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moving peep sight
« on: July 30, 2019, 11:35:11 AM »
I am considering moving my peep up slightly and wondering how much it will effect my point of impact.
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2019, 11:39:11 AM »
Enough to make you not hit where your pin is.
Move and resight everything
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2019, 11:43:01 AM »
It'll just make you hit higher, that's all.  If you need to move your peep up to get proper, quick, alignment with your eye then certainly do so.  Now... if you start moving your rest up and down, that probably require you to adjust your nock point on your string up/down as well to keep your arrow flight true. 
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2019, 11:47:11 AM »
It'll just make you hit higher, that's all.  If you need to move your peep up to get proper, quick, alignment with your eye then certainly do so.  Now... if you start moving your rest up and down, that probably require you to adjust your nock point on your string up/down as well to keep your arrow flight true.

If I did move it up, it would be minimal at the most. I am not sure what I changed as I feel like my anchor point is the same as it always was and I am still shooting well, but for some reason this summer I am getting a slight blur every few shots from the top edge of my peep. Movement would be probably quarter to half the diameter of the peep up.
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2019, 11:53:13 AM »
Just move it and resight in.

Move the back of your rifle scope up, minimal movement but enough off your old point of impact to have to resight in.
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2019, 11:53:58 AM »
Just move it and resight in.

Move the back of your rifle scope up, minimal movement but enough off your old point of impact to have to resight in.

well shoot. haha  :chuckle:
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2019, 12:07:10 PM »
You should be able to move your entire sight housing and be pretty close with all of the pins.

Can't remember what moving the peep up does.  I know I had to move my peep so that I could move my sight housing.  Sight housing was too low and interfering with arrow flight.
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2019, 12:36:24 PM »
You can slide your peep up and will need to move your sight housing up to compensate, figure for every 1/4” you move your peep will probably be about a 1/4” to move your sight. Assuming your moving it up for better comfort and fit you won’t want to change your nocking point but you will need to get the bow to a press because your peep will be twisted and no longer facing the right direction. This will require some twists in the string or yoke to straighten it back out.
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2019, 01:13:10 PM »
You can slide your peep up and will need to move your sight housing up to compensate, figure for every 1/4” you move your peep will probably be about a 1/4” to move your sight. Assuming your moving it up for better comfort and fit you won’t want to change your nocking point but you will need to get the bow to a press because your peep will be twisted and no longer facing the right direction. This will require some twists in the string or yoke to straighten it back out.

Roger that. All other factors like anchor point etc will stay the same, just hoping to get that slight blur that happens from time to time from the top edge of my peep to go away
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2019, 01:17:59 PM »
Are your shots landing where you want them?

Before you change your setup, are your eye lids drooping? If you open your eye(s) a bit more, does the blur go away?
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2019, 01:48:06 PM »
Are your shots landing where you want them?

Before you change your setup, are your eye lids drooping? If you open your eye(s) a bit more, does the blur go away?

Yes they are still on target with majority of my misses being low when I do miss. I don't think my eye lid is drooping but never really thought about it
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2019, 06:15:28 PM »
Are your shots landing where you want them?

Before you change your setup, are your eye lids drooping? If you open your eye(s) a bit more, does the blur go away?

Yes they are still on target with majority of my misses being low when I do miss. I don't think my eye lid is drooping but never really thought about it

I know it's kind of left field question.  Really what I'm trying to get at is, if there's anything else that needs to be changed or has changed that needs to be found out and addressed.  I've spent too much archery time chasing parts of the bow around when really the problem was me.

Having said all that. If you're experiencing a majority of shots, not misses,  being low...your peep may have moved down.
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2019, 07:03:46 PM »
Hers's a trick I used for years getting people set up.  Close your eyes, draw the bow to your comfortable anchor position, open your eyes, and look through the peep.  If it's not right make an adjustment.  As others have stated, if you do move the peep you will probably have to tinker with alignment as well.  Best done with a press.
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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2019, 07:28:04 PM »
Hers's a trick I used for years getting people set up.  Close your eyes, draw the bow to your comfortable anchor position, open your eyes, and look through the peep.  If it's not right make an adjustment.  As others have stated, if you do move the peep you will probably have to tinker with alignment as well.  Best done with a press.

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Re: moving peep sight
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2019, 11:29:54 AM »
Are your shots landing where you want them?

Before you change your setup, are your eye lids drooping? If you open your eye(s) a bit more, does the blur go away?

Yes they are still on target with majority of my misses being low when I do miss. I don't think my eye lid is drooping but never really thought about it
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