99% let-off???
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Imperial, MO
Posts: 140
99% let-off???
Anybody heard of this company before?
http://www.conceptarchery.com/
I have been following this guy' s threads over on www.archerytalk.com. His written details and his website information has a little left to be desired, they seem to be somewhat incomplete and confusing. However, from what I can compile, he is claiming he has a 300+ fps bow, Concept 99, with 99% let-off. Don' t quote me but it something to this effect, he claims the let-off doesn' t come from a module on the cam, rather notches in the axel, so the amount let-off does not effect the speed of the bow.
http://www.conceptarchery.com/
I have been following this guy' s threads over on www.archerytalk.com. His written details and his website information has a little left to be desired, they seem to be somewhat incomplete and confusing. However, from what I can compile, he is claiming he has a 300+ fps bow, Concept 99, with 99% let-off. Don' t quote me but it something to this effect, he claims the let-off doesn' t come from a module on the cam, rather notches in the axel, so the amount let-off does not effect the speed of the bow.
#2
RE: 99% let-off???
I' ve seen his " Press Releases" on AT.
He really needs to hire someone who can speak english, proofread and/or type. Maybe then we can figure out what he' s talking about.
I went to the website too. Not much better. Looks like someone forgot the " A" in " Stealth" [:-]
Existing High letoff makes for a more difficult to shoot bow as it is due to the " noodle-y" string. I cannot imagine shooting at 99%.[]
Somebody will buy one I ' m sure. Not me, but somebody...maybe Rangeball..he' s always digging up strange stuff
He really needs to hire someone who can speak english, proofread and/or type. Maybe then we can figure out what he' s talking about.
I went to the website too. Not much better. Looks like someone forgot the " A" in " Stealth" [:-]
Existing High letoff makes for a more difficult to shoot bow as it is due to the " noodle-y" string. I cannot imagine shooting at 99%.[]
Somebody will buy one I ' m sure. Not me, but somebody...maybe Rangeball..he' s always digging up strange stuff
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: 99% let-off???
Hey, just because I dig it up and present it to the masses doesn' t mean I' ll buy it. I' m so cheap I usually wait for one of you guys to buy something and run it through the ringer and give a glowing report before I' ll let loose my hard earned cabbage...
I went from shooting 80% to 65% let off, the difference in holding characteristics and steady aiming is astounding... No more high let off for me, in the near future, anyway
I went from shooting 80% to 65% let off, the difference in holding characteristics and steady aiming is astounding... No more high let off for me, in the near future, anyway
#4
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Posts: 1,051
RE: 99% let-off???
I don' t know how anybody could shoot it accurately. Being a finger shooter, I don' t like any let-off above 65 percent.
Seems to me that the axles would have to be very large to accomodate such a set-up without weakening it. Seems to me it would be noisy too.
Seems to me that the axles would have to be very large to accomodate such a set-up without weakening it. Seems to me it would be noisy too.
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,862
RE: 99% let-off???
Tailor-made for the " Gucci" crowd and the " wannabes" who believe they are bowhunters. The bastardization of bowhunting is severely out of control. [:@]
If I had my way, any bow that has a let-off greater than 65% could only be used by those with a verifiable physical disability or limitation, just as some states do with the X-bow.
If I had my way, any bow that has a let-off greater than 65% could only be used by those with a verifiable physical disability or limitation, just as some states do with the X-bow.
#7
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Imperial, MO
Posts: 140
RE: 99% let-off???
What is it about the higher let-off that makes it so hard to shoot and dangerous? Is it the fact that you are not actually holding back any weight?
I would imagine that if you unknowingly creeped forward a little from full draw this thing may pull your arm out of socket. With no " forward" pull or weight to hold back I could also see a person trying to over draw or pull to hard against the back wall, almost pre-loading the limbs.
I would imagine that if you unknowingly creeped forward a little from full draw this thing may pull your arm out of socket. With no " forward" pull or weight to hold back I could also see a person trying to over draw or pull to hard against the back wall, almost pre-loading the limbs.
#8
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: 99% let-off???
Joe PA' s signature says it as good as it can be said. " The difference between genius and insanity is that genius has its limits!"
I can' t imagine trying to shoot a bow that only holds 7/10ths of a pound at full draw. Can you imagine the tendency it would have to torque!?! Even the release jaws gotta put an ' S' twist in the string! What keeps the string from popping out of the cam track??
I can' t imagine trying to shoot a bow that only holds 7/10ths of a pound at full draw. Can you imagine the tendency it would have to torque!?! Even the release jaws gotta put an ' S' twist in the string! What keeps the string from popping out of the cam track??
#10
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Baltimore Maryland USA
Posts: 1,385
RE: 99% let-off???
I have a sample Concept 99 here at the shop if someone wants to shoot one. It' s nowhere near as difficult to shoot/hold as some might declare.
I guess it takes a ' real man' to handle something that' s different from the norm!
I guess it takes a ' real man' to handle something that' s different from the norm!