AMS slide ?????

irydhard · 06-25-2009, 10:55 AM

Has anyone used the steel slides that AMS makes ? if so what do you think are they as good , better or worse than the plastic slide system ?

deer_predator · 06-25-2009, 01:34 PM

From what I hear the rings are nothing more than some crappy keyrings that love to get bent....I Just know what I am told on that one as I don't have any experience with them......I have only had a slight problem with the plastic AMS slides that is when I lost a screw to the stop one time....Luckilly the slide got hung up on the nock and I didn't lose the arrow. Other than that....smooooooth sailing!

irydhard · 06-25-2009, 02:21 PM

we keep bending the screws that hold the stops and even have had some stops shatter . we did let some pounds off of the bows and it seems to be helping . i guess 71#s is a little much for bow fishing but it gets the arrrows down DEEP

Vlad the Impailer · 06-25-2009, 03:15 PM

before I ever shoot them I back the screw out and slather it with super glue then screw it back in. that way the never work their way loose. I have also had them just "wallow" out the hole and just fall out making it where you can't put another one back in. super glue first seems to fix this as well. also if you do loose one or break one keeping a small piece of 1/2 pvc on the boat is pretty handy. put the new safety slide on the knock the slide the piece of pipe on too, the give is a sharp smack off the deck of the boat and it'll shove that thing right on there. nothing is full proof though.....just like with everything else in the hunting industry if they did not break you would never have to buy anything new.

Graves · 07-20-2009, 07:10 PM

stick w. the plastic

dchouse22 · 07-25-2009, 01:47 PM

It's all personal preference, but I have been shooting rings for 10 years and have NEVER had a problem. The plastic slides don't slide well if you get anything on your arrow when you are shooting a lot of fish. The plastic slides tend to get caught in the fish with a pass through. I shot the plastic slides one day and will never shoot them again. Some people say that rings break your line- that's not true. Old line breaks by itself- it's not the rings. Once again, it's all about personal preference, but I shoot thousands of fish a year and the rings have worked for me.