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Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:04 am

It got here in the mail today (well the biggest part anyway) :D

Bowtech Sentinel 50#, custom powdercoated white
CBE ML 3D sight
Specialty 7x scope
Custom vaportrail strings
Tru Ball BT Gold 4 release
Cobra fall away
Cartel Triple stab
#500 Easton ST Epic's, 400 grn (should hit about 264 fps)
Fletcher small peep

It'll have it's first proper shoot this weekend :wink:

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Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:25 am

That is one cool toy. How much was it?
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:58 am

that would i set you back a fair bit and it look really nice i like it :D
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:14 am

New, what you see there would set you back around $1800. I got the bow and the sight/scope second hand which saved me a lot.
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:24 am

Thats one expensive toy!
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:28 am

Wow, thats nice! Damage pics? :P
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:44 am

Nice setup. I like Cobra I have one on mine.
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:16 am

WOW! :shock: Very nice new toy. From the looks and price, I take it that you are in alot of competitions or hunt. Can you increase the # pull on it??
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:30 am

mattyzip77 wrote:WOW! :shock: Very nice new toy. From the looks and price, I take it that you are in alot of competitions or hunt. Can you increase the # pull on it??
This is a competition rig. No need for more poundage, 50 pounds is plenty for killing paper with :lol: also when i do 150+ shots in a day shooting lower weights keeps me shooting better at the end of the day. I had a 70 pound PSE Brute I sold because I never bothered to really hunt.
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:21 pm

Is this a tube frame?
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:26 pm

I totally agree with you on the #s I know a lot people who buy the heaviest bow available just because they can and it really dampens the fun of extended target practice. Although it can lead to some nice upper body strength.
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:25 pm

What is the draw length, or, does it allow for adjustments?
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:35 pm

This raises a question, how much simpler is it to use sights on a bow? I can handle a rifle, but I can't judge sighting just by reference points on a bow.

I know you need a peep installed on the string, and it needs to be sighted in for the arrows weight and ballistic coefficient, but it seems a lot easier just to learn your bow's point of impact. Otherwise I'll be burning through a lot of arrows.
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Zeus wrote:This raises a question, how much simpler is it to use sights on a bow? I can handle a rifle, but I can't judge sighting just by reference points on a bow.

I know you need a peep installed on the string, and it needs to be sighted in for the arrows weight and ballistic coefficient, but it seems a lot easier just to learn your bow's point of impact. Otherwise I'll be burning through a lot of arrows.
The sights work in the same way to open rifle or pistol sights. The peep sight aligns with the sight (you also have reference points on your face to improve consistency). You can figure out some settings and put them into a program which makes you a tape for each distance, or just shoot and "follow the group" to get your sights in for a certain distance. You make marks on a sight tape so you don't have to sight in again later.

And JRRDW, it's machined aluminum. The only popular tube bow around now is the carbon element/matrix which are carbon fiber, rather than aluminum/magnesium.

Draw range is 24.5-30.5", I'm shooting 30.5 with the strings and cables played with to get 30.75".
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