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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
[Re: M48scout]
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03/04/18 02:21 PM
03/04/18 02:21 PM
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The timing is not right. Meaning the string that triggers the rest is not tight enough or to tight . When you draw back you should see the rest pick up just a little right at the end of the draw cycle. If it picks up to soon it will not be out of the way when the fletchings get there. If it's not picking up at all then the rest is not set to drop causing the fletchings to hit. Either way you're gonna need a new launcher arm.
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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
[Re: sluggun]
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03/04/18 02:39 PM
03/04/18 02:39 PM
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The timing is not right. Meaning the string that triggers the rest is not tight enough or to tight . When you draw back you should see the rest pick up just a little right at the end of the draw cycle. If it picks up to soon it will not be out of the way when the fletchings get there. If it's not picking up at all then the rest is not set to drop causing the fletchings to hit. Either way you're gonna need a new launcher arm. Thanks sluggun. This is the rest that came with the bow new, so hopefully they will cover it under warranty and it won't be an ordeal to get repaired. BTW this is the Bowtech Carbon Icon DLX model.
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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
[Re: M48scout]
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03/04/18 02:48 PM
03/04/18 02:48 PM
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I agree with sluggun. That rest definitely wasn't timed right. It's also clamped into the cable at the wrong place. It should've been much lower on the cable, usually somewhere around the bottom of the grip is a good place to start. Side note: using a press to split cable and tie in the rest cord is a better option than the football clamp.
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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
[Re: M48scout]
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03/04/18 03:11 PM
03/04/18 03:11 PM
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Yep, whoever set the bow up failed, not the rest. The launcher just needs to be replaced and then timed correctly. Ripcord will make good on the launcher.
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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
[Re: M48scout]
#2425214
03/04/18 03:43 PM
03/04/18 03:43 PM
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I bet you wasn't hitting worth a damn though. Check your fletchings and make sure you didn't loosen any of them.
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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
[Re: M48scout]
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03/04/18 04:05 PM
03/04/18 04:05 PM
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Pulling arrows out of the target is certainly a chore
If it's a Reinhardt style hard foam/rubber target and carbon arrows I like to rub a bar of plain ivory soap on the last 10-12in of arrow. Makes pulling from stiff targets super easy Nice looking rig, good luck with it
We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870
Yessir! I’m always gonna shoot what makes me happy and I want everyone else to do the same! If you shoot one be proud of it and don’t worry what anyone else thinks. - SJ22
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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
[Re: M48scout]
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03/04/18 04:09 PM
03/04/18 04:09 PM
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Oh, it was frustrating! I was trying to sight in at 20 and it was hitting very low. Moved the sight body almost all the way down off the dovetail, and it was still low. Moved the 20 pin down into the lower half of the sight body and that's when it broke. I just now noticed a handful of the arrows have red stripes on two vanes and 3 of the arrows have loose vanes. Take the arrows back with the bow and make them fix them also.
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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
[Re: M48scout]
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03/04/18 04:27 PM
03/04/18 04:27 PM
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It's hard to tell in those pictures but the arrow rest should be set to where the arrow is center of the berger hole on the riser. Doesn't look like it is but it's hard to tell from the picture. Those package bows a lot of times come with accessories just thrown on and you need a good bow tech making sure it's tuned and everything is tight before you leave the store with it. As others have said get rid of the black ball and run the rest string through the bus cable. Also tie a serving above it so that it can't slide up the cable over time.
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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
[Re: M48scout]
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03/04/18 06:43 PM
03/04/18 06:43 PM
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Posts: 5,793 Hoover, AL
M48scout
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10-4. I just got the bow out to check it. It's actually pretty close or exactly at the Berger holes in the "thumb cocked position". I now notice that the rest does not move positions when at full draw which I guess it's supposed to if the cord is properly positioned. So, when they fix the rest I'll also make note of any change in arrow elevation once the rest is in the true ready-to-fire position. I'm also going to ask them about checking the nock position to see if it's exactly where it's supposed to be.
Thanks for the tips as I'm completely new to this stuff. Maybe I can get it tuned up by Fall haha
Last edited by M48scout; 03/04/18 06:45 PM.
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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
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03/04/18 08:06 PM
03/04/18 08:06 PM
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Posts: 5,793 Hoover, AL
M48scout
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Pulling arrows out of the target is certainly a chore
If it's a Reinhardt style hard foam/rubber target and carbon arrows I like to rub a bar of plain ivory soap on the last 10-12in of arrow. Makes pulling from stiff targets super easy Nice looking rig, good luck with it Thanks for the tip, I’ll do that
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Re: Ripcord Rest Fail on my new bow
[Re: M48scout]
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03/05/18 01:14 PM
03/05/18 01:14 PM
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Posts: 5,793 Hoover, AL
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Bow is fixed! It was exactly what y’all said. The football thing was loose, you could slide it by fingers up and down the string. It came from factory like that. It’s properly attached through the cable itself now, and I have a new launcher arm. Bow groups much better now, haha. Quieter too, ha
Last edited by M48scout; 03/05/18 01:15 PM.
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