Now I’m even getting pulled into this! [8D]
It’s true that I’ve shot my best scores in my life the past 4 months or so using my little Quest35 equipped with Omega cams. Several 60X games, a State title, a NFAA Sectional title, and tied for 4th highest Male FS score at the NFAA Nationals. Awesome little bow.
Before I took the leap to Merlins several years (3? 4?) ago, I had been extremely happy owning three different Dartons with the CPS cams, so hybrids are nothing new to me.
The last couple of years I had been shooting a Supernova with Merlin’s round wheel “T-Wheels” and a shoot-through harness. Never had the scores as high as I did until I switched to my Quest35 for target shooting. Now believe me, more than anyone I’ve been questioning myself if my improvement in scores was due to the difference in cam systems? Arrow rest? Different grip? Different back wall solidness? Maybe a mixture of some factors? Honestly, I don’t know- but I’m in the process of trying to determine why that is…. Keep in mind that while I was doing quite well with the Omega system, another Merlin shooter, Grant Schleusner, was winning BHFS at Vegas, a State title, a NFAA Sectional title, and 2nd place at the NFAA Nationals with Merlin’s Rapid2 twin cam with a shoot through harness.
I’m going to spend some devoted time over the next few months comparing lots of things- grips, cams, rests, bows, shoot throughs, cable guards, and all sorts of combinations. I do wish Merlin made a three track- if they did, I would own one. If they did, Merlin would have every cam option covered for the archery consumer. I’ve mentioned on the boards a few times that I wouldn’t have a three track system for
my style of hunting. I do a lot of cold weather outings and don’t want to worry about having a cable closer to my bulky coat than the string already is. And for hunting I wouldn’t own a bow with less than 7-7.5” of brace height either for the same concerns. But a three track for target shooting may be another story……
That said, I’m expecting a new Merlin w/ Omegas late this week or early next week (right, PW12?
) This one will be a little more appropriate for target shooting and will allow me to start figuring out what works the best for me and my style of shooting. Should be a fun summer!