Ordered my Bowtech Pr40 w/F-cam last Tuesday and got it last night, don't get your hopes up guys for quick delivery times, I guess the Bowtech rep was helping the dealer I bought it from out because he's a new dealer in the area and wanted to get a bow in someone's hand, and I guess I'm that lucky person.
One word describes this bow, AWESOME!
Birth certificate was 29"/60lbs/300gr arrow 282fps, I figured 5fps lost for 60lbs, 10fps for draw length and I'm at 297fps not too far off the top end of 300fps.
I've only shot the bow about 75 times and a few things that I noticed.
1). Tuning - eyeballed everything and had perfect arrow flight, only had this happen with one other bow, Merlin Max3000 w/ Omega Cams.
2). Finish - Mossy Oak Obsession looks very nice, but I had eight 1/16" white dots on the riser. They seemed to be spread evenly and in the same spots on both sides, probably has something to do with the dipping process??
3). Draw - Very very very smooth very similar to the Omega cams but the F-cam is a little more smooth, imo.
4). Grip - Really had a hard time getting used to last years grip but this one is better, not sure what changed but I like it a lot, wish it had a little offset though.
5). Recoil - None
6). Vibration - None
7). String noise - slight twang, but a string leech should take care of that.
8). Draw length - seem to come in a tad SHORT of 29", I'm guessing 28 7/8"
9). Riser - as other people have mentioned make sure you have plenty of left/right adjustment, NAP quicktune 1000 will not work. Really beefy as well
10). Bow Weight - seemed very light for 4lbs 3oz, seemed more like 4lbs 3oz with my stabilizer added.
11). Axle to axle length - even though the bow is 37 1/4" a-a, it seemed more like 40" due to the size of the cam/idler, makes this bow point extremely well, I had a hard time missing @ 15yds bare bow.
I'm going to be hard pressed not to make the Max3000 a back-up after shooting this smooth shooting cam. I'm going to try and get it sighted in and take it hunting this weekend and see how it does in the field. Bowtech has a real winner with these new F-cams. Try them out, I don't think you'll be disappointed!
