nubo

I was out this afternoon shooting my new 2004 Patriot Dually. First of all I thought I'd paper tune it at 10yrds I was getting a left tear. as I moved away from the target it disappeared, so I never touched a thing. I thought that maybe the target was a little too close and that the arrow's, after contact were shifting left. Anyway's I had just put the Spott Hogg Real Deal on a couple of week's ago and was finding this sight to be a little tricky setting up, I got my pin's set-up like this 20,25,30,40,and 50
I was grouping quarter size group's at 20, and 25yrd's at 30yrds I was grouping at 2" group's at 40 was 4" group's and at 50yrds I was at about 8" groups . My shooting was fairly consistant but I need lot's more practice to getting my group's tighter .All in all I'm pretty pleased in this new bow and set-up. I installed my arrow quiver and when I was shooting I noticed one heck of a vibration coming from the limb's ,I was almost ready to take the quiver off because there was no way I was going to hunt or shoot this bow with such a noise coming from it.Then I noticed that the allen screw on my mod's had come loose and was about to fall off with the mod . I tightened it up and the vibration and noise was gone Whew!! that was close ,this would have really ticked me off if I had lost the allen screw and mod. I'm just wondering if I could lock tight that screw so that it doesn't come loose again ?I had to tighten the other one as well, but it wasn't too bad. I wouldn't think a little lock tight could hurt anything .
So now all I need is a little practice and I'm ready to go a huntin.

nubo

buckeye

Great to hear!! Glad the weather is allowing you some shooting time. Congrats and have fun!!

Matt / PA

John.....that thing is an accurate little cannon of a bow. The only 3D course I "cleaned" last season was with my Patriot Dually.
by all means Loc-Tite ALL of your screws just use the BLUE loc-tie which is much easier to deal with if you need to adjust something.
I ALWAYS Loc-Tite my mod screws......it's just a bi-product of a modular cam design. Those little screws can come loose so it needs attention on the shooters part. Loc-Tite will pretty much solve it for you though.
Trust me you your covered on losing a screw or mod the biggie is that you don't want to let one rip with a mod screw halfway out because it might not clear the limb fork .......that wouldn't be pretty.[:-]

nubo

Thank's Matt ! I wasn't sure if I could use it or not but the vibration and noise coming from it was unreal ,I was about to take the quiver off and toss it in the garbage since I just put it on today,that's why I thought that that was where the noise was coming from.Anyway's problem solved now ,and before I take it out again I'll loc tite it .This bow is for sure the fastest bow I've ever shot and it's just been tearing my black hole target apart.But I just love this bow and can't wait to get out hunting with it.I'm sure glad you and Jeff B talked me into hanging on till we got thing's worked out because it's been well worth it .Thank's again Matt and I look forward to conversing with you again soon.

John {nubo}

Mike from Texas

I had the same thing ahppen with my SC Patriot. Blue Lok Tite will solve the module screw problem. I got a robbin hood with mine just last week. I haven't done that in about 10 years.

Buck Magnet

nubo,

Glad to hear that you love the bow! Those groups aren't too shabby either! A little practice and you'll be shooting better than ever!

Now, when you said that you were paper tuning, you said that you started at 10 yards, did you mean 10 feet? Normally, I start about 6 feet from the paper and work my way backwards! I start at 6 feet, then go back to 12 feet, then 18 feet, then 24 feet, and once it is set, I get perfect flight! This has just worked perfect for me, my arrows are like darts! The only movement I see is the arrow raising and then dropping, no side movement and I can't even see the thing spinning!

nubo

To tell you the truth BM I wouldn't even be 10ft and i had a 1 inch left tear but as I moved back to 10 yrds it disappeared. what can you tell me about this ? I have also noticed that on occasion I'll notice an arrow with a little bit of a wobble on the back end during flight ,I'm not sure what to make about this .

nubo

nub

20, 25, and 30 pins? How slow is that "2004 Patriot Dually"?[]

nubo

I had extra pin's and thought I'd set this sight up like this Nub,but I agree this isn't gonna work, so I'll probably set it up for 20,30,40,50,and 60yrds .But actually I could start at 30yrds where this bow is concerned.

nubo

nub

Depending on what arrow I was shooting, I don't think I'd have room between my 20 and 30 for a 25. They would all blurr together.[&:]
But mine is the faster "[8D]2003 Bowtech Patriot Dual Cam[8D]".