Question on maxed draw weight

kdsberman · 07-11-2007, 09:52 AM

I shoot a PSE Firestorm, which is rated up to 60# (atleast the model i have does) I have kinda short arms and am shooting 27" draw length. The guy, well..kid actually, at the archery shop said because im only pulling 27" length that i cant get my bow to 60#?? Is this true? He said that the limbs would be cranked too tight and they could crack. I need som EXPERT opinions on this. Thanks guys.

Washington Hunter · 07-11-2007, 10:33 AM

No, it isn't true.

Your bow maxes out at 60# and will max out at that weight no matter what the draw length.

Rick James · 07-11-2007, 10:45 AM

Not necessarily true. How old is your PSE? I had an old school PSE Polaris Express that shared the same cams with that years Firestorm that changed peak weight depending on draw length adjustments because of preloading limbs more to get certain cable position on the cams. This was the old school method of adjusting draw length by putting the cable in different slots on the cam.

With Sonic and Muzzy heads though, who cares? It is still plenty to kill any deer out there. It's way more important to have the correct draw length than it is to have an extra 5lbs.

kdsberman · 07-11-2007, 11:10 AM

I understand that its plenty to kill a deer, and ive proven that over and over with it. The bow is probably about 4 years old. It has the Lightning Cam if that makes any difference.

treboryerf · 07-11-2007, 07:05 PM

[quote]ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter

No, it isn't true.

Your bow maxes out at 60# and will max out at that weight no matter what the draw length.
[/quote ] Yeah what he said!

Roskoe · 07-11-2007, 09:18 PM

I think the kid at the store is confusing recurves with compounds. You are, however, going to suffer about 10 fps for each inch of shortened draw length - even though the draw weight stays the same.

ArrowMike · 07-11-2007, 10:44 PM

Some older PSE bows would not hit max weight if you adjusted the draw length down, but on the plus side if you made them longer they would go over max weight. These were the synergy and the hatchet style that had the different groves in themor the moveable post to adjust draw length. The newer cams have modules and will max out at what they say. With out seeing the cams I could not tell you if it would or not max out. You can alwas just crank down the limbs and see. You can also contact PSEs tech line and find out.

kdsberman · 07-12-2007, 07:27 AM

Quote:

ORIGINAL: Roskoe

I think the kid at the store is confusing recurves with compounds. You are, however, going to suffer about 10 fps for each inch of shortened draw length - even though the draw weight stays the same.

To be honest, speed is very overrated in my opinion and its by far my least concern. Im satisfied with the draw weight i have, but i was just wondering if he knew what he was talking about.

Roskoe · 07-12-2007, 11:06 AM

I agree. The gains in trajectory that come with a little more speed (or a little less arrow weight) aren't very significant.

Paul L Mohr · 07-12-2007, 02:00 PM

He is telling you it won't hit max draw weight, or you can't bottom out the limbs?

It is common for some bows not to hit the max advertised draw weight when changing the draw length. It depends on the design. You should be able to bottom out the limbs though without damaging the bow. And with a few tweaks you should be able to hit max draw weight as well. If something like this would cause the limbs to crack I wouldn't get that bow because it is a POS bow. Or the kid doesn't know what he talking about.

Then again they don't call them Pull Shoot Explode for nothing

Paul