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LOL, yes you did, arrows are at full length, bet if I whack 2"s off it'll break 340 fps, that's smoking, shot for an hour this morning, 30 40 and 50 yard pins are on, a bit left of center, need to push sight a c hair to the left, great fun, glad I went with the Mathews arrow rest, I wont be able to shake an arrow out of that one if big boy shows.

30 40 50 and 60 yard pins on, slid sight to the left a tick, all centered now with no wind, arrow shafts slapping together at 30 and 40 yards is a very good sound, not as good as you guys splitting nocks yet, but, I'm plenty happy with this set up.

If that giant buck I sent Dan a pic of shows, I'm dragging his big butt off the mountain.

Wonder if Mathews will pay me a commission for starting this thread...

They need too, then you can buy a new Triax!

I used one arrow with a new exodus head on a new broadhead target I bought today, broadhead cuts overlapping at 30 yards, this thing is going to be a fast, quiet, accurate killer, I need to get hair on front of those pins.

Okay, I screwed up, I was chronoing with an 85 gr tip, thought it was a 100, it's in the trash now, full length arrows now cut for bow, using a 100 gr field tip, velocity is 325 fps, didn't break 340, but I'm happy.

325 is still mighty fast I'm in the 290's with my set up I like a bit of ass in my arrows they weight 465 gr.

That'll work Dan, two bleeder holes Buddy!

Yeah! looks like you may be a cardiovascular culinary connoisseur.

I get 294 with 423 grain arrow.
Is that about right?
Very quiet, dead in the hand at the shot..

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A 50-60lb set all the way to 60lb...is a much better all around setup than a 60-70lb backed off to 60lb.
Consider how often you are perfectly in position at the range where maybe the 70 is do-able. Then think of all the times you were twisted and contorted to make a game shot...better a best placed arrow from a tuned up 60 than a fringe shot from a maxed out 70.
I still cling to my Switchback.

I bought a drenalin 6 or 7 years ago, shoots so good I don’t know if I will ever switch. Unlike rifles, never had the desire to go bow shopping after I made that buy. Shot others in my league, never liked anything enough to switch.

MM

Talk you out of a compound?

Ok.

Get a 1959 or 1960 Bear Kodiak Special, 64-68” amo, in the draw weight you like. Once you have one of those, why would you want a compound?

Those 1959-60 Kodiak Specials are just plain sexy, and shoot soooo smoothly. I have a 68” 1959 KS 40# @28”. A true pleasure to shoot, look at, and hold in your hand.


Did it work? :-)

I'm still shooting my DrenalinLD with good success. I love that bow, Mathews have not made as good a bow since. I have tried the Z9, but learned short ATA bows are not for me. That was a miserable year. Picked up alot of bad habits fighting that bow. I've added the rear facing string stop and shoot heavier arrows, which really quieted down the bow. I .would rather sacrifice arrow speed for a quieter bow. If you stick with the drenalin, that may help your bow's noise level.

I have been looking at Hoyts this year, Loving the Double XL and RX-1 Carbon Ultra. I'm intrigued over carbon bows not getting as cold as an aluminum bow but the Double XL is so much cheaper.

Pfft...find an old Switchback and wait for a better bow to be made. (There hasn't been one yet.)

You hunt turtles or what?

Halon 7 for me