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There’s a new term floating about the bowhunting universe––technical hunting sight. It’s an expression used to refer to the best and most advanced hunting sights ever offered. Such elite sights typically feature sophisticated adjustment systems and enhanced-accuracy options right along with the sort of durability that could only be described as bombproof. Technical hunting sights are designed to deliver everything the most discriminating bowhunter would want in an ultra-precise hunting sight.

A perfect example of a top-of-the-pack technical hunting sight is the Axcel ArmorTech-HD. Compared to most hunting sights, it’s a shark among guppies.

The Axcel ArmorTech-HD serves up the sort of adjustability you’d expect to find on a world-class target sight, which is no surprise because Axcel was originally founded on top-of-the-line target sight expertise. To begin with, each pin in the ArmorTech-HD sight is individually micro-adjustable. To make those adjustments, simply use a ¹/16-inch hex wrench (which is supplied) to loosen the selected pin and then turn the micro-adjustment knob located on the bottom of the sight housing. The selected pin will be precisely driven up or down as the need be. Once all the pins have been individually adjusted in this manner for the speed of your bow/arrow setup and set for specific distances––say 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 yards in the case of a five-pin sight––you’ll then find the sight’s precise micro-gang adjustments a valuable tool for fine-tuning your sight settings without the hassle of moving each individual pin. The gang adjustments move all of the sight pins at once while preserving the previously determined pin gap. This can be a huge plus when your shooting style changes somewhat from day to day (as it often will) or when you switch from field points to broadheads and need to simply move the impact point of your arrows up and to the right just a bit. With the Axcel ArmorTech-HD, such gang adjustments are easy because no additional tools are required. All you do is loosen an ergonomic wingnut and then turn a numbered click-adjust knob. Each click of the knob moves all of the pins .00156 inches in the desired direction, so very precise and accurate adjustments are possible. A separate micro-gang adjustment system is provided for both windage and elevation.

Other adjustment systems include second- and third-axis adjustability and a three-position mounting bracket that allows you to locate the ArmorTech-HD in or out on your bow. An exacting and adjustable sight level, such as the one found on the Axcel ArmorTech-HD, which is carefully second-axis adjusted to a perfectly vertical bowstring will definitely help you avoid right-left impact problems, particularly at longer distances. To further improve right-left accuracy when shooting up or downhill, the ArmorTech-HD also offers third-axis level adjustability. In this case, the bow is set on a bow vise while tipped forward at a 45-degree angle and the level is again carefully adjusted.

By utilizing the three-position mounting bracket of the ArmorTech-HD, an archer can somewhat fine-tune the sight picture to match his or her eyes and aiming abilities. I found that the pins came into best focus for my eyes with the sight in the most-forward position, although the sight picture was just a bit jumpier. That’s the tradeoff for moving the sight out, but the point is that this elite sight allows you to experiment with that position over a 1.75-inch spread to find the location that works best for you.

One of the unique accuracy-enhancing features of the Axcel ArmorTech-HD is what Axcel calls True Center Vision. Most circular sight housings are simple parallel tubes. As that tube is torqued (turned slightly) when the bow is brought to full draw (and that happens with most bows), the perfectly round hole in the housing turns into a bit of an oblong, which can cause alignment and accuracy problems. The sight housing on the remarkable ArmorTech-HD is different. It’s not simply a parallel tube. Instead, its interior is distinctively tapered toward each end. Because of those tapers, when this sight is torqued as the bow is drawn, the housing continues to deliver a perfectly circular sight picture and the result is that accuracy is enhanced.

If you crave even more accuracy and customization, you should be aware that the Axcel ArmorTech-HD also accepts optional Classic Magnum Scope lenses to magnify your target. Along the same lines, the ArmorTech-HD is available in four-, five- and seven-pin versions with either .010 or .019 diameter fiber-optic pins.

Fiber optics are a wonderful thing in a hunting sight. But exposed fibers of any sort can and do lead to snagging and breakage, as any longtime bowhunter can tell you. The ArmorTech-HD eliminates that problem entirely with Armor Fiber Technology. Armor Fiber Technology on the ArmorTech-HD sights provides for 100-percent enclosed coverage of every fraction of an inch of the sight’s fiber optics. The extended light-gathering lengths of the fiber optics which illuminate the pins are enclosed within a clear shatterproof housing. From there the fibers pass into all-metal pins that totally encapsulate the fiber. With no exposed fibers whatsoever, the Axcel ArmorTech-HD emerges as one of the most durable and dependable hunting sights ever offered. Combined with its tank-tough all-metal construction, Armor Fiber Technology makes the ArmorTech-HD practically bombproof.

Not to be outdone in any category, the Axcel ArmorTech-HD also features drilled and tapped quiver-mounting holes in the bracket, a drilled and tapped light-mounting hole and an integrated Mathews Harmonic Damper (hence the HD in this sight’s name). The sight is also available without the Harmonic Damper.

If you’re looking for a much better hunting sight, one packed with technical features and advanced accuracy-enhancing capabilities and yet tough as granite, give the new Axcel ArmorTech-HD a look see.

Ask your dealer about the new Axcel ArmorTech-HD Sight, log onto axcelsights.com or call Axcel Sights at (434) 929-2800 for more information.

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