Maximum draw weight
#4
Huh...I bottomed the limb bolts and it weighed 64lbs on my handheld scale. I would guess there's some weakening as this bow was produced in 2003, but I'm curious...the cable probably has never been changed (purchased it used in '06, never shot it much). Would replacing the cable result in higher poundage?
#5
I hope nobody jumps on me about saying this but you will find that if you ask a bowsmith at your local pro shop that they will tell you that a bow performs at its best when it is maxed out. It is intended to shoot at its maximum performance. Good luck and Happy Hunting
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Belmont, MS.
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Huh...I bottomed the limb bolts and it weighed 64lbs on my handheld scale. I would guess there's some weakening as this bow was produced in 2003, but I'm curious...the cable probably has never been changed (purchased it used in '06, never shot it much). Would replacing the cable result in higher poundage?
#9
I hope nobody jumps on me about saying this but you will find that if you ask a bowsmith at your local pro shop that they will tell you that a bow performs at its best when it is maxed out. It is intended to shoot at its maximum performance. Good luck and Happy Hunting
That's why limb bolts are on a bow in the first place; so they can be adjusted. If a bow were intended to be shot at a given weight then they could made cheaper by just having a fixed draw weight and be done with it.
Also, adjusting the limb bolts is one of the most overlloked methods of fine tuning a bow. Most guys just set a poundage and make all kinds of adjustments to arrows (fletching, points) when often times it would be so simple to just add or subtract a little draw weight. Of course, many have some idea that it makes them less of a man to shoot less than maximum weight.
#10
Huh...I bottomed the limb bolts and it weighed 64lbs on my handheld scale. I would guess there's some weakening as this bow was produced in 2003, but I'm curious...the cable probably has never been changed (purchased it used in '06, never shot it much). Would replacing the cable result in higher poundage?