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Post by russkull on Jun 2, 2010 7:55:20 GMT -5
Good morning,
My father, Harley, has been sending me links to this sight for the past year. I have enjoyed reading his threads and the feedback from all of you. He talked me into joining yesterday.
I now have his hand-me-down Switchback XT. I have spent several mos. trying to get it dialed in for ME. Yesterday I received new 70# limbs, 26.5"cam and a fancy colorful Barracuda string. Now I will have to start from scratch, but looking forward to it. I have some old carbon Furies to start with. They are heavier and longer than I want, but will get me in the ballpark while i decide and make up new arrows. Sadly, I have a full set of new Carbon Max that will not work. I have some modifications I intend to make to my sight and its hood. Now is the time to make 'em. I also am curious to see how my shorter draw length will affect my new Anchor Sight(early Birthday gift). I know the shorter draw length will slow my arrows but am hopeful the increased draw weight will compensate. I will also be stiffer heavier arrow. I think I have found a good candidate, the Easton S Axis NFused. I can get both the weight and length I want with these. They are claimed to be durable. I shoot daily when onshore and have been wearing arrows out. If anybody has insight into these..., let me know.
Look forward to hearing from you.
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Post by deadon on Jun 2, 2010 9:55:23 GMT -5
Don't bow hunt much anymore,just wanted to say welcome to the board ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Harley on Jun 2, 2010 10:09:37 GMT -5
Hello, Russell; glad you joined. I'm doing a refresher on how to post pictures and will send you the directions. We'd all like to see what you've done to your XT.
Harley (aka Dad)
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Post by Harley on Jun 2, 2010 14:34:12 GMT -5
I'd appreciate any extra quick feedback anyone can give to Russkull; he's a commercial diver (and cast member of a new reality National Geographic pilot, "Delta Divers") who is offshore for months at a time. He has to cram what he can get into his archery on his short, rare leaves of absence.
I'm more than pleased he's taken up archery; in the little while he's been at it he's gotten better than I ever was. He has two things going for him: He is incredibly powerful through his upper body (working underwater) and he's completely unemotional at full draw.
Now, if he'll only come to visit during hunting season and we get him a deer I'll have him hooked for good.
Harley
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Post by dougedwards on Jun 2, 2010 20:17:06 GMT -5
Good morning, My father, Harley, has been sending me links to this sight for the past year. I have enjoyed reading his threads and the feedback from all of you. He talked me into joining yesterday. I now have his hand-me-down Switchback XT. I have spent several mos. trying to get it dialed in for ME. Yesterday I received new 70# limbs, 26.5"cam and a fancy colorful Barracuda string. Now I will have to start from scratch, but looking forward to it. I have some old carbon Furies to start with. They are heavier and longer than I want, but will get me in the ballpark while i decide and make up new arrows. Sadly, I have a full set of new Carbon Max that will not work. I have some modifications I intend to make to my sight and its hood. Now is the time to make 'em. I also am curious to see how my shorter draw length will affect my new Anchor Sight(early Birthday gift). I know the shorter draw length will slow my arrows but am hopeful the increased draw weight will compensate. I will also be stiffer heavier arrow. I think I have found a good candidate, the Easton S Axis NFused. I can get both the weight and length I want with these. They are claimed to be durable. I shoot daily when onshore and have been wearing arrows out. If anybody has insight into these..., let me know. Look forward to hearing from you. Welcome to this crazy board Russell...... You have inherited one of the most fantastic bows of all time! Even in 2010 it is hard to find a more smooth drawing bow. I see that you have ordered a 26.5" cam. Proper draw length is probably the most impacting aspect of any compound bow and it sounds as if you have that down the 1/2 inch. Spend some time in getting your Anchor Sight set up to your draw length by drawing your bow and anchor comfortably with your eyes closed. Make sure that you do this with your bow hand open and your forefinger pointing away in a 45 degree angle. Open your eyes and adjust the dot into the middle of the circle of the AS. It is important that you get this just right because you will be repeating this form over and over again by centering the dot before you shoot. If you plan on shooting the bow set at 70 lbs you will probably be shooting a .340-.350 spined arrow but that will depend on the length of the arrow. See the Arrow Selection Guide by Carbon Express. It is a little more involved than most. www.carbonexpressarrows.com/cms/content/arrow-selection-guideThe Axis N-Fused arrows are some of the most popular hunting arrows because of their weight and durability. I personally prefer a lighter arrow. Keep us posted on your progress. But just make sure that you put an arrow on the rest before you shoot your bow ;D Doug
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Post by Harley on Jun 3, 2010 7:02:40 GMT -5
"Keep us posted on your progress. But just make sure that you put an arrow on the rest before you shoot your bow."
So, Doug, nobody ever forgets anything, eh?
Harley
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Post by russkull on Jun 3, 2010 10:55:35 GMT -5
I am estimating that my arrows will be 24". The Easton arrow I mentioned with 100 gr tip and 400 series spine comes in at 11 gr heavier than min. for my bow. If I could shoot a lighter arrow I would use the Carbon Max 2000s I already own.
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Post by russkull on Jun 3, 2010 10:59:27 GMT -5
I have made no progress i getting set up. Yesterday was a busy day and my tools are inadequate. I am off to find a spring-scale and better quality hex-keys in a few.
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Post by russkull on Jun 3, 2010 16:50:49 GMT -5
Ok, Bow is paper tuned and arrow sight is adjusted. I modified my sight to get maximum range from it. I am unable to remove allen screw that holds the hood so I cannot modify it the way I had wanted. I have wrung 2 wrenches off trying. I do not trust my spring scale. Think I will head to the Mathews dealer this eve and verify my current draw weight.
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Post by Harley on Jun 3, 2010 17:23:38 GMT -5
Congratulations on the paper tuning; now you can do the walk back. At 9 feet, adjust your sight pins (chase the point of impact) for windage. Then, at 30 feet adjust your arrow rest if needed to bring the group back center (if the group hits right, move the rest in towards the riser; and, conversely); finally, repeat at 9 feet, adjusting the pins if needed. Does the Anchor Sight still line up for you with the new 70# limbs and the new string? I know you wanted to angle your sight pin to the diagonal, but if the hood won't come loose a vertical pin is what almost everybody has, anyway. (Except those of us shooting Vital Gear sights .) Harley
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Post by russkull on Jun 3, 2010 19:17:58 GMT -5
Cute! Heres the story..., Went to dealer and checked draw weight. Fully tight it is 70#. Where I am comfortable drawing it is 60#. I am a little disappointed but on the plus side I can continue to use my new 2000 arrows. I am guessing I will be able to work up to the 70# draw. My only concern is that the bow may be a little noisy set down to 60#. It seems to hit as hard or harder than it did before the changes. I have a few changes to make to the sight before tomorrow and then I will do the walk back method. My assumed new arrow length was spot on. 24" will be the new cut point. Should make for a light fast arrow.
I too hit a glancing blow at 20 yrds today. It was spectacular. Arrow snapped and fletchings went spinning through the air. Hate to break an arrow but it did look neat!
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Post by Harley on Jun 3, 2010 21:03:12 GMT -5
I'm sort of surprised, Russell, that 70# was hard for you to draw; then again, those aren't muscles you normally use, and since you are shooting left-handed when you are naturally right-handed you aren't getting the benefit of your stronger side. I'd bet you work into it.
I don't hear well enough to know when a bow is noisy; it's true that a 70# bow set at 60# is a little looser, and that could well make a difference in noise. With my bad shoulders, I'm doing the same thing here with my bow, but will crank it down for hunting.
Sorry about your arrow.
P.S.: I don't have my chart in front of me, but is there a chance that, at 24", the 2000 shafts will shoot at 70#? They should be pretty stiff; but, I don't know if they will weigh out to the minimum 350 grains you would need at that draw weight. Probably not, more like 280 gns.
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