Crossbow Sighting Accessories

Red Dot Sight for Crossbow

If you're looking to improve your skills, whether for recreational or competitive shooting, choosing the right sighting accessory can be crucial. To increase your accuracy when shooting a crossbow, you might opt for a red dot sight. This has the advantage of being affordable in terms of price. Ideal for pistol crossbows, it's equally suitable for crossbows with power ranging between 150 and 180 Lbs. The Red Dot is better suited for short and medium-distance shooting. It will help increase your accuracy thanks to the red or green luminous dot fixed on the target.

Reflex-type Red Dot Sight for Crossbow

Smaller and therefore less bulky than the Red Dot scope, it's also an excellent choice for short and medium-distance shooting. Lightweight, it's one of the very good sighting accessories for both beginner and more experienced shooters. The big advantage of the reflex-type Red Dot is that you can aim and shoot while keeping both eyes open.

Crossbow Scope

If you want to practice long-distance crossbow shooting, you'll need to choose a scope. Once the scope is fixed on your crossbow's Picatinny rail, adjustments can be made easily using the turrets. Some scopes, like those offered by the Hawke brand, allow for adjustments based on different parameters. Indeed, adjustments will be made according to the speed offered by your crossbow, the distance, and wind speed. A 4x32 scope offers a 4x zoom with a 32 mm diameter lens. A 2-8x36 scope will allow you to zoom on your target from 2x to 8x with a 36 mm diameter lens. For precision, the larger the diameter of the scope, the better the luminosity.

How to Adjust Your Scope?

On your crossbow scope, there are two adjustment turrets. The turret positioned on top allows you to adjust the elevation. The one positioned on the side of your scope will allow you to adjust the windage. After immobilizing your crossbow on a support, take a first shot aiming at the center of the target, and this, at short distance, 10 meters being ideal. Your crossbow bolt isn't in the heart of the target? That's not a problem! Without touching the position of your crossbow, you can use the two turrets of your scope to align the reticle with the first bolt shot on the target. Once the adjustment is made, take another shot aiming at the heart of the target, if the bolt is off, repeat the operation.