How To Level Your Recurve Sight Bar | The Best way to Level your Sight on your recurve bow

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Lots of recurve archers have issues needing to move their sight left or right when moving to different distances. The fix is SIMPLE! But most people "level" their sight the wrong way.
We have a built in adjustment on the sight bar for a reason, I'll show you how to set it up the best way to prevent the need to adjust windage when shooting different distances.
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@cossakos 4 жыл бұрын

You're putting out consistently great content which is helping me immensely to understand the detailed tuning mechanics that many of the local club coaches simply don't fully grasp themselves! Really appreciate the time and effort you are putting into the channel!

@beckyneith9638 4 жыл бұрын

Just love your honesty, so refreshing. Really helpful videos thank you! ☺️ 👍

@JoeyFlowers 3 жыл бұрын

Dude.. youre a total bad ass for uploading all of these both the tuning and form playlist. With quarantine, it makes it super difficult to be able to go to a range, so im working on perfecting my 5 meters in my garage so i know 100% that my form and my bow are in tune before I even shoot long distance. Many many many thanks!!!

@dan123ha 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sight adjusting information. I’ve done the reverse sight before but always tried to keep it vertical usually interrupting my process in doing so. Looking forward to trying your method tomorrow. Also just to let everyone know I did your walk back from the ten to 40 yards and shooting groups was able to easily adjust dynamic center shot much easier than ever before.

@jonruku523 Жыл бұрын

Watching your tutorial on sight adjustments is so helpful. Am a big fan from the Solomons.

@philipsturtivant9385 2 жыл бұрын

I just went through this process in my back yard (early 'false summer 🙂, ahead of what looks to be 2 weeks of near-winter rolling in 😞). Almost perfectly replicated the Kaminski experience - that is, the part of the experience where you learn how much strength you lose over a long winter layoff from archery 😀 So - 2 weeks of strength exercises and TABATA drills ahead, before I try again !! Thanks Jake, for steering me to here.

@Brunonms Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to see this video before get a shibuya ultra after have my arrows drowning for sides after vertical regulations.

@ruudratajczak2240 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE YOU MAN FOR SHARING EVERYTING AND I AM SOOO HAPPY THAT I FOUND YOU MAN...I WICH FOR YOU ALL HE BLESSINGS AND YOUR LOVEONES...YOU MAKE ME A VERY VEERY HAPPY MAN!!!!

@Harvey600 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Jake, I can recommend a channel that can build your archery strength back up! 😃 Another excellent video, I’ll be revisiting my sight level using this method, thanks very much. 👍👍👍

@MrIanfurniss 4 жыл бұрын

I'd always used the reverse sight method and assumed any difference at distance was down to my form so I'll definitely be giving this method a try! Thanks!!

@JakeKaminskiArchery 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@mandylara941 4 жыл бұрын

Tenga su like buen hombre, bien explicado!! es lógico que los niveles de fuerza disminuyan si ya no entrena con el mismo volumen, intensidad y densidad que antes, pero eso no cuenta ni tiene que explicarlo porque usted es una leyenda, gracias por sus buenos vídeos, Saludos

@adrianlopezescobar9767 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Nice video and very useful!!

@mathiashammar1 4 жыл бұрын

Haha awsome nice to see there is some human in you after all : ) i will try this out once the snow is gone.

@bobjimenez4464 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this quick and fairly easy trick......you gotta have nerves of steel to pull off this adjustment minutes before a shoot. The small footprint of the mounting block combined with the long sight bar make the assembly delicate....then add in distortion created by temperature variation of the aluminum and Argghhhh. : )

@Redsnake7819 4 жыл бұрын

That was cool way to check

@bcbike50 Жыл бұрын

that helped a lot. I was definitely needing to change my windage setting at each distance. I thought my bow was pretty plumb but a hanskea level showed the cant on the bow and this method have reduced the change quite a bit from 20 to 60 meters. Still a tiny bit out but it is no longer 2 to 4 full turns like it was yesterday

@JakeKaminskiArchery Жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@johnlilley58 15 күн бұрын

Hi Jake, interesting video, but I could not see exactly how you adjusted the sight-bar?

@aqeel77za 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jake, question.... Where did you make the adjustment to bring the sight into vertical alignment

@MentalmenteHablandoconDannyK 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have an Angel recurve sight... how I make the cant adjustment on the sight bar? Thank you!

@Ihwaz13 2 жыл бұрын

@@MentalmenteHablandoconDannyK I know this may be a year late, but just in case someone else reads this: The vertical bar screws into the horizontal bar with two screws. If you loosen these two screws you can change the angle of the vertical bar.

@idiostringcrasy2240 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ihwaz13 thanks a ton. i was looking for exactly this :D

@Ka2RoT89 2 жыл бұрын

Hi..! How much your draw pound?

@oogiesmuncher 2 жыл бұрын

ok but how do I actually adjust my sight so that it tilts? Just with some DIY Shims? Does the Shibuya Ultima not have this adjustment?

@i_did47 7 күн бұрын

how did you make the side canted? Just in case ( Im using Shibuya RC III) is it a feature for some certain sight or im just a man with no knowledge?

@arkwibooks6419 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know how to adjust the tilt of a Cartel sight? Specifically Focus Carbon, looks like most of their sights are like this. The screws that attach the horizontal bar to the vertical sight bar do not have any movement room to adjust as suggested in other comments/replies.

@tytorubio3271 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a beginner, just got a 28# bow. Cant even imagine pulling 47#.. my muscles would snap probably.. i'm already out for a couple of days

@williamroh6182 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jake, How do I know the arrows miss the line due to the an unlevel sight vs a center shot thats not tuned right?

@JakeKaminskiArchery 3 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qsCRZamgp7Kolo0.html that video will show you how to adjust your center shot 100% correct. Since you won't move your sight during the walk back it eliminates the potential sight issue.

@aqeel77za 3 жыл бұрын

poundage bit high after not shooting for a long time.... lol. know the feeling

@maxstepaniuk4355 4 жыл бұрын

Cool and simple. What's the poundage to make you all shakey?

@JakeKaminskiArchery 4 жыл бұрын

probably 47# on the fingers.

@popcorngenerator1925 4 жыл бұрын

So I’m assuming you would do this before doing your walk back tune?

@JakeKaminskiArchery 4 жыл бұрын

Not really, walk back you don’t move your sight so it’s all good.

@matwalters1787 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jake, Probably a stupid question, but how did you adjust the tilt on your sight bar? Are you just slightly loosening the screws attaching it to the riser, or shimming it?

@JakeKaminskiArchery 4 жыл бұрын

The two screws that hold the vertical adjustment to the bar itself, there is built in adjustment into the system.

@MarcBergenthal007 4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same. Thanks for asking that question!

@matwalters1787 4 жыл бұрын

@@JakeKaminskiArchery Thanks Jake, much appreciated!

@Skadi2595 4 жыл бұрын

Do most sights have adjustments on vertical bar?

@JakeKaminskiArchery 4 жыл бұрын

In my experience, yes

@luverneanimatics8769 4 жыл бұрын

How do you cocked the sight would it break?

@JakeKaminskiArchery 4 жыл бұрын

the screws that hold the vertical adjustment bar to the slider bar have built in slop to allow for some adjustment.

@EricPoulinSEO 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure if you discussed this elsewhere, but *why* have you stopped shooting recurve?

@andreafranco3483 4 жыл бұрын

I was asking the same, without be unpolite of course. It is a pity that Jake retired from competitions or at even stopped shooting completely.

@Waltham1892 4 жыл бұрын

I'm older, so the tattoo on my hand is: "I WAS."

@herreragonza5891 4 жыл бұрын

"used to be" also works, but would be a little more expensive lol

@Waltham1892 4 жыл бұрын

@@herreragonza5891 and painful...

@chrismalcomson2824 4 жыл бұрын

Mine should say "I wanna be"!

@tradarcher300 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismalcomson2824 that's kinda missing the whole point of the tat lol

@Waltham1892 4 жыл бұрын

I've seen these little screw in vibration dampers for sights. Do they do anything?

@JakeKaminskiArchery 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, add weight to something that doesn't need more weight haha

@rickardbrinck2886 4 жыл бұрын

What Jake said, but if you really feel like you need the extra dampening you can always compensate by attaching an extra ounce of weight to your opposite side bar.

@BlasterKotakatik 4 жыл бұрын

Just use a rubber damper on the riser and use aluminium weight so it doesn't effect the mass weight as much.

@LukePettit3dArtist 3 жыл бұрын

Why didn't you should how the adjustment was made?

@DanielBascom Ай бұрын

As always, very nice and thorough video thank you love all your stuff and yeah you're cheating for sure. Lol JK.

@Nifelvind86 4 жыл бұрын

".. a recurve with all that cheating stuff on here.. " xD A fault confessed is half redressed! Just joking

@mgeelhoed1307 4 жыл бұрын

please show us how to regain your archery strength

@JakeKaminskiArchery 4 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@mgeelhoed1307 4 жыл бұрын

@@JakeKaminskiArchery can you do one on the formaster?

@BlasterKotakatik 4 жыл бұрын

That shaking though. Kinda look like an earthquake on your draw elbow.

@JakeKaminskiArchery 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, 47# and not pulling that back in over two years, not bad!

@BlasterKotakatik 4 жыл бұрын

@@JakeKaminskiArchery It's funny because I've never seen an olympic archer struggle to pull their own bow before. But here you are now all shakey. Just jokin 😂. We know your feel...

@-fazik-3713 4 жыл бұрын

Traitor! :D

@user-si6fk9er8i 4 жыл бұрын

I really don't get it. What exactly did you do to tilt the sight bar? Is it some Axcel exclusive feature?

@rickardbrinck2886 4 жыл бұрын

Just loosen the screws that attach the vertical bar to the extension, line it up and tighten them again. There is always a bit of wiggle room regardless of manufacturer or price point.

@lukasjacobs2358 4 жыл бұрын

I got a cheaper copy of the Axcel (Avalon Tec X). I just put a washer between the extension fixture and the riser

@user-si6fk9er8i 4 жыл бұрын

@@rickardbrinck2886 Thank you, I think Jack is doing it the same way.

@JakeKaminskiArchery 4 жыл бұрын

correct. just tilt the bar with the adjustment they have.