Turning up your bow past its max???
12-13-2007, 09:29 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Normal, IL
Posts: 1,552
RE: Turning up your bow past its max???
As long as you are shooting a properly spined and heavy enough arrow it will be fine. Its not like turning it below the minimum where it would be possible for the limb bolts to pull out. Bows work most efficiently when they are at or very close to their max.
12-14-2007, 08:25 AM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: Turning up your bow past its max???
Maxing the limb bolts won't damage the bow in any way - unless you crank 'em way too tight and strip the threads or crush the limb butts. But unless you're very lucky the bow won't be tillered properly. Andanyway,what will a couple of extra pounds of draw weight do for you? Nothing. You'd have to have a very accurate chronograph to see any difference in speed.
IMO, leaving enough adjustability to achieve a good tiller is worth a heckuva lot more than 2-3 extra pounds of draw weight. On my bow, I've got the limb bolt on my bottom limb snugged down tight, but the top limb is backed off some, in order to make my tiller right. That gives me all the draw weight the bow can deliver while also being adjusted tomatch my shooting form.
IMO, leaving enough adjustability to achieve a good tiller is worth a heckuva lot more than 2-3 extra pounds of draw weight. On my bow, I've got the limb bolt on my bottom limb snugged down tight, but the top limb is backed off some, in order to make my tiller right. That gives me all the draw weight the bow can deliver while also being adjusted tomatch my shooting form.
