I need a new bow!-Is yours the best?
12-06-2002, 07:52 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Arnold Missouri USA
Posts: 244
I need a new bow!-Is yours the best?
I have owned many different bows in my life. I can list 'em all, but you would get bored! Here's a few--old to current!----Oneida Black Eagle--HoytDefient---Pse Carrera(orion cam)--Hca Carbon 4-runner---McPherson Hornet! The Hornet is okay, nice and quiet, but it's to short axle to axle(30"
and the string angle is strange......I guess I could get used to it, but I still don't get that "WARM AND FUZZY" feeling when I shoot it! With all your vast knowlege You guys can help a brother find sanctuary!
I am not brand spacific and I don't care if it's not one of the big 3 (Pse,Hoyt, or Mathews) I'll shoot anything!---E- mail if you are interested in the Hornet!----John
IN THE KILLZONE!
and the string angle is strange......I guess I could get used to it, but I still don't get that "WARM AND FUZZY" feeling when I shoot it! With all your vast knowlege You guys can help a brother find sanctuary!I am not brand spacific and I don't care if it's not one of the big 3 (Pse,Hoyt, or Mathews) I'll shoot anything!---E- mail if you are interested in the Hornet!----John
IN THE KILLZONE!
12-06-2002, 10:04 PM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Sheboygan WI USA
Posts: 255
RE: I need a new bow!-Is yours the best?
Yes, Mine IS the best <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle> and you can't have it!
You CAN buy one like it at your local (Or in MY case, NOT so local) Alpine pro shop.
Mine is the Stealth Force, and has a 39"ATA. If you want something shorter, the Stealth SS comes in at 36" ATA.
Some magazine recently did a "world's quietest bow" comparison, and the Stealth SS was quietest, and within a couple (1-2?) FPS of the fastest as well.
The Stealth Force is basically the same bow...only longer (would that make it louder or quieter?).
Also, with sealed bearings in the idler AND cam (Hoyt is starting to do that with their cam and a half), wide string grooves (No serving wear), and inovative limb mount system (Limb ends DON'T move when changing tension....only a preload bar). It's tough to beat. Oh yeah, it's pretty light to. Again, with an ATA of 39", and a brace of 7" it's a SWEET shooting bow!!! I get over 300 fps at 58 lb draw and 75 grain tips (still over 5 gn/lb).
You will have a hard time finding another bow with better features...better ADDS? Yes, but not better features.
Of course, if all you want is speed....see your BowTech dealer. They make a damn fine bow as well. Neetest new cam...look at the Hoyt cam & 1/2
You CAN buy one like it at your local (Or in MY case, NOT so local) Alpine pro shop.
Mine is the Stealth Force, and has a 39"ATA. If you want something shorter, the Stealth SS comes in at 36" ATA.
Some magazine recently did a "world's quietest bow" comparison, and the Stealth SS was quietest, and within a couple (1-2?) FPS of the fastest as well.
The Stealth Force is basically the same bow...only longer (would that make it louder or quieter?).
Also, with sealed bearings in the idler AND cam (Hoyt is starting to do that with their cam and a half), wide string grooves (No serving wear), and inovative limb mount system (Limb ends DON'T move when changing tension....only a preload bar). It's tough to beat. Oh yeah, it's pretty light to. Again, with an ATA of 39", and a brace of 7" it's a SWEET shooting bow!!! I get over 300 fps at 58 lb draw and 75 grain tips (still over 5 gn/lb).
You will have a hard time finding another bow with better features...better ADDS? Yes, but not better features.
Of course, if all you want is speed....see your BowTech dealer. They make a damn fine bow as well. Neetest new cam...look at the Hoyt cam & 1/2
12-06-2002, 11:11 PM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Arlington WA USA
Posts: 198
RE: I need a new bow!-Is yours the best?
Mine is BEST!
The Matrhews 'FX' is known as the hunters bow. It is a forgiving bow with a brace height of 7-1/2" and an axle to axle dimension of 34."
My set up 67# @ 28" draw with an NAP Quicktune 4000 fall away rest will drive tacks with the best of them and I have had two pass throughs with it and I can carry it all day.
Dick
The Matrhews 'FX' is known as the hunters bow. It is a forgiving bow with a brace height of 7-1/2" and an axle to axle dimension of 34."
My set up 67# @ 28" draw with an NAP Quicktune 4000 fall away rest will drive tacks with the best of them and I have had two pass throughs with it and I can carry it all day.
Dick
12-07-2002, 12:14 AM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Duluth Minnesota USA
Posts: 285
RE: I need a new bow!-Is yours the best?
Like you I have been through alot of bows and they were the best at the time,But now I have another best. It's a Bowtech Patriot that's at 28" and set at 68# shooting around 260 fps.arrows are the bemans ics camo 400.the sight is the Cobra Mystic lighted sights.125gr.Steelforce broadheads.I love the Bowtechs so much I bought the Pro38 for my 3d competions.
12-07-2002, 10:33 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Oh USA
Posts: 1,584
RE: I need a new bow!-Is yours the best?
Yes, mine are the best!!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> For a pure hunting bow the BowTech Mighty Mite is hard to beat. For hunting, 3D, and targets my P38 DC is best. There may be one better, though. I'll let you know when my Patriot DC arrives.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> BTW, my son says his Rascal is the best ever.<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>
Phil.
"Could you guys be quiet, my dad's trying to shoot."<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>
Phil.
"Could you guys be quiet, my dad's trying to shoot."<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>
12-07-2002, 11:25 AM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: the dalles oregon
Posts: 22
RE: I need a new bow!-Is yours the best?
There are some really great bows out there.I still shoot two old mathews A MQ1 and a Ultra Max I still go and shoot all the new bows every year. I like the Bowtech Patriot as one of the newer bows the Hoyt Cyber Tech is a nice bow also.But they were not no better than that old MQ1 with 15 thousand arrows off it.
12-07-2002, 06:45 PM
#9
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Arnold Missouri USA
Posts: 244
RE: I need a new bow!-Is yours the best?
Black Eagle my ass! First of all, when I ordered it they told the shop 3 months----production will begin on xxxxx date and I was 30 something on the list! Ok fine!! Well a few days later I had a bow---alll black signed buy some one special, I guess!!
I shot the first 5 1/2 arrows through it and the top limb cable harness broke......THEN.....Oneida was going to "over night" me a new set "'cause I was PISSED......"over night was 3 weeks.......THEN....the shop put the cable on and test fired it about 5 & 1/2 times....GUESS WHAT....YEP! It broke on the store owner! Needless to say, Oneida gave him so much HELL over that bow. He sent his remaining stock back and dropped them! There customer service really sucks!! I did love my old Phantom though!!! That was a nice bow! for it's time!!
IN THE KILLZONE!
I shot the first 5 1/2 arrows through it and the top limb cable harness broke......THEN.....Oneida was going to "over night" me a new set "'cause I was PISSED......"over night was 3 weeks.......THEN....the shop put the cable on and test fired it about 5 & 1/2 times....GUESS WHAT....YEP! It broke on the store owner! Needless to say, Oneida gave him so much HELL over that bow. He sent his remaining stock back and dropped them! There customer service really sucks!! I did love my old Phantom though!!! That was a nice bow! for it's time!!
IN THE KILLZONE!
12-07-2002, 08:04 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Middletown PA United States
Posts: 3,625
RE: I need a new bow!-Is yours the best?
I think you're pretty close right now. Right brand, just the wrong bow for you. Log onto www.benpearson.com and get a preview of the 2003 models. Quite a few GOOD changes including barings in every wheel and lifetime warranty. I had the 38" Special for 2002 and it is super. I have just ordered my new Freedom. Later this summer I'll most likely get a Raptor and another Freedom, or maybe a Freedom Pro. Now this is made for accuracy. These bows with VIB-X have virtually no felt vibration. I know this sounds like a ad for them but I believe in what I shoot and the results I get.