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02-07-2006 | 01:56 PM

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MilDotMaster

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RE: QAD ultrarest problem

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ORIGINAL: BigJ12

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The launcher arm cable is either too tight, just right, or too loose. Anybody with common since can adjust this thing. All you do is slide it down to make it tighter or slide it up to make the cable looser.

Mildot,

I would be a little worried thatthe dropaway string would snag on things while moving through the woods. With the rip cord attached to the cable where it can be slid up or down, it seems far to easy for it to move while walking through brush and such. Are you able just to move it on the string with your fingers or do you have to loosen it up every time?? If so I don't think I would ever trust that for a hunting rig. It's also something you would not be able to notice too easy.....that is until you go to shoot it.[:@]

Edit: I forgot to add, do you ever worry about the rip cord clamp ever comming loose on it's own?

BigJ12,

I do not have my clamp so loose that it slides. I use the small alen wrench to make very fine adjustments during target days. After having this rest advanced one hole with spring tension, I’m finding that I have a bigger “sweet spot” to work with. Once I get my correct pivots installed this week and tune cams for best accuracy and performance, I will be tying in the launcher arm cable to hole in cable slide. If I don’t like it there, I will put it back onto the down buss cable using clamp. Once I find the correct spot, I will have it served into position. Those I have talked to that use the plastic clamp in the field have not had any issues, but I don’t see any reason to use the clamp, once you figure out what position to place cable. I use it to make fine adjustments while sliding it up or down the cable during tuning days.

As far as the extra length getting caught up in the brush, I’m not too worried about that. The country I hunt in is steep and open. Most of it is at elevations of 7500 feet in the granite rock peaks above the pine trees. These dang bucks in our area hang out up there where nobody else cares to go. By the time they come down, the season is closed. We have to go up and root them out of their hiding places. We don’t even get the chance to hunt them in the rut, even when rifle season is open they are still not in the rut. California sucks man.

Cable getting snagged isn’t my main concern; I was more concerned about having my arrow fall out of position while stalking a deer and climbing these rocks with bow in hand. That’s why I picked a full containment drop away rest, nothing else will do. Once this rest is rigged correctly it works great.

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