anyone have thoughts on the ripcord arrow rest?
08-09-2007, 09:05 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Kansas
Posts: 331
anyone have thoughts on the ripcord arrow rest?
I am toying with the idea of switching away from the bisquit to a ripcord because it looks like the best of both worlds with the full containment and drop away features.
anyone have one or have any thoughts?
rick
anyone have one or have any thoughts?
rick
08-09-2007, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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RE: anyone have thoughts on the ripcord arrow rest?
I've been shooting Rip Cord for three years and love it.
Javabird17 - double check to make sure your launcher when down is 90 degrees. If it isn't you'll get bounce. You shouldn't have any contact on the launcher when it drops. It's a simple adjustment with the rest by raising it until it is completely flat when in the down position.
If your launcher is in the right position, 90 degrees, your contact problem is due to rest timing.
Loosen the football and re-adjust the location by first locking the launcher in the up position, draw your bow and the football will move to the correct location on the buss cable. Then, pull an additional 1/8" of the cord (shortening it from the football to the rest body) and lock it down good and tight.
Re-draw your bow with the launcher cocked. Then draw your bow without cocking it and the launcher should raise to the exact same position as if it were locked.
When the timing is correct, you'll have no addtional contact issues with your fletchings on the launcher.
Good luck.
Javabird17 - double check to make sure your launcher when down is 90 degrees. If it isn't you'll get bounce. You shouldn't have any contact on the launcher when it drops. It's a simple adjustment with the rest by raising it until it is completely flat when in the down position.
If your launcher is in the right position, 90 degrees, your contact problem is due to rest timing.
Loosen the football and re-adjust the location by first locking the launcher in the up position, draw your bow and the football will move to the correct location on the buss cable. Then, pull an additional 1/8" of the cord (shortening it from the football to the rest body) and lock it down good and tight.
Re-draw your bow with the launcher cocked. Then draw your bow without cocking it and the launcher should raise to the exact same position as if it were locked.
When the timing is correct, you'll have no addtional contact issues with your fletchings on the launcher.
Good luck.
08-09-2007, 09:18 PM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dover, PA USA
Posts: 5,497
RE: anyone have thoughts on the ripcord arrow rest?
I gave one an honest try and it didn't work out for me.......I probably just got a lemon but the horizontal dovetail cracked on me and the rest was drifting from day to day and my POI was moving around and I thought I was going nuts. [:-] took me a few days to realize that I didn't forget how to shoot. 
That and the launcher "Whine" drove me nuts. Its a weird tuning fork sort of sound when you draw an arrow across it to full draw. (I have even heard it on hunting videos where they were shooting a Rip Cord)
So those 2 things combined with the underlying paranoia of picturing that raised launcher not dropping at the moment of truth on a huge buck packed it in for me.
I'm sure it's working great for lots of guys but I sent mine back and moved on.
That and the launcher "Whine" drove me nuts. Its a weird tuning fork sort of sound when you draw an arrow across it to full draw. (I have even heard it on hunting videos where they were shooting a Rip Cord)
So those 2 things combined with the underlying paranoia of picturing that raised launcher not dropping at the moment of truth on a huge buck packed it in for me.
I'm sure it's working great for lots of guys but I sent mine back and moved on.
08-09-2007, 11:16 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ND
Posts: 1,627
RE: anyone have thoughts on the ripcord arrow rest?
ORIGINAL: Matt / PA
I gave one an honest try and it didn't work out for me.......I probably just got a lemon but the horizontal dovetail cracked on me and the rest was drifting from day to day and my POI was moving around and I thought I was going nuts. [:-] took me a few days to realize that I didn't forget how to shoot.
That and the launcher "Whine" drove me nuts. Its a weird tuning fork sort of sound when you draw an arrow across it to full draw. (I have even heard it on hunting videos where they were shooting a Rip Cord)
So those 2 things combined with the underlying paranoia of picturing that raised launcher not dropping at the moment of truth on a huge buck packed it in for me.
I'm sure it's working great for lots of guys but I sent mine back and moved on.
I gave one an honest try and it didn't work out for me.......I probably just got a lemon but the horizontal dovetail cracked on me and the rest was drifting from day to day and my POI was moving around and I thought I was going nuts. [:-] took me a few days to realize that I didn't forget how to shoot.
That and the launcher "Whine" drove me nuts. Its a weird tuning fork sort of sound when you draw an arrow across it to full draw. (I have even heard it on hunting videos where they were shooting a Rip Cord)
So those 2 things combined with the underlying paranoia of picturing that raised launcher not dropping at the moment of truth on a huge buck packed it in for me.
I'm sure it's working great for lots of guys but I sent mine back and moved on.
Maybe once you get a bit more experience under your belt... you should really give it another try.
Only joking... you have a lotof experience and know more about bows and shooting then I ever will. 
I have to agree with Matt ontwo of the things he mentioned.So far mine has work with no problems for "practicing ".While I love mine,I always draw and let downat the start of each practice session and will do the same for every hunt to make sure the fork falls. I am still a tiny paranoid afterusing it for 4 months.
There is noise when drawing back with my goldtips. I will have tomole skinit to get away from that for hunting. Otherwise it has been a great rest so far.
Tim
