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Is it silly to use an expensive sight on a cheap bow?

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I have a Diamond Infinite Edge Pro that I've been shooting for about 4 years. Over time I upgraded the sight a couple of times. However these were all cheaper sights (less than $100) and were none of them were perfect. The first couple were cheap plastic. My most recent one is an SAS micro adjustable sight but I've only now just noticed some flaws in it. The mount its canted in the dovetail so the sight sits ever so slightly at an angle (I resolved this by shoving a piece of thin cardboard between the rail and the mount as i slid it on which was a pain. This seemed to have straightened it out). Also the pins don't seem to sit in a perfect vertical line from each other. My 20 pin looks like its ever so slightly sitting more to the left than my 30. I don't know how to fix that. I bought this sight a couple years ago and I don't know why these flaws are apparent now.

Anyways so now I'm ready to stop fooling around and just get the sight I really want which is the Spot Hogg Fast Eddie XL single pin. But that sight costs almost just as much as my bow. Does anyone think it's silly to use such a top-tier sight on a beginner-intermediate bow? I was considering buying a new higher end bow first, but my issues with my current sight make buying a new sight a higher priority.

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