new stabilizer?
11-17-2008 | 06:16 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Southwest Ohio
RE: new stabilizer?
thanks for all the info. apology accecpted BHB no problem tell me how u feel dont bite around the bush
. BTW im 16
the stabilizer on my lights out works fine but it is just long and unattractive but i guess all good stabilizershave to be long.
thanks for the help
-Evan
. BTW im 16the stabilizer on my lights out works fine but it is just long and unattractive but i guess all good stabilizershave to be long.
thanks for the help
-Evan
11-17-2008 | 07:11 PM
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From: Saint Paul, MN
RE: new stabilizer?
Wasn't sure. Thanks for the clarification. I like to think I know what products are on the market to recommend the right ones to customers at Gander Mountain. I'm kinda an unofficial employee. I do more bow work the the real employees.
11-18-2008 | 03:58 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Titusville Florida
RE: new stabilizer?
You'll hear a lot of opinions about stabilizers, so here's mine.
Most people feel that for hunting that they need a short stabilizer but if you go to a 3d shoot everyone has stabs that are 30" long. IMO, 30" is way too long to hunt with but there'sno reason to limit yourself to a 4" stab. When I started out I had a cheep 4", then I bought a 7" Doinker thinking that this was about the max size to hunt with. One day while shooting at a buddies house I tried his Switchback with a 10" stab. He insisted that walking through the woods was no problem. That started the experiment, I machined 2 pieces of 1" diameter aluminum rod about 3/8" long. I drilled and tapped a center hole for 5/16-24 then I drilled four holes to accept old arrows, about .296 diameter. Now I can screww my doinker on the end and adjust the overall length by cutting the arrow pieces to size. To make a long story short longer was better for accuracy. I decided to go with 11 1/2" overall length including the bracket for my front mount STS and a QD so it all fits in the case easily. Then I found a guy on e-bay selling 6 sims modular nodes and I won the bid for $36. I put three of them on the end of my homemade extension and they work great, I really did notice a difference over the doinker and with the other three aI made a second stab for my son. As far as it being too long, it's still shorter than the arrow sticking out the front of the bow.When you're walking around in the woods you have have to watch where your arrow tip is, if the stab is shorter it won't create a problem. Just my .02.
Most people feel that for hunting that they need a short stabilizer but if you go to a 3d shoot everyone has stabs that are 30" long. IMO, 30" is way too long to hunt with but there'sno reason to limit yourself to a 4" stab. When I started out I had a cheep 4", then I bought a 7" Doinker thinking that this was about the max size to hunt with. One day while shooting at a buddies house I tried his Switchback with a 10" stab. He insisted that walking through the woods was no problem. That started the experiment, I machined 2 pieces of 1" diameter aluminum rod about 3/8" long. I drilled and tapped a center hole for 5/16-24 then I drilled four holes to accept old arrows, about .296 diameter. Now I can screww my doinker on the end and adjust the overall length by cutting the arrow pieces to size. To make a long story short longer was better for accuracy. I decided to go with 11 1/2" overall length including the bracket for my front mount STS and a QD so it all fits in the case easily. Then I found a guy on e-bay selling 6 sims modular nodes and I won the bid for $36. I put three of them on the end of my homemade extension and they work great, I really did notice a difference over the doinker and with the other three aI made a second stab for my son. As far as it being too long, it's still shorter than the arrow sticking out the front of the bow.When you're walking around in the woods you have have to watch where your arrow tip is, if the stab is shorter it won't create a problem. Just my .02.
11-18-2008 | 12:39 PM
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RE: new stabilizer?
Hey Centaur post a pic of your custom stab. I want to see how you did it -- looks interesting. How heavy is the end weight? I am at 12 in 17oz stinger and I love it. Not a pain to hunt with like I thought it might be.
11-18-2008 | 03:51 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Southwest Ohio
RE: new stabilizer?
ORIGINAL: Centaur 1
You'll hear a lot of opinions about stabilizers, so here's mine.Most people feel that for hunting that they need a short stabilizer but if you go to a 3d shoot everyone has stabs that are 30" long. IMO, 30" is way too long to hunt with but there'sno reason to limit yourself to a 4" stab. When I started out I had a cheep 4", then I bought a 7" Doinker thinking that this was about the max size to hunt with. One day while shooting at a buddies house I tried his Switchback with a 10" stab. He insisted that walking through the woods was no problem. That started the experiment, I machined 2 pieces of 1" diameter aluminum rod about 3/8" long. I drilled and tapped a center hole for 5/16-24 then I drilled four holes to accept old arrows, about .296 diameter. Now I can screww my doinker on the end and adjust the overall length by cutting the arrow pieces to size. To make a long story short longer was better for accuracy. I decided to go with 11 1/2" overall length including the bracket for my front mount STS and a QD so it all fits in the case easily. Then I found a guy on e-bay selling 6 sims modular nodes and I won the bid for $36. I put three of them on the end of my homemade extension and they work great, I really did notice a difference over the doinker and with the other three aI made a second stab for my son. As far as it being too long, it's still shorter than the arrow sticking out the front of the bow.When you're walking around in the woods you have have to watch where your arrow tip is, if the stab is shorter it won't create a problem. Just my .02.
You'll hear a lot of opinions about stabilizers, so here's mine.
Most people feel that for hunting that they need a short stabilizer but if you go to a 3d shoot everyone has stabs that are 30" long. IMO, 30" is way too long to hunt with but there'sno reason to limit yourself to a 4" stab. When I started out I had a cheep 4", then I bought a 7" Doinker thinking that this was about the max size to hunt with. One day while shooting at a buddies house I tried his Switchback with a 10" stab. He insisted that walking through the woods was no problem. That started the experiment, I machined 2 pieces of 1" diameter aluminum rod about 3/8" long. I drilled and tapped a center hole for 5/16-24 then I drilled four holes to accept old arrows, about .296 diameter. Now I can screww my doinker on the end and adjust the overall length by cutting the arrow pieces to size. To make a long story short longer was better for accuracy. I decided to go with 11 1/2" overall length including the bracket for my front mount STS and a QD so it all fits in the case easily. Then I found a guy on e-bay selling 6 sims modular nodes and I won the bid for $36. I put three of them on the end of my homemade extension and they work great, I really did notice a difference over the doinker and with the other three aI made a second stab for my son. As far as it being too long, it's still shorter than the arrow sticking out the front of the bow.When you're walking around in the woods you have have to watch where your arrow tip is, if the stab is shorter it won't create a problem. Just my .02.
11-18-2008 | 07:12 PM
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From: Southwest Ohio
RE: new stabilizer?
ORIGINAL: Black Stick
If you do decide to put stabilizer extensions on, I strong recommend Bowjax over Sims. I tried them both and there was noticeably less vibration and noise when I switched to Bowjax.
If you do decide to put stabilizer extensions on, I strong recommend Bowjax over Sims. I tried them both and there was noticeably less vibration and noise when I switched to Bowjax.
