Precision Cut ArcheryPrecision Cut Archery
Precision Cut ArcheryPrecision Cut Archery

Founded in 2023, Precision Cut Archery exists to empower archers to seize those rare, life-defining moments with a cold, calculated confidence.

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Sight Tapes

Overview

This section will guide you through the process of creating a sight tape for your bow. We'll also discuss the various options at your disposal and offer troubleshooting tips for common issues.

Prerequisites

Before creating a sight tape, you'll need to have completed the following:

Creating a Sight Tape

Start by navigating to the Sight Tapes page within the application.

You can modify the Active Setup at the top of the page.

Configuring the Marks

Density Altitude

This is the density altitude the sight tape will be configured for. This is useful if traveling and you'd like to make a tape for the destination's density altitude.

Read more about density altitude here.

Range Configuration

  • Starting range - The closest range on the sight tape.
  • Ending range - The farthest range on the sight tape.
  • Increment - The increment between each range on the sight tape.
  • Switch to 1yd increments at - If checked, the sight tape will be configured to have 1 yard increments starting at this range. For example, maybe you want 2 yard increments out to 40 to reduce clutter, and then switch to 1 yard increments for ranges beyond 40 yards.

Customizing the Tape

Our tapes are extremely customizable. As you make changes, the tape preview will update in real-time. This will be exactly the tape you'll get when you print!

Printing the Tape

When you're satisfied with your custom tape, it's time to print! We currently offer three printing modes:

  1. Standard Mode

    • This will print 3x copies of the sight tape on our standard printing page. This page includes notes about the bow and arrow setup, sight tape settings used for creating the sight tape for future reference, and a scale checker to ensure the sight tape was printed at the correct scale.

  2. Sight-In Mode

    • Sight-in printing mode will print 5x different scaled sight tapes by slightly tweaking the sight-in mark measurement(s) by 0.003" from what was supplied during the sight-in process. These are intended to be used to compare to your shot-in marks. See below for more information on tape verification.

    • The purpose here is to remediate potential measurement error from the sight-in process.

    • Once you've found a perfect match, update your sight-in measurements with the new measurements, if needed.

    • Note: Today we offer this option only if mark distances were supplied with a caliper measurement or our calibration tape. We're deciding on the best approach to offer this sort of idea for those who use target sight marks for the sight-in process.

  3. Custom Position Mode

    • This allows you to specify the precise location of a sight tape on a printed page. This is particularly useful for those printing on label paper and want to control the precise location of the tape on the page or if you want to conserve paper by printing multiple tapes on a single page at different locations over time.

    • The position is defined to the upper-left corner of the tape. For example, if 1 inch from top and 1 inch from left are specified, the top of the tape will be 1 inch from the top of the page, and the left side of the tape will be 1 inch from the left of the page.

  4. Travel Tapes Mode

    • This mode will print 5x sight tapes in either 1000ft density altitude or 1.0fps launch speed increments to bring with you. This is a great way to have a few tapes made ahead of time for different conditions.

    • This mode is particularly useful for those who travel to different locations for shoots or hunts.

  5. Specialty Tapes Mode

    • The Specialty Tapes method is designed to download a sight tape file for a very unique purpose, such as printing with a specific label maker.

    • This method will download a PNG image of a single sight tape, specifically sized and formatted for the label maker you select.

We recommend initially printing in Sight In or Default mode on plain printer paper to verify everything prints to the correct scale and to verify the tape is as you desire.

Once confirmed, then we recommend using the Custom Position mode to print onto your desired weatherproof, adhesive label paper.

Click 'Download PDF', and a PDF will be generated and downloaded for you to print.

We recommend opening and printing the PDF with Google Chrome, Apple Preview, or Adobe Acrobat.

Verifying the Tape

Once your tape is printed, it's crucial to verify its accuracy.

Step 1: Scale Check

Details on verifying the scale of your tape can be found here.

Step 2: Verify Marks

If you used the 2 or 3 mark sight-in methods, you can verify the marks by aligning your printed tape with your sight-in tape, ensuring the marks align perfectly.

As mentioned above, we offer a sight-in printing mode that prints tapes using slightly different mark measurements than what was supplied during the sight-in process. These are intended to be used to compare to your shot-in marks and finely tune the sight-in measurements if needed to get a perfect match. Note that these sight-in tapes should be printed for the same density altitude (air density) as the sight-in process was performed at.

If you utilized target sight marks during the sight-in process, a quick method to verify accuracy is by aligning the tape with the scale on the sight. Alternatively, mount the printed tape to the sight and ensure each sight-in range aligns with the corresponding target sight mark you input during the sight-in process.

Step 3: Shoot It!
Once all the above steps have been completed and everything checks out, it's time to mount the sight tape onto the sight and test it out. After mounting, shoot several arrows at different ranges. This will allow you to adjust your indicator for accuracy and validate the other marks on the tape.

Troubleshooting

We have a thorough list of troubleshooting steps here!