Single vs. Dual Cam
11-18-2008, 01:19 PM
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Spike
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Single vs. Dual Cam
Like I've said several times, I've been out of the loop for a while so please bear with me. I've always heard that single cam bows are more forgiving and easier to tune, while dual cams are faster. Is that the extent of it, or does the difference go deeper than that? Just curious and I don't want to limit myself in my search for a new stick slinger.
11-18-2008, 01:51 PM
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RE: Single vs. Dual Cam
The dual cam bows tend to be faster, but there are single cam bows that are faster than the dual cam bows. Also, there are some very smooth dual cams that I think feel better than many single cams. There are not as many universal truths in archery as you may think.
11-18-2008, 08:16 PM
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RE: Single vs. Dual Cam
Underdawg, Very good question and yes, when you got out of the game that was the theory. However, like is said above, it didn't quite play out that way. IMO the smoothest of the singles was the Hoyt TEC series bows but they had the huge idler with a camlike buss cable take up, in other words they weren't a true single cam. Then Darton developed the BiNary type cam and the rules changed again.
The old 2 cams were very harsh, had short brace heights and other things in basic bow design that made them non-forgiving.Forgivenessis more than just a cam design. And the one cam wasn't the best thing since sliced bread as it was thought to be in the beginning.
The old 2 cams were very harsh, had short brace heights and other things in basic bow design that made them non-forgiving.Forgivenessis more than just a cam design. And the one cam wasn't the best thing since sliced bread as it was thought to be in the beginning.
