Dusty Britches

I am building a 3D target bow and was wondering what I need to look for in a stablizer. I will be shooting a 2003 Cybertec with cam 1/2. I have a 25.5 inch draw and draw 55 pounds, but will be increasing that steadily to 60.

First, does any of that make a difference? Second, what qualities should I look for?

shooterforchrist

Tsadler, look for one that stablizes your bow. hehehehe Sorry, just couldn't resist that one. On a more serious note you should visit your local pro shop and simply shoot all the stablizers you can find and determine which one is most affective. There isn't a &quot;magic bullet&quot; when is comes to stablizers. What works for you may not work me. I shoot a &quot;home made&quot; simply because I couldn't find the characteristics I was looking for in the more popular stablizers out in the market. Hope I've helped some. Take care and happy shooting. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

IN CHRIST,

JOEL CHAVEZ

n23d

Like shooterforchrist said - Take you bow to your local pro shop and try different ones on your bow. You'll feel a difference. My preference is Vibracheck . . . try them for yourself.

bow chick

Definately go to your local Pro shop and try some different stabilizers for yourself. You need to shoot them on your bow so you can feel which one takes out the most shock and also stabilizes any kick you might get, whether it is up and down or side to side. I like the Vibrachecks also but there are alot of different brands out there.

Ossage

Four issues:

Ballance I like neutral with a slow roll forward bias

weight, whatever is comfortable at the end of the day, in other words not just the most stable for part of the round.

Vibe, a lot of bows have this pretty much licked. i like rubber doinker type things to kill vibe.

Stability, basic idea it ot get the weight as far away from your hand as possible. A lot of older stabs pretty much ballanced in the middle, due to the weight of vibe eliminators like hydrolics. So a 24" stab might only get the weigt as far out there as a much shorter carbon stab. Even very light weight aluminum stabs are very good, but stabs that feel about the same whicehever ed you hold them by aren' t doing their job.

I like Shrewd precision, price is good, and they have all the details right, but their approach is simple, so there are others out thre just as effective, esaton, soem of the Specialty Archery ones , and so forth.

The go to your local shop idea is a fine one, but the fact is that I frequent a bunch of places, and none had the gear I felt I needed.