yankytrash
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Recently purchased an old used Bear 60lb compound bow. Had it tuned up, she's shootin great, despite my inexperience behind a bow.
Part of the tune-up was to get an arrow rest. Not knowing much, I went cheap. Picked me up a littl $2.99 rubber dohicky that self-sticks to the riser. I got the bow all tuned in, then started changing things on experienced bowmen's advice.
Bought me a little rig that's spring loaded, with two little prongs that stick up to hold the arrow. Shoot the arrow, the prongs flip down under the light springweight. Or so they claim...
I took the new setup out, and started shootin. All my arrows were now wobbling their way to the target, barely hitting the entire target box, let alone the rings. Started to adjust sights, adjust my hold, adjust my draw finger grip. Nothing seemed to work. I even lightend the spring and made sure it wasn't binding, still worthless.
Then my friend says I HAVE to only use tips of my fingers on my release hand. Well, that's just friggin' hard, and why didn't I have to do that with my old rest? I tried and tried, and even slept on it and tried again. Still can't get it to work, nor get that fingertip hold to feel comfortable. Not to mention, keeping the arrow on the rest is next to impossible.
In frustration, the $40 techno-prongy thing had to come off in liu of the $2.99 rubber thingermerjob. Shooting in the rings again, and holding the string however I feel like holding it, happy that technology hasn't won this little battle.
What do you use for an arrow rest?
Part of the tune-up was to get an arrow rest. Not knowing much, I went cheap. Picked me up a littl $2.99 rubber dohicky that self-sticks to the riser. I got the bow all tuned in, then started changing things on experienced bowmen's advice.
Bought me a little rig that's spring loaded, with two little prongs that stick up to hold the arrow. Shoot the arrow, the prongs flip down under the light springweight. Or so they claim...
I took the new setup out, and started shootin. All my arrows were now wobbling their way to the target, barely hitting the entire target box, let alone the rings. Started to adjust sights, adjust my hold, adjust my draw finger grip. Nothing seemed to work. I even lightend the spring and made sure it wasn't binding, still worthless.
Then my friend says I HAVE to only use tips of my fingers on my release hand. Well, that's just friggin' hard, and why didn't I have to do that with my old rest? I tried and tried, and even slept on it and tried again. Still can't get it to work, nor get that fingertip hold to feel comfortable. Not to mention, keeping the arrow on the rest is next to impossible.
In frustration, the $40 techno-prongy thing had to come off in liu of the $2.99 rubber thingermerjob. Shooting in the rings again, and holding the string however I feel like holding it, happy that technology hasn't won this little battle.
What do you use for an arrow rest?