This bow sight came with something else that I bought recently. There is no name on it. It is made of plastic and is adjustable in two directions and locks with two set screws. It has two accessory lenses, one with a black dot and one with an orange dot.

I do not understand the application of the accessory lenses. They are wedge shaped so if you looked at the center of a clock with them you would not see the center but one of the numbers of the hours on the perimeter. If you rotated it, you would see all of the numbers around the perimeter in sequence but never the center. If there were archers in the story 'Alice in Wonderland', I think that they would have used these sights. Can you tell me how these were used?

I once spoke with a fellow who designed a sight like this and do believe he only made one of them, for his personal use.

I understand what you mean about rotating the lens and seeing the numbers on a clock face. This fellow's sight lens did the same thing,...but he did it for a reason, and intentionally.

Background info,...this was about 1965 or '67,...recurve days,...the guy used a tab with, of course, a finger release style,...anchored under the chin,...similar to champs of the day, Clay Sherman, Jim Caspers, Dave Keagy, etc.

He shot a very light bow,...maybe 30# for target shooting at ranges up to 100 yards,...also, he had a short draw. This ment when he adjusted his sight to it's lowest setting for long range shooting, he could not use it for 100 yards. The sight would not go low enough without interferring with the arrow's passage. But, if he used this lens that bent the sight line he could do it. The aimimg lens would be located higher on the sight bar, bend the light rays for aiming, and the arrow would not be deflected by the sight.

I'm not sure i explained this very well. But I completely understand the sight you have and how it was used. It was designed to allow the archer to shoot greater distances with lighter weight bows. I am guessing it is from the 1960s or thereabouts. Probably a good item for a collector.

Hope this helps. This is my take on it. What do you other fellows think?

It's a prism sight that allows you to transpose the target in your vision so you don't run out of space in the sight window. It was pretty handy for lighter weight bows on the field range when needing to shoot up to 80 yards. I remember guys using them back in the 60's.

Thanks, fellas. That was what I was thinking but did not suggest it because the post was getting long as it was. I wouldn't have thought to use the words prism and transpose. I like it, they add credibility to the little device.

Thanks again.

That was an inexpensive sight back in the 60's. Sold for 5 or 6 dollars. I have a handful of them that are left overs from the store. I also have several prisms for them. Problem is I can't get my hands on them right now to give you more info on them.

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