HHA Sports -Optimizer Speed Dial
Fits all crossbows with weaver rail (19-21mm).
For balancing the ballistics with meter-precise setting after adjustment.
With 48 pre-printed different distance strips, so you can find the right strip for your crossbow in any case.
We have asked one of our customers to describe the article in use once. The following text describes from our point of view the functionality best:
Application report:
The "Optimizer" from HHA-Sports
Crossbow shooting is really a nice sport. The problem, if you want to shoot up to 100 meters, the conventional scopes are often unsuitable. Either they are not impact resistant or the markings in the reticle and the distances (every 10m) do not coincide and cannot be adjusted. Each crossbow and arrow weight would require its own scope. If the scope is adapted to the power of the crossbow (e.g. Barnett), the graduations are made for "yard" and not for "meter" and who can think in "yard" like me. On some crossbows, the sight rail, including the optic mounted on it, can be tilted in steps. Unfortunately, even this method is not accurate. I refuse to keep any dots and lines above or below the gold when I want to shoot into the gold. And who wants to remember all this This problem is known to the manufacturers and the company HHA-Sports has finally found a remedy with the "Optimizer", which I will call "Optimizer" from now on. The good piece is not necessarily a cheap product, so that I initially struggled for a while with me and the price. In the end, the "want to have" has won over the stinginess.
The optimizer is mounted between the 19mm rail and the sight. The sighting point is therefore raised about 1.5 cm. You really have to pay attention to this fact, because the error when canting becomes bigger! When canting to the left, the bolt flies to the left and too low and with a crossbow whose right throwing arm hangs too low, it flies analogously to the right and also too low. Fortunately, evolution has given us bipeds a first-class balance system and we intuitively have a great understanding of horizontal and vertical. It is important to use this gift, so please pay active attention to the spirit level in your head when shooting. I also recommend tightening all screws really tight, because the mass of the optimizer, including the sight, likes to wander. Also, the large adjusting wheel must be screwed on tightly after each adjustment of a new distance, using the small adjusting screw. I didn't do that in the beginning and the optimizer adjusted itself with every shot.
Ingenious about the optimizer are the 48 distance stripes calculated on the computer. If you know the initial velocity of the bolt in "feet", you can go straight to the right strip. If you don't know this, you first have to turn the big wheel as far forward as possible and fix it with the small screw. Then the crossbow, with the adjustment possibilities on the optics, is shot in at 20 meters. Under the spike, on the large wheel, is now the 20 m mark. Nothing is changed on the sight itself from now on. Next, the optimizer is lowered over the large wheel to the point where a second mark can be placed on the paper strip, under the spike, at 50 or 60 meters. Now you can detach the paper strip from the wheel and hold it next to the 48 computer strips. It is guaranteed that there will be a strip where the 20 and 60 m markings are identical to your own markings. This strip is glued to the optimizer in such a way that the new 20 m mark is under the spike when the wheel is fully deflected. If you now know the firing distance or work with a rangefinder, you will immediately find the pinpoint setting on the paper strip. The crosshairs always aim at the center of the gold. Equipped like this, it is no problem to hit a 10 cm spot at 80 meters.
By the way, I shoot a "Stryker" and as optics I use a red dot sight from Walther with 2x magnification. As rangefinder I use the stereo sight in my own head and the "Bushnell Sport Bowhunter" with its ARC system. The part is first class and was specially designed for crossbow and archery. The optimizer is available not only for the crossbow, but also in different designs for the bow and especially for bowhunting.
