Picked up a new BowTech yesterday.
06-19-2004, 02:01 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Crosby TX USA
Posts: 2,599
RE: Picked up a new BowTech yesterday.
Extreme 1- I highly recommend the alpine glide slide for it. I've got a Pat VFT and love the way the rollers on the alpine slide make the draw feel. Perfect for me. Give it try, if you don't like it return it.
The way the alpine goes on you don't need to press it either, just a little muscle.
My latest chrony results = 29" draw , peep, hush kit and string loop,
bow pulling 65#= .
It will fling a 420 grain arrow- 264fps
395 grainer 272fps
385 grainer= 283fps
I know those sound slow, but my chrony is consistantly 7-10 fps slower than the two pro shop chronies I've compared it to. I just have a hard time "adding" #ers to what mine says.
The way the alpine goes on you don't need to press it either, just a little muscle.
My latest chrony results = 29" draw , peep, hush kit and string loop,
bow pulling 65#= .
It will fling a 420 grain arrow- 264fps
395 grainer 272fps
385 grainer= 283fps
I know those sound slow, but my chrony is consistantly 7-10 fps slower than the two pro shop chronies I've compared it to. I just have a hard time "adding" #ers to what mine says.
06-19-2004, 03:39 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: CT, USA
Posts: 3,058
RE: Picked up a new BowTech yesterday.
ORIGINAL: DaveC
My latest chrony results.....
395 grainer 272fps
385 grainer= 283fps
My latest chrony results.....
395 grainer 272fps
385 grainer= 283fps
BowTech singles are definitely very efficient w/ lighter arrows, but I've never seen anything like that!
06-20-2004, 07:31 AM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Crosby TX USA
Posts: 2,599
RE: Picked up a new BowTech yesterday.
The 385 grainers were a neighbors who brought over his Gladiator to play with, so I'm not too used to what numbers my bow shot his arrows at. ( might have picked a high # out of the few times I flung that one) and now that I think about it they might have weighed 375, yep I rembember scaling them now- 375.
My bad.
BUT I do shoot my 395's and 426 (now 420, I cut 1" off) regularly and there is a 9-11 fps difference in them, so...........
Good eye Jeffb
- you got me! I assure you it was a mismemory and not a thought induced lie.
My memory ain't what it used to be.........
My bad.
BUT I do shoot my 395's and 426 (now 420, I cut 1" off) regularly and there is a 9-11 fps difference in them, so...........
Good eye Jeffb
- you got me! I assure you it was a mismemory and not a thought induced lie. My memory ain't what it used to be.........
06-20-2004, 01:59 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: CT, USA
Posts: 3,058
RE: Picked up a new BowTech yesterday.
ORIGINAL: DaveC
The 385 grainers were a neighbors who brought over his Gladiator to play with, so I'm not too used to what numbers my bow shot his arrows at. ( might have picked a high # out of the few times I flung that one) and now that I think about it they might have weighed 375, yep I rembember scaling them now- 375.
My bad.
BUT I do shoot my 395's and 426 (now 420, I cut 1" off) regularly and there is a 9-11 fps difference in them, so...........
Good eye Jeffb- you got me! I assure you it was a mismemory and not a thought induced lie.
My memory ain't what it used to be.........
The 385 grainers were a neighbors who brought over his Gladiator to play with, so I'm not too used to what numbers my bow shot his arrows at. ( might have picked a high # out of the few times I flung that one) and now that I think about it they might have weighed 375, yep I rembember scaling them now- 375.
My bad.
BUT I do shoot my 395's and 426 (now 420, I cut 1" off) regularly and there is a 9-11 fps difference in them, so...........
Good eye Jeffb
- you got me! I assure you it was a mismemory and not a thought induced lie. My memory ain't what it used to be.........
I figured something was amiss with the numbers...and definitely as the arrows start getting super light they will get down into the 2-3grains=1FPSMy memory has started to wander a bit as well..children will do that to ya..now I know what was wrong with my father
06-20-2004, 03:54 PM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: CT, USA
Posts: 3,058
RE: Picked up a new BowTech yesterday.
Just noticed something...
Buckeye...your cables should cross underneath the cable guard. Having them crossed above creates too much string angle coming off the idler, and the cable coming off the cam. It tends to make them louder as well.
Buckeye...your cables should cross underneath the cable guard. Having them crossed above creates too much string angle coming off the idler, and the cable coming off the cam. It tends to make them louder as well.
06-20-2004, 04:02 PM
#27
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: The OH-IO
Posts: 7,103
RE: Picked up a new BowTech yesterday.
Buckeye...your cables should cross underneath the cable guard. Having them crossed above creates too much string angle coming off the idler, and the cable coming off the cam. It tends to make them louder as well.
06-21-2004, 11:07 AM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: CT, USA
Posts: 3,058
RE: Picked up a new BowTech yesterday.
Yep..they indeed are supposed to be crossed under the guard
Some folks purposely cross them above for use with drop-aways that run to the slide (allows for a bit more travel), but IMO it's a bad idea as it puts extra pressure where you want less.
Some folks purposely cross them above for use with drop-aways that run to the slide (allows for a bit more travel), but IMO it's a bad idea as it puts extra pressure where you want less.
