Golden Bear bow

[hopesman]

Phew It looks like the problem is solved. It tuns out that the shock stop bumper must have gotten moved somehow while the bow was in the bow press. This resulted in off-center contact of the string on the bumper which was causing it to slip by the edge of the rubber. The noise that I was hearing was the kisser button contacting the plastic base that the bumper is attached to. I can't confirm that it is corrected until I actually have a chance to shoot but I am pretty sure that this is the issue. Thanks to all who made comment/suggestions I also feel a little sheepesh as I should have thought of something like this. Also found out that the DL modules can be changed without a bow press, as I suspected.

[royden]

The simple fixes are the best ones! Easiest to overlook too...

[BT]

Well thank you very much for your further inspection
I was thinking about this all of yesterday and it was driving me nuts ;D

Best to mark all settings after the bow is tuned so that if you do anything in the future you will be able to quickly go over all points and determine if anything is amiss

[hopesman]

Beginner, beginner, beginner ;D That's all I can say. Sorry to give you the fits, BT I will certainly be more careful in the future. Will be shooting this weekend some to prove my suspicion and make any fine adjustment in the shock stop that is necessary. Will have more questions soon as I ordered a WB and will undoubtedly require input to get it tuned

[BT]

Look forward to it

[stilllearning]

can I asked a question here about that string stop on hopesman's bow. What exactly is it suppose to do? Does it help get the arrow off the string with all the force it can? Can they be harder on the string?
Just questions that came to mind when I first saw it and had to ask.
I find it very intriging.

[BT]

It's basically a silencer
I haven't seen anything PRO performance related in regards to it's use although some will claim the benefit is there.
Then again .... I am not an expert on this subject and will defer to anyone who has spec'd a bow better after it's installation.

[stilllearning]

I was just curious. Thanks for the thoughts cause his bow is quiet that is for sure.

[hopesman]

Well, I finally got my WB today and popped it right on the Golden Eagle While I was at it, I decided to change the sight also and installed a Truglo Tru-site Xtreme 5 pin micro adjust (TG5311B). I figured that there shouldn't be too much more pain in getting the tuning done and may as well do it all at once. I took it to the range and got it hitting the "pie plate" at 10 and 20 yards with decent grouping. I figure the hard work is just starting and I need a little direction for our next shooting session. I am sure that I was not lucky enough to have the WB set up perfectly although I did take measurements on the alignment of the old rest before I removed it. What do you say BT
Here are a couple of pictures (sorry that they are a little fuzzy)

[BT]

Looks good

Do me a favor ..... watch the cables in the horizontal line to the new rest,
Sometimes you will get enough forward travel on the control harness as to allow it to hit the rest when it is back behind the riser.
It happens so be aware of it.
If you don't see any wear after 100 shots or so you are going to be fine.

If you don't want to wait for wear
Make up some bread dough and paste it around you rest at the rear.
Take a shot and look for an indent in the dough.
If that happens you will want to get a cheap cable stop and put it on your cable guard