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Old 04-30-2007 | 02:37 PM
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Paul L Mohr
 
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Default RE: Lower Poundage/Decreased Accuracy ?

How did you go about doing it? I have had a few bows that were pretty low poundage and never had any trouble with accuracy.

I have a darton Yukon with CPS cams that I continually screw with. I usually use it to teach someone to shoot. This poor little bow, I have shimmed the limbs and got it up to almost 70 lbs with a 26 inch draw length, and it's a 50-60 lb bow. I have also shot it at 45 lbs, which is 5 lbs under what it is rated at. I actually shot indoor spots with it this way. I managed to robin hood an unfletched arrow into a fletched arrow at 20 yards this way, so I think accuracy is Ok.

I also set it up with a different length string once for a buddy to shoot at a longer draw length instead of changing modules. And I set it up for my girlfriend to shoot with a bunch of twists in the string to shorted the draw length. I also lowered the draw weight to around 30-35 lbs. She broke a couple of nocks at 15 yards in her basement. And this was with a 30 dollar 3 pin hunting sight, a large hunting peep and wrist release off the string. And arrows that were about 20 lbs over spined.

Some of these set ups left a considerable amount of gap between the limbs and limb pockets, as well as throwing the cams severely out of time. After re-adjusting things and some minor tuning it shot just fine. I give some credit to the CPS cam system, those things rock for the most part.

So in my opinion if you are looking to target shoot or plink at 10-20 yards with field tips then I think you will be fine. As long as the limbs are turned out the same amount and there are enough threads in the riser to keep it from flying apart on you. You will probably need to re-tune the bow though. Accuracy has WAAY more to do with your shooting form and aiming technique than it does with the equipment. I was playing with one of those $40 kids bows one day, and with my feather fletched arrows and a release I was shooting suprisingly well at 10 and 15 yards ( didn't have enough umph to make it 20). And this was with no draw stop or arrow rest.

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