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Old 07-28-2003 | 08:50 PM
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Default Patriot owners, feel free to comment

Or anyone else for that matter. Chime in with any help you can offer.

Let me start out by saying, I now have well over 500 shots thru this thing in the 3 days I' ve owned it. I can' t get the thing tuned because Murphy just keeps getting in my way. I installed a MZE rest on it at the proshop I purchased the bow from. The shop owner never installed one before so I figured I' d save a little time since I' ve installed my own a couple times before. I then eyeballed nock set and centershot and proceeded to shoot 3 of the purdyest bullet holes thru paper you' d ever want to see. I still wasn' t too concerned with tuning because I wanted to get used to the bow a bit more.
After I got home and took a few more warm up shots, I started to group tune for my loop location. With the MZE, I' ll make fine adjustments to the set screw on the turnbuckle arm. Groups just kept getting good then bad. I recheck for level through the mounting hole and realise, my loop has been walking up the string. So I take it in and serve in some dental floss. Problem solved.

Back working on the horizontal group and getting real tight when.....bink, I get a flyer 2 ft. out! Thought I just had a brain fart so I start to really concentrate on form and the whole works. Groups are getting bigger and the occasional flyer is still happening. The flyer is never the same arrow. I start to try different grips and stances. Let me tell you, never grip a Pat dually at 70 lbs. tight. [] Only tried that once. I knew it was not the thing to do, but I' m getting flustered.

Some where in the second day, while still fighting for a decent group,.... plop, out comes the cable guard. I also think it was about this time I noticed the first star silencer had dissapeared. My first attempt at re-installing the cable guard failed because I didn' t realize I needed to remove the outer screw to get at the set screw inside the risor. Now I know.problem solved.

Have I mentioned I' m starting to get sore? Not so much from pulling the bow back. My arrows seem to be heat welded into the foam I' m shooting. Tonight I' ve discovered if I shoot an end and go inside for a bit, they seem to cool down and pull out a whole lot easier. Note to self, by one of those bag targets.

Groups are still sucking. Still get the occasional flyer. I noticed my loop seems to be pinching hard on the knock. So, I always wanted to try a Catfish loop loop, might as well be now. Following the directions, I try to finish off the serving with a loop of dental floss like it says. Nope. Back off and try with 10lb test mono. Nope, won' t pull the tag through. The fine wire from a bread tie finally gets it through. It only takes me about 5 shots to figure out the Catfish ain' t for me. Why install a loop if you need 2 nock sets to keep it in place? Snip. On goes a new PSE loop. Guess what happens today? Up the string walks my new loop. Never had this problem on my Mathews. Thought the first time was due to the other loop material.

Man, pullin them arrows out of that target is really getting to be a bitch.[:@] And I' m still getting that odd flyer every now and then. Even when I go through a mental check list before each release. I' m convinced its rest related. Lets just say I stripped out a key screw and its now a pain to adjust the turnbuckle and arm tension.

Let me ask here. Does your Pat dual cam have a cable guard that slopes slightly downward? Could this be jamming my cable slide? Perhaps causeing the flyer?

So here I sit talking about my new bow, and I ain' t smileing. All these little discoveries ment I had to return to square one. Over and over and over. Have I mentioned how sore I am from pullin those damn arrows?[:' (]

I think I' m getting close now. Cable rod is still secure. I pinched a brass nock above my loop so thats staying put. Whats a couple fps? I got about 295 more.[:-] I removed my stabalizer (doinker I think) and installed an old New Balanced thing I have. It allows me to slide the weight to the back of the risor. Granted I' m sore from pullin those ****ing arrows, but the stabe tightened my groups and allowed me to hold on target through the shot. Maybe that wasn' t a waste of 75 bucks after all! If I can only find the cause of that odd flyer. Then I' d put on some broadheads. Maybe they pull easier?



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