Mathews Owners
 

With all the posts going on about who owns what, I thought that we should hear from the Mathews owners. Seems like we are a silent majority these days. Count me in for 2.

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Mathews Feather Lite, Going on 8yrs. now, Looking to upgrade soon!! :D

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mathews legacy here! just got it in sept. awsome bow

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My new Icon came in today. I'll be picking it up in the morning.

My wife asked me if I wanted her to pick it up for me today while I'm working[&:] I said thats o.k. I'll pick it up in the morning. I knew full well that she'd just toss it in the van like a bag of groceries and forget to seatbelt it in.:(

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Baaaaa. Another happy sheep here.:D I shot a lot of bows and ended up with a Legacy.

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I am not a Mathews owner, but when I read BowFanatics reply, I just started laughing. Atleast I am not the only one who buckles up my new bows!!!! :D:D

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Just bought my frist Mathews. I got the Legacy.

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Just a reminder: If you treat your BOW right, it will treat you right!! Lots of TLC...:D

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Got my LX in November. It's the first bow I have ever owned. ;)

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On my 4th Mathews!! Outback right now ......and man is it a sweet shooter !! I'm just liking it better and better !! Doesn't hurt that I was getting 3" groups at 45 yrds yesterday and have only shot it 4 days in 2 weeks so far !! :D

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Bought my first mathews about a month ago and went with the LX. Love it, in fact sleep with it the first couple of days instead of the wife.:D

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Currently own a Legacy and plan on getting an Outback soon!

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LEGACY here,had it since 2002--like everything about it!

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Wow, I must be on of the few left shooting the SQ2.

Love my bow!!

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My MQ32 is coming up on it's 5 th. season. I would like to get a new a bow but this one fits me so well that I hate the thought of parting with it. This is my second Mathews and probably not my last.

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I'm pretty happy with my FX....it's killed a few with my help!;)[8D]

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I am quite happy with my MQ1.............until Mathews comes out with a parallel limbed 37 or 38 AtoA, I'll keep it.

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Oh....I see this is another loser thread

Must of clicked the wrong button......again






[8D]:D

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Have an MQ1, which I absolutely love, bought a Legacy and liked it. Sold the Legacy and bought the LX and liked it. Sold the LX and bought the Outback, which I really like alot. Wonder what they will be coming out with next year?

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Loser thread???;)

I have any LX right now, thinking of trading it on for an Ourback! My LX will be a year old in April!!!:(

And Reacher where did you get the Mathews LX picture thing for the signature, I want one of those!

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Rack ......It's bad enough that you had to shoot that elk of a whitetail this year.........then start posting near perfect spot scores........now you got to make fun of my bow too ????? :D

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I am on my 2nd Mathews, an Ultramax, and may be buying my third this summer. I am leaning toward an Outback, but the high brace is a real bummer for me. I will give a look to the new Parker 32, as well as the MM VFT, but because of how well my last two M bows performed, the Outback is in the lead.

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PMantle, the Outback ia quite fast, evem though the specs do not state it, it is a bundle in itself, the high brace is needed on a little bow, especially for shootability!

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Jeff,

Thanks for the reply. I left out the fact that I have very short arms for my height, and only have a 27" draw. I have always shot bows with brace under 7", and have never had any trouble. I may be worrying needlessly, but I still worry about speed, I just hate the idea of giving up power stroke from my current and past setups. As I mentioned in a prior thread, if I do go with a bow with a brace close to 8", I will likely either build a new grip, or use a shim to shoot a longer effective draw. If that doesn't work out, I can always trade out the cam for the shorter draw, and return to the original grip.

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Pmantle ......I have had a Ultra2 , LX , and now an Outback ....I'll list the speeds w/a wisker biscuit rest & 350 grain arrow! The Ultra 2 shot 298 @ 70 # , LX 300 fps @ 69 # , and the Outback 298 fps @ 69 # !! I think they have underrated the Outback !! The extra BH is nice for me @ 30" draw !!

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That is great to hear. I love seeing posts from you guys that have actually shot the bows and recorded your own speeds. I do have a question though, and I do not want to start any bickering, but wasn't the Ultramax and U2 listed by Mathews to be in the mid 320's ibo? I cannot get to the site right now for some reason. If so, was the Ultramax overrated speedwise?

Oh, one more question. I opted for the 65% max cam when I bought my Ultramax. I hate it. It feels more like 40%, and tries to rip my arm off at times. I have read similar stories about the cam on the LX and outback. Are the two cams similar in this regard? I will likely go with 80% on the new one. Thanks guys.

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I have a Q2 and love it. Really makes shooting fun.

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Pmantle.....can't speak for the Ultramax !! But my Ultra2 was a 65% ! I didn't think it was as bad as the 80% maxcam [:'(] !! The newer ones are not nearly "as" bad of arm jerkers.....but still are to an extent ! I personally like the 80% HP cams the best of any Mathews cams to date ! The draw is smoother and more even .....and the draw stop is a great addition !!

I think you will be blown away with the difference in shot noise and vibration between your Ultramax and an Outback !! :D

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legacy owner here and i gave my old mathews, z-max to my dad. all of my archery kills have been with mathews

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Brand new Q2XL for me.

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Just got a SQ2 at christmas time and i have never shot better groupings than what i do now with it...

I too am trying to convince the wife into letting me get the outback..man what a sweet little bow....

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SQ2 for four years now. I'm going to keep this bow for a long time!

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I just cropped the Logo from the Mathews site and then made the LX part of it with photoshop. ;)

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Thanks Reacher,

PMantle don't worry about speed, the Outback has it, just worry on what bow is the smoothest!

The 80% let off on the Outback and LX is nice, I shoot 80% on my LX, and would not shoot 65%!!;)

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went to the shop at lunch. The Outbacks were in. I love the new camo. The grip is an improvement, IMHO, over the older grips. I did not have time to shoot one, but I did draw a 29". It was much smoother than my bow with the max cam, but it was backed off some. I could creep more than with the Ultramax, but not much more. There were no 04 Bowtechs, so I could not compare it to the MM VFT anyway. I will go back when I have more time.

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I've got the MQ-32, and don't have any plans to own another bow.

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Over the years I've owned the Mq32, Q2XL, Legacy, now the Outback.

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I buy a new Mathews each year (generally) and now have an Outback. Love it, love it, love it!

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I have been shooting a Q2 for he past 3 years. I went to the shop just about an hour ago to shoot the Outback to see if it was really as great as everybody is saying. I shot the LX last year and just didn't like it enough more than my Q2 to shell out $650.00 for it.
As I said I just got back from shooting the Outback. I just had to see if it was that much better than my Q2. It is really one sweet bow. I couldn't believe how quiet and how smooth it was. As someone else said, the new grip design is a big improvement over the old grips. Very nice shooting bow.
Oh by the way, did I mention that mine will be in in about 2 weeks!!!:D
Just couldn't pass it up. Ya only live once I guess!