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Getting Eyes On Target With An Archery Peep Sight

By Gary Turner


At no point in its history has man been the strongest animal on the planet. Other great apes, especially those of comparable size, show marked advantages in strength and speed, so much so that no amount of performance enhancing drugs and training will be able to replicate in the comparatively pathetic human body. It is not the stronger gorilla that is the dominant species of the planet. Chimpanzees did not kill rhinoceros on to the endangered species list. No, for all of its physical failing, man is bar none the most dangerous creature on the face of the planet. Three things set man apart from other animals, the intelligence to invent tools, the ability to use them competently, and the sheer bloodlust to use those tools to hunt down not only animals, but also other human beings. As comparatively weak as human beings are in regards to other animals, humankind makes up for it by being ready to fight and kill at the drop of a hat and being able to fight and kill with a ruthless efficiency that other animals do not have. That is because while other creatures kill for food, humans kill for sport. To facilitate that killing, man created the bow and arrow, and to make that killing even easier, man came up with the archery peep sight.

Sights and scopes are tools. Most of the time, they are attached to a weapon, to improve the range of a user. Their man job is to make aiming, especially over a distance, easier to do.

Optics offer a huge tactical advantage, given the right kind of scope in the right situation. Some scopes, particularly ones used by snipers, allow a use to aim great distances that can sometimes reach upwards of three kilometers. At night, certain scopes can allow an operator to see where the enemy cannot.

Because most modern day weapons come equipped with rails, scopes and other optics can be attached rather easily to weapons. In fact, they can simply be slapped on without the need for extra parts. But not every weapon is going to come with a rail as some places ban the use of aftermarket attachments.

Most weapon accessories are widely available as sporting goods stores. A lot of them are also available online. Private sellers at conventions may also have some equipment to sell.

A lot of people take archery as hobby. As an activity, it requires a great deal of concentration and with sufficient practice, an archer can wash out the entire world save for the arrow and target. It also provides a good deal of exercise, since drawing the string can strain the arm and thus needs a good bit of upper body strength.

Archery was once a standard part of warfare and for good reasons. Arrows loosed from bows had far greater ranges than swords and also came with considerable stopping power. In fact, the Mongol empire was built largely on archery, with horse mounted archers being so mobile and accurate that other civilizations could not compete, they were a heavenly terror made manifest on Earth by the will of one man. Before them, archers were largely stationary and fired from entrenched positions.

Of course, riflemen replaced archers in real life, but fiction, particularly fantasy fiction, is a little more stubborn. Many writers want their character to be able to fight at a distance, but also do not want their characters using guns, either for censorship purposes or for political reasons. As such, writers often turn characters into archers.

The greatest of humankind has always been intellect and ruthlessness. Those two factors led to the creation of weapons. Those weapons led to human dominance.




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