mounting sights

[stupot]

i am relatively new to archery and have recently bought a second hand sight, which i am having trouble mounting onto a KAP Certi-Q riser - the screws dont bite into the mounting holes. does any one know where i can get spare screws which would fit properly.

[Thunk]

Hi stupot - what soret of sight is it? There are two possibilities:

1) The Certi-Q is in current production and therefore is most likely to have the standard threads tapped into it. Are the threads there? Or has someone overtightened screws and stripped them? This can happen quite easily in some alloys; I'm not sure of the spec of the material the Certi-Q is cast from.

2) More likely is that the second-hand sight you have acquired is old and/or accompanied by older-fitting screws. I can't remember the thread size, but some years ago fittings were equipped with a thread somewhat smaller than the current 5/16ths size. If the threads in the riser are OK, asny archery shop should be able to find a couple of mounting screws for you; even more likely is that a fellow club member has some floating in his tackle box - I know I have!

If you have problems, pm me with your address and I'll mail you a couple.

[Little Miss Purple]

the other thing you can do is go to your local hardware store and find the size screw that will fit - I had to do that with my Kudos