Not freaking out now, but very mad at my Ex pro shop guy!!!

Vabowman · 02-24-2008, 01:08 PM

I got everything straight today. My arrow only weighed 322 gr!! I had it weighed on a digital scale. My old arrows only weighed 309 gr!!! So I spent the day getting new arrows and a new rest and paper tuning. I now shoot a 372 gr arrow @ 289 fps @ 73#. I lost some speed, but I don't care, I feel much better shooting the right size and weight arrow. I bought the Easton Axis 400's. Man, was it a bear to tune this X Force!! Once we got it tuned though, it was tight!! I changed from the Top Gun Phantom rest to QAD hd pro. Good rest. I now shoot a 100 gr tip instead of the 90 gr, but all in all, I think shooting 289 fps will be fast enough for me and I will be safe to shoot!! Thanks guys for your help!!

BullRider115 · 02-24-2008, 01:14 PM

That is something, a few shops will do. Get you under 5 GPP and have you turning in speeds that make your head spin. Be safe, shoot heavy. 289 is still smoking fast.......

Paul L Mohr · 02-24-2008, 01:37 PM

The weights you listed are right in line with what Ontarget gave me.

What length arrows did you end up getting this time? 24 inches is pretty darn short for your set up.

That's nice, I spent hours figuring out your set up and you were off getting new arrows already[:'(]

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Paul

N2D · 02-24-2008, 01:51 PM

It is sad that they gave you such a run around. Glad to hear that you finally got things right.

Vabowman · 02-24-2008, 04:26 PM

I ended up getting 24.5 " arrows and going to a 100 gr tip. I got the easton axis 400's. Gives me about a 1/2 of arrow hang over from the rest. Oh yeh, I bought the QAD Pro hunter, cool rest. Anyway, my arrows now weigh 372 gr which is certainly over the minimum for 73# pull. Thanks guys,. Only thing left to do, is take those 4' dura vanes off and put my 2" blazers on.

Paul L Mohr · 02-24-2008, 04:45 PM

Those are better, I show them being slightly stiff, but much better than the others.

Vabowman · 02-24-2008, 04:47 PM

Hey Paul, so you think the spine is ok??

Paul L Mohr · 02-25-2008, 03:40 PM

If I entered everything in the program correctly they should be. Like I said a tad stiff, but no big deal.

I personally would have cut them longer myself so you had something to work with incase then end up being stiff. Since you can't up your poundage any. I like to pick an arrow that is in the middle of my draw weight range for spine. That way if I have problems I can adjust the weight up or down to compensat for it. I shoot overly long arrows as well.

Remember, you can always cut a little off, but you can never add length

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If they end up being a bit stiff you could add tip weight though, or use lighter fletchings. Like feathers. This would also increase you FOC which is never a bad thing.

My opinions anyway.

Let us know how they shoot.

By the way, you said it was a pain to tune, how so? Just because the bow is so critical of form errors or was it something else?

Paul

Rick James · 02-25-2008, 03:44 PM

Doesn't PSE warranty down to 4gpp now? If speed was important to me I'd shoot it there.........

Vabowman · 02-25-2008, 03:46 PM

Thanks Paul, I don't know why, the guy at Gander Mt said he had never tuned one this picky. He was really good and he needs his own shop truly. It was just a little tetious I guess, I didn't think it was bad, but he said the PSE bows are tough to tune sometimes, but once they are tuned, they are perfect. Paul what rest do you shoot?