I ordered and recieved a 50# left hand Diamond Edge for my wife this spring and she has been shooting it 2-3 times a week getting ready for this season.
She loves the bow and is very accurate with it.
Today I went to crank it up and it maxed out at 44#.
We purchased a 50# bow and it even has 50# on the sticker.
My question is, could her draw length (~25") be hurting the draw weight on this bow?
Should it max out at 50# no matter what the length?
Thanks, DaveC
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Disclaimer- I am not now, nor ever have been a paid bow technician, any advice given is just my opinion.
The cables could have crept with prolonged shooting. Measure the bow's axle to axle length and brace height and see if it's still in spec.
Good call. I've gotten so used to Bowtech & Bucknasty's quality strings thatI forgot to check this first.
Whatever string material Diamond (bowtech) used on the Edge are as thick as boot laces-not tight like 8125/ 452x material.
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It's not just the cables. If it were just the cables then the draw length would have gotten longer and they weight would go up. Most likely it's both the string and cables, in which case, there is less preload on the limbs. Check the A2A (probablky long) and the brace height (probably low).
You can twist the present string/cables to get the bow back to specs or as you already have experience with them----Bucknasty.
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Not the first or second one I've heard of. I think I'd put some new strings on it, but if that doesn't get it, I'd make issue with the company. That's sad when a bow is 6# short of it's peak weight when max'd out.
The guy I do just abot all of my business with said sometime the bows will come in either light or heavy. I just bought a Darton bow for my son and was going to get a 60# so I could crank it down and put him at 50. He was shooting 45 with his old bow. The guy called me and told me he had a light 70# bow that only turns up to 67#. Darton says not to turn the limb bolts out more than 5 turns which turned out to be perfect. At about 3 pounds per turn, the bow is down to 52 pounds. Thats great for me cause this bow will take my son well into the time he can afford to buy hisown the next time. I am still really new to this archery stuff so take it fo what it is worth. Just offering my 2 cents. But IMO 6 pounds I would think would be a little much.
Diamond Edge draw weight, should 50#= 50#?
