Are drop away rests accurate! It has been my experience that most are accurate! BUT we must have the proverbial BUT the ones that most complaints come from are not set up correctly! Most have moving parts that are subject to vibration and wear! Of the users that I have helped out that said the rest was junk ended up being set up wrong for the application! Yes some are slow to retract but that is usually a function of the release or the spring tension! your arrow will need to travel 20 some inches before the fl etching gets to the rest - the release only needs to drop 1/2 inch! Not much competition there! most of the time a rest catches a fletching there is something wrong with the setup of the rest! Like everything, the best bows usually have the best setup and have been finely tuned to be forgiving! Same goes for the drop away rest most are junk right out of the box! What I mean here is that if you expect to bolt the drop away on your bow and have it work prefect the first time out, your dreaming! It usually takes a couple of hours to fine tune the drop away to work on your bow and get it timed correctly and hold the arrow correctly! Every bow and arrow combination is unique onto itself!

So are drop away rest accurate? YES! providing you take the time to set them up properly! If you find yourself saying this rest is junk try resetting it! Some are better than others depending on what you are looking for! The best one I have found for hunting is Vital Gears drop away! It is the best for uncontrolled areas of shooting! Is it the best for spots definately not, but then again you are standing on flat ground and shooting level!

Mike -