RE: Patriot Dually Let Down
The first time we put it through the chrony was right out of the box, nothing on the string but the nock and the bowtech string silencers. I' m pretty sure of those numbers but I may be off a few feet, I can check with the guy at the shop tomorrow, regardless it was still only 2-3 fps faster than my sq2 with the exact same setups wheter my memory serves me that well or not on the other numbers I know for a fact that those numbers are correct becasue I was shocked. The shop owner was shooting it then because he has had the same thing with two other duallys. He shot his 70# 29" dually at IBO and was only 5-7 fps faster than his legacy. I' m definatly not trying to bash Bowtech, the guy at the shop called me last week when he couldn' t get his 70# rig up to specs and told me I could cancel my order, but I didn' t, I really wanted to shoot this thing a little bit and make up my own mind. THe thought of drawing 58-60 lbs and getting that kind of KE in a hunting scenario was and is so appealing to me. I read somewhere that someone else had this same problem, I think he just bought a XVFT instead of trying to work out the kinks. Trust me when I say I really want this bow. All i' ve done the last 3 months is hype it to friends and I guess it was just a let down. Like I said, the tech guy on the phone went and shot one at their place and was 25-30 fps faster with the same setup we were shooting. I don' t know what the problem is but I hope the next one is better. Again, I am not trying to run down Bowtech in any way. Go back and look at my posts here, at eders, and even the bowsite, you will not find a bad word from me about anything, let alone a Bowtech.
With all the Bowtech bashing going on, I really wanted to be able to come on here and post great results but that just wasn' t the case.
Matt, I deleted this post at Eders becasue of your comment over there, but the truth is that THIS dually just wasn' t up to speed. Notice I said this....