So.... I shoot pretty much year round and have become very proficient with my bow. About a week or so ago I was out shooting and I started noticing a pretty nasty tail kick on my arrows as they were headed down range. I went straight to the paper and sure enough I had a 2" nock right tear. I checked every thing over and everything seemed perfect. I mark my sight and rest where they are set, just in case something ever gets knocked off I will be able to tell.
2 different rests and 2 bow shops later I finally decided to try putting my old original 60lb limbs back on as a last ditch effort. This was after being told that I probably had a bent cam axle or a warped cam. I do not have time to deal with either of these issues with 12 days left until the MT opener. So I go swap out the limbs and Ill be damned if the thing isn't cutting perfect bullet holes.
This leaves me with a couple questions. Do limbs wear out? The bow is a 2007 Bowtech commander that I had put 208 delfection limbs (70 lbs) this bow is parallel limbs with a pivot point in the middle of the limb. There is nothing on the limbs that I could see to show which one had gone soft. But one must have to cause the type of tear I was getting.
The reason I put 70 lb limbs on my bow was for elk hunting. How many of you are shooting 60 lbs and how much of a speed/ kinetic energy difference does it really make? If I can get my hands on a 70 or 80 lb cpxl by the end of the week I am pretty sure I want to make the jump. Also according to the chart going from 70 lbs to 60 at 32" draw I should be going back to 340 spine from 300..... big deal being overspined?
These are NOT the things I wanted to be thinking about right before my hunt!
2 different rests and 2 bow shops later I finally decided to try putting my old original 60lb limbs back on as a last ditch effort. This was after being told that I probably had a bent cam axle or a warped cam. I do not have time to deal with either of these issues with 12 days left until the MT opener. So I go swap out the limbs and Ill be damned if the thing isn't cutting perfect bullet holes.
This leaves me with a couple questions. Do limbs wear out? The bow is a 2007 Bowtech commander that I had put 208 delfection limbs (70 lbs) this bow is parallel limbs with a pivot point in the middle of the limb. There is nothing on the limbs that I could see to show which one had gone soft. But one must have to cause the type of tear I was getting.
The reason I put 70 lb limbs on my bow was for elk hunting. How many of you are shooting 60 lbs and how much of a speed/ kinetic energy difference does it really make? If I can get my hands on a 70 or 80 lb cpxl by the end of the week I am pretty sure I want to make the jump. Also according to the chart going from 70 lbs to 60 at 32" draw I should be going back to 340 spine from 300..... big deal being overspined?
These are NOT the things I wanted to be thinking about right before my hunt!