Dead Ringer Hunting LLC is a leader in the archery, hunting and shooting industries. Based in Rochester New York, Dead Ringer produces an array of tactical optics and sights, hunting optics and sights, as well as their Dead Ringer bow sights, broadheads and accessories.
As a company they also offer crossbow accessories as well as a modest selection of range bags, blinds, backpacks and hammocks. They are well known for quality, durability and accuracy. Customer service is also excellent, which makes them an ideal company to deal with. Dead Ringer products have become widely available at most sporting goods stores such as Cabela’s and the list of licensed dealers is growing regularly.
The Dead Ringer Bone Collector-The Starvation Bead bow sight is the introductory level sight offering from this company. At $39.99, it won’t break the bank, but the shooter won’t be left high and dry from having to compromise performance.
The sight frame is solid aluminum. It features five .029 pins as well as a sixth one that is .019 and glows in complete darkness. Pin colors alternate between red and green offering a great level of contrast. The aperture also glows, making for a perfect situation to adjust sighting in low light. A sight light and level are also included. This is a right-handed sight only.
The Dead Ringer-The Tack Driver comes in two different styles: the Dead Ringer Tack Driver and The Dead Ringer- The Tack Driver DT bow sight. The primary difference is that the Dead Ringer- The Tack Driver DT bow sight offers an adjustable dovetail mounting bracket while the Tack Driver does not. The DT also uses five .019 pins while the Tack Driver uses five .029. At $49.99 and $59.99 respectively, both of these options offer quality whilst also remaining economical for nearly all shooters.
Color patterns for the pins are green, red, orange, red, green, offering a stark contrast between pins. Both frames are solid aluminum. Both are micro adjustable and feature tool-less windage and elevation adjustments. The top pin and aperture glow in complete darkness, making for an ideal shooting situation in low light conditions. Both also include a rheostat sight light as well as level. These sights are not ambidextrous but can be used on a left-handed bow with patience.
The Dead Ringer-The Wheel bow sight is Dead Ringer’s premium offering. It is priced at $79.99, making it the least economical of the Dead Ringer bow sights. This is still affordable to most shooters, considering market prices of other brands.
The features offered by the Wheel also make it worth the premium. The frame is solid aluminum. It features four .019 pins, with the top pin being illuminated. Color pattern for the pins is green, red, green, red. Like the rest of Dead Ringer bow sights, it also has a glowing aperture for low light situations.
Windage adjustments are tool-less as well. A sight light as well as calibrated sight tapes are also included. The bottom pin is adjustable, ranging from 40 to 100 yards with the turn of a dial. These additional features set The Dead Ringer -The Wheel bow sight apart and this sight is also right-handed only.
Also, an important fact to note is that Dead Ringer offers peep sights in one quarter, one eighth, and three sixteenths on an inch, all priced around $9.99. Dead Ringer also offers an eye-catching Bone A Fide Archery Tuning kit to help bring your bow up to par while you’re at it. It includes string wax, serving string, a Bone Collector peep sight, a D-Loop and nock.
Dead Ringer’s bow sights offer something for every price range while maintaining a level of quality that is commanded by those both in the field and on the range. From The Dead Ringer Bone Collector, The Starvation Bead bow sight with fixed pins, all the way to The Wheel, which offers countless windage and pin adjustments, there’s bound to be a sight for every shooter.
All of these sights also come in at under one hundred dollars as well, making them even more appealing for novice shooters who aren’t sure of what they prefer all the way up to avid hunters looking to try something new.