What holding weight do you prefer?
07-31-2008, 11:10 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Northeast Tennessee
Posts: 5,673
What holding weight do you prefer?
I've really been playing with this lately and I have come to the conclusion I like roughly 18lbs or so of holding weight. Well, probably 18-19lbs Anything less than that feels REALLY sloppy and anything more is a little uncomfortable. I could shoot more holding weight better than I can lower. I shoot solid groups with higher, but it wears you out, and I shoot just as well at 18lbs. So I believe I'll keep it around 18lbs for target. What about you guys?
08-01-2008, 06:27 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 4,679
RE: What holding weight do you prefer?
Depends. The trick isn't a specific holding weight for me, it's a ratio of holding weight compared to mass weight of the bow. I used to geek out on a specific holding weight till I figured this out.
I can and will manipulate the mass weight of the bow now by adding/removing weight from the stabilizers to get it in tune for theholding weight I get when the bow is tuned. I seem to have much more luck with it this way, now that I have a stabilizer set that I can accomplish this with and can add the weight where I need it. As long as I'm in that 14-19lb window and the bow isn't super heavy I can get it where my shots are clean and the float pattern minimized.
On my Slayer, the Apex 7's I've had, and my Apex I shot 17-18lbs really well. Now on my Constitution I'm shooting 15lbs, with less mass weight on the bow. I fatigue less now shooting the Constitution and can make strong shots longer which is a good thing because it'stough for me to haveenough time to have great conditioning to reduce that fatigue.
I can and will manipulate the mass weight of the bow now by adding/removing weight from the stabilizers to get it in tune for theholding weight I get when the bow is tuned. I seem to have much more luck with it this way, now that I have a stabilizer set that I can accomplish this with and can add the weight where I need it. As long as I'm in that 14-19lb window and the bow isn't super heavy I can get it where my shots are clean and the float pattern minimized.
On my Slayer, the Apex 7's I've had, and my Apex I shot 17-18lbs really well. Now on my Constitution I'm shooting 15lbs, with less mass weight on the bow. I fatigue less now shooting the Constitution and can make strong shots longer which is a good thing because it'stough for me to haveenough time to have great conditioning to reduce that fatigue.
