scythefwd
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First things first, yes this is an older bow (5+ years). It is still being sold in various stores like amazon, and it's priced entry level at just over 300. It's basically an Element without the nice wooden handle (its got what feels like a pacmyr grip)
Specs
33" axle to axle height
7.25 inch brace height
60-70 lb draw
28-30 inch draw length (I'm setup at 28 from what I can measure)
85% letoff
rated at 300 fps ibo - I suspect I'm a bit closer to 250-275.
Weight 4.1 lbs
The sights that come with it are acceptable, though I'd prefer a parallel pin vs. a canted pin. I'd also prefer a smaller fiber tip, but again it's serviceable. It's all plastic, but with how little vibration there is in this bow I expect it to last a good long time. It's adjustable for windage as a group, no individual pin adjustment. It is elevation adjustable per pin, but no overlapping pins for those insanely fast bows. This one has a new string with an interal peep, not sure what it came with.
The bow uses a SingleCam that is supposedly perimeter modular. The manuals diagrams for adjusting are poor at best. The draw is smooth.
The limbs are parallel, and the bow has all the advantages that come with it. I don't notice any shock at all, but I came up shooting recurves and this is my first compound so I might not notice it anyways.
The bow is comfortable at 70lbs and a 28" draw.
The accompanying quiver is ok. I'm most likely going to remove it. It adds weight, but it doesn't do anything else. I'm only target shooting right now. I don't expect to get a second shot on a deer if I miss (the vitals, either into the gut or over/under the deer completely), so what is the purpose really? I can always keep an extra arrow elsewhere.
Mine was bought used and it came with a lanyard, stabalizer, 20 arrows, about half field points, the other half either muzzy rage (2), muzzy rage practice tips (2), 90 gr muzzy fixed blades (4?), and unidentifed fixed blade, and a muzzy 100 gr broadhead. All carbon arrows. Mostly easton 350 series.
Accuracy - Im still getting used to shooting compounds. When shooting a recurve, I cant my wrist. It's a hard habit to break. This is also the first time I've used a peep sight, usually I instinctivly shoot. At 10y, I have to shoot at different spots or I run a good chance of damaging arrows. At 20, not so much, but I suspect that the issue is me. I'm in the vitals of the target at 30y about 75 - 80% of the time... and I think it's the same arrow that misses so I need to mark it next time I take the bow out.
Over all, I got one hell of a deal and I will probably shoot 1.5k arrows a year give or take. Between 50 and 100 each trip to the range which is free and less than 3 miles from the house. Pretty much i'll be out there any sunny day over 50 degrees.
Questions, how frequently are you guys replacing strings? What type of string should I be looking at (materal, brand, dont care about color)? Are the teflon cable organizers even worth it?
Specs
33" axle to axle height
7.25 inch brace height
60-70 lb draw
28-30 inch draw length (I'm setup at 28 from what I can measure)
85% letoff
rated at 300 fps ibo - I suspect I'm a bit closer to 250-275.
Weight 4.1 lbs
The sights that come with it are acceptable, though I'd prefer a parallel pin vs. a canted pin. I'd also prefer a smaller fiber tip, but again it's serviceable. It's all plastic, but with how little vibration there is in this bow I expect it to last a good long time. It's adjustable for windage as a group, no individual pin adjustment. It is elevation adjustable per pin, but no overlapping pins for those insanely fast bows. This one has a new string with an interal peep, not sure what it came with.
The bow uses a SingleCam that is supposedly perimeter modular. The manuals diagrams for adjusting are poor at best. The draw is smooth.
The limbs are parallel, and the bow has all the advantages that come with it. I don't notice any shock at all, but I came up shooting recurves and this is my first compound so I might not notice it anyways.
The bow is comfortable at 70lbs and a 28" draw.
The accompanying quiver is ok. I'm most likely going to remove it. It adds weight, but it doesn't do anything else. I'm only target shooting right now. I don't expect to get a second shot on a deer if I miss (the vitals, either into the gut or over/under the deer completely), so what is the purpose really? I can always keep an extra arrow elsewhere.
Mine was bought used and it came with a lanyard, stabalizer, 20 arrows, about half field points, the other half either muzzy rage (2), muzzy rage practice tips (2), 90 gr muzzy fixed blades (4?), and unidentifed fixed blade, and a muzzy 100 gr broadhead. All carbon arrows. Mostly easton 350 series.
Accuracy - Im still getting used to shooting compounds. When shooting a recurve, I cant my wrist. It's a hard habit to break. This is also the first time I've used a peep sight, usually I instinctivly shoot. At 10y, I have to shoot at different spots or I run a good chance of damaging arrows. At 20, not so much, but I suspect that the issue is me. I'm in the vitals of the target at 30y about 75 - 80% of the time... and I think it's the same arrow that misses so I need to mark it next time I take the bow out.
Over all, I got one hell of a deal and I will probably shoot 1.5k arrows a year give or take. Between 50 and 100 each trip to the range which is free and less than 3 miles from the house. Pretty much i'll be out there any sunny day over 50 degrees.
Questions, how frequently are you guys replacing strings? What type of string should I be looking at (materal, brand, dont care about color)? Are the teflon cable organizers even worth it?
