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RE: Draw Weight Question

bowtech — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:15:28 GMT

IMO there is no reason to add weight for the sake of adding weight.
At 40# the spine range of the appropriate arrow allows the same level flight as the 50# bow.
As far as hunting...a 7/8 low profile head such as the stinger will suffice as well as any in reference to penetration.

Years back I had my son set up at 40# with a 100 series CX and 100gr. 2blade stinger and he tipped more big game in one year than some people here have in years.

Point being that a lighter bow is easier to shoot and draw so why the need?.
It's obviously not a macho thing

RE: Draw Weight Question

hutchies — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:28:49 GMT

Yep anymore that is the major difference in most bows. Where the power and speed comes from with exception of the preloaded lims like the PSE X Force.

RE: Draw Weight Question

NY911Bowhunter — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:14:54 GMT

Her ability to draw weight will differ with cam systems as well. I PERSONALLY found that it was easier to draw higher weights with a single cam bow than with a binary cam set up.

RE: Draw Weight Question

BowBo — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:01:31 GMT

hutchies (4/16/2008)

That used to be true but with today's cam technology you don't have that problem anymore.

I have had a FEW bow shops tell me that lately, since shopping for the wife's bow! It's all in the cams now days.

RE: Draw Weight Question

BHShaman — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:05:34 GMT

[quote]TheRomer (4/16/2008)

Yeah my 70# Mathews is easier to pull than my 60# PSE

Id have her try first to make sure tho[/quote]

Mathews Drenalin? vs PSE ?? of what year?

I shot the Drenalin vs my Diablo and not much difference at all.

For the OP, 50-60 in a modern bow, cranked all the way down and work up.
Then if she changes bows you have a much bigger resale market on a bow that can go up to 60, than one that goes up to 50.

RE: Draw Weight Question

TheRomer — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:18:49 GMT

Yeah my 70# Mathews is easier to pull than my 60# PSE

Id have her try first to make sure tho

RE: Draw Weight Question

hutchies — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:51:28 GMT

That used to be true but with today's cam technology you don't have that problem anymore. I would go for the 50 lb limbs and back them out. I think she will be able to pull more with the new bow. Most of the cams today are much smoother than the older bows.

RE: Draw Weight Question

Jason — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:54:38 GMT

Yeah I've heard that too NH.

RE: Draw Weight Question

NerdHick — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:33:19 GMT

From what I hear its always better to max out the limbs than it is to back them out...

-me

RE: Draw Weight Question

Jason — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:15:28 GMT

Here is what I did when I got my wife's bow. I got her a bow with 50-60 pound limbs and backed it out to 46 pounds I think. After much shooting she is now up to 50 pounds and probably pull more if she shot more. I did the larger limbs because if she upgraded to another bow, we could give that bow to one of the kids as they got bigger.

Draw Weight Question

BowBo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:30:06 GMT

As y'all know, we are in the market for a new bow, for my wife.

She shoots right at 40lbs right now with an older PSE with conventional limbs, and only 65% let-off.

I think with the technology of today's cams, parallel limbs, and the 80% let-off......... that she will automatically be able to shoot over 40lbs just because of the "ease factor". What do you think?? I know when I got my new Mathews, I was pulling 70lbs that felt like my OLD bow at only 63lbs! Romer and Gutter both were surprised at how easy 70lbs was to pull back and hold after upgrading to newer technology.

But anyhoo, what I'm getting at is.....................

Should we go with the 40-50lb limbs, expecting her to be able to pull a little more weight.... and run it to the lower end??

OR go with the 30-40lb limbs, and just MAX it out???

I'm thinking the 40-50lb limbs would have a better re-sale value, if it ever came to that one day.

What are your thoughts? Max out the weaker limbs, or turn down the stronger limbs?

C'mon you gurus!