Poundage

[DocHolladay]

Back in January, I stopped at a hunting store in a neighboring town. While there, I had the archery "prostaffer" set my bows weight to 63lb.... I saw it . I have been shooting, but it seemed heavier than 63lb. Today, I went in to my new part time job(outdoor store) and checked the draw weight, it was at 66lb on works scale . I adjusted it down to 62lb. Much, much better and it feels more like my old bow set at 60lb. Alot easier to draw too.

I am not going to say if our archery prostaffer is good or not, but I dont let him do to much to my bow. He gets alot of business though.

[hopesman]

May 17, 2008 23:33:19 GMT -5 DocHolladay said:

Back in January, I stopped at a hunting store in a neighboring town. While there, I had the archery "prostaffer" set my bows weight to 63lb.... I saw it . I have been shooting, but it seemed heavier than 63lb. Today, I went in to my new part time job(outdoor store) and checked the draw weight, it was at 66lb on works scale . I adjusted it down to 62lb. Much, much better and it feels more like my old bow set at 60lb. Alot easier to draw too.

I am not going to say if our archery prostaffer is good or not, but I dont let him do to much to my bow. He gets alot of business though.

It is possible that the bow scales could be out in each case The error between 63 and 66 lbs is only 4.76 %. I imagine that the scale is a simple spring device and I wonder what it's stated accuracy would be I would think that 5% wouldn't be far off The important thing is that the draw weight now "feels right" to you and you are comfortable with it

[BT]

The body knows .

I believe that folks put too much importance on weight when deciding what bow they buy and how they have it set up once they buy it.
What I mean to say is that I see a majority of people ask questions such as ....what weight do you shoot? , what weight is best?. and so on.
Weight is a very personal thing and it's the body that answers the questions correctly

[SPIKER]

Report them to the department of weights and measures immediately!!!! ;D

I've had the same problem in the past doc. Don't let it get you down, just get one of those pocket draw weight scales. Even if it's off, set it to the weight you like, and it will be the same as long as you have it...

[smj]

Scales need to be calibrated. The scale I use requires that it reads about 2 or 3 pounds with no tension on it, to read the correct value at 50 pounds. Scales can calibrate in different ways, they may need to check thier scale out!

[royden]

Yeah, report 'em ;D ;D

I would let the shop know you think their scale is off - I calibrate mine at 50 and 85#'s - like smj I read about 2#'s at rest then.

[SPIKER]

What do you use to calibrate your scale?

[royden]

May 18, 2008 13:56:57 GMT -5 SPIKER said:

What do you use to calibrate your scale?

Hi tech spiker ...

I took two dumbells down to our propane service station and put 'em on their scale for propane bottles - one is 35# and the other is 49.5# I wrote the weights down with a paint pen on the dumbell's so I don't have to go weigh 'em again (done it twice now, but didn't write it down the first time)

[smj]

I used another bowyers digital scale to confirm the weight of a couple dumbbells and then checked my scale with them.

[DocHolladay]

Shot the bow today and it is much easier on my arm and I dont have to struggle. I also can shoot more times without having to take a break like I did when it was set at 66lb.