 10 yard spread
can give you issues with arrow clearance when target shooting past 70 to 80
yards.

A. Having a 4 pin custom (10 yard spread) means 20, 30, 40, 50.
No need to think about changing the dial when hunting.
B. Having a 5 pin standard (more sight clutter but) 20, 25, 30, 35, 40
No need to think about changing the dial when hunting.

My thoughts on the Fast Eddie.

Note.. the sight hood dia. on the multi is about 1" bigger than the single or double pin hood.

This is really hard to explain in a post without pics. but here goes.
A multi pin sight hood is bigger, using only 3 pins and your bottom pin is the
locating pin for shots past that point using the Dial. (not the top 20 yard pin)
Target shooting here..
Moving the sight down to get to long range shots like past 60 yards you end
up moving the sight housing down very, very close to the path of the arrow's
fletch path when lanched.

This kind of clearance issue is not as close or tight as is with the smaller single
or double pin housing, but it is something to be looked at when switching to
a larger housing like with the multi. pins.

Last edited by Bonescreek; 09-22-2017 at 09:32 PM.
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