I shoot an Elite GT500. I've been tempted to update but it just hasn't happened. My strings were changed in August 2015. Last June when my buddy bought a new impulse (green with envy) I had the shop go through mine. I shot a bit and was on. Then the string on the code red rest began to fray. I took it to a different shop. Same shop that changed the limbs a few years prior. They put a QAD rest on, I had asked them to paper tune. Granted I know the shooter has a lot to do with tune, but it'll get me close.
Once I got the bow I didnt shoot. Didnt hunt last year at all. First year ever. About a week ago I got it out of the case to start practicing. First shot miss...waaaaayyyyyyy left. And waaaayyyyy high. Crank and crank on site adjustment. Finally get it where I'm grouping them tight. Yesterday I look at the felt on the rest, and it's got a wear pattern on the right of the rest. Nock an arrow. My eye tells me the rest is way to the left. I shoot through paper to verify...almost a 3 inch tear. End up moving the rest 1/4" to the right (arrow looks square now) and an 1/8" up. Shooting bullets. Much tighter groups.
Sent an email to my shop. Response was very apologetic. But then went on to say the older binary cam elites tend to need to be shimmed to make up for cam lean. And that even without being shot things can change. I understand that, but can cam lean change where the string is in relation to the rest that much? Is my local shop just trying to save face. To me having to move the rest that much means it was never paper tuned or even had an eyeball down to check for square. He said they use a machine to paper tune which takes out some of the user quirks.
Either way, I'm putting 5 arrows in a 4" circle at 60 yards. Just need to know if I need to go to a different shop. Can cam lean make that drastic of a change. Apologies for the length of my ramblings.
Once I got the bow I didnt shoot. Didnt hunt last year at all. First year ever. About a week ago I got it out of the case to start practicing. First shot miss...waaaaayyyyyyy left. And waaaayyyyy high. Crank and crank on site adjustment. Finally get it where I'm grouping them tight. Yesterday I look at the felt on the rest, and it's got a wear pattern on the right of the rest. Nock an arrow. My eye tells me the rest is way to the left. I shoot through paper to verify...almost a 3 inch tear. End up moving the rest 1/4" to the right (arrow looks square now) and an 1/8" up. Shooting bullets. Much tighter groups.
Sent an email to my shop. Response was very apologetic. But then went on to say the older binary cam elites tend to need to be shimmed to make up for cam lean. And that even without being shot things can change. I understand that, but can cam lean change where the string is in relation to the rest that much? Is my local shop just trying to save face. To me having to move the rest that much means it was never paper tuned or even had an eyeball down to check for square. He said they use a machine to paper tune which takes out some of the user quirks.
Either way, I'm putting 5 arrows in a 4" circle at 60 yards. Just need to know if I need to go to a different shop. Can cam lean make that drastic of a change. Apologies for the length of my ramblings.