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Cornfed

Cornfed

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After doing a lot of reading and talking with other guys on the Archery talk website... I am being told that standard drop away rests that put tension on the cables via string tie in such as the Trophy Taker, etc. are not recommended on Bowtech bows. The claim is that this puts the binary cams out of timing and affects letoff percentage of the bow. Now this technical stuff is really starting to get way over my head.

I have been also told that the Spot Hogg Whammy will not consistent perform on a beyond parallel limb bow due to the amount of or lack of cable travel and the way it affects timing.

Anyway the whisker biscuit rest is looking a lot more appealing every day. Anyone looking for a good deal on a whammy rest.... send me a PM.

Anyone have any input on the binary cam issue and the timing of drop aways?
 
I've got a Limbdriver made by Vapor Trail Archery on my tribute and love it. Its the rest that Bowtech recommends/uses at their dealer schools. Its super accurate and couldn't be easier to set up.
 
A lot of guys seem to swear by the Limbdriver rests.... but personally I don't like that long string extending from the rest up to the upper limb... Do they all set up this way?
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Trophy taker has given me no problems. Shoot with a guy that has a limb driver, it shoots really well too. I think guys are thinking way to much into these bows.
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I have a trophy taker on my Guardian and Tribute; the tt performs flawlessly.
 
I did see that Bowtech offers the Trophy Taker and Trophy Ridge DropZone rests on their website....so at least these two I guess would be recommended.
 
Cornfed,
From what I understand tieing a dropaway such as the Trophy Taker into the down cable was a problem on the older binary cams. You needed to put a few twists into the cable to compensate for the pressure the rest was applying.

All you need to do for the Guardian is make sure your cams are in sync. If you have a draw board or a hook in your ceiling, hook your string loop on it and pull down on your grip. If both cams hit their stops at the same time, your good to go. Cams should be in time and in sync.

I'm no expert and there's probably more to it but that's what I did.

Here's a link to AT. Crackers explains this. Binary Cam Tuning

Are you having troubles with the Whammy? Mine was working great back when I could shoot my bow. A freak'n month ago. Damn softball.:cuss
 
I have decided after talking to a number of other guys... that I am going with a simple deluxe whisker biscuit QS. I want reliability and dependability. I am all about hunting... only shoot two 3-D shoots a year just for practice. When I am out there in the freezing rain, snow, etc. the last thing I want to worry about is my arrow rest. I have had great luck with the Trophy Taker Shakey hunter in the past... I kept my previous one off my Switchback when I sold it... so I eventually may go back to it, but for now I am going with the WB.

I have no confidence in the consistency I have been getting from the Whammy. It will shoot great for a while then I will start getting fletching contact again... the automatic returning of the rest up seems to make the timing very critical... some guys on archerytalk claim that Bowtech is not recommending these rests with their bows.
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