Top_Heavy's World

My Drenalin was restrung last summer before my antelope hunt. I shot this bow 1000's of times and wore the string out. There were a few threads broken, a fair amount of fuzz and no matter how often I waxed it, it was hairy looking in just a couple of shots. The draw weight was down to 69lbs and the speed dropped to 290fps with a 370 grain arrow. I had a new string installed on Monday, a standard Zebra Barracuda. I shot the bow tonight and Wow, what a difference. The string was twisted a couple of times in an attempt to get the peep set correctly, but not enough to make a major difference. The poundage tonight is 74# and the bow is shooting 297.3 fps, with less than 1 fps variance in 4 shots. This is one of the most consistent bows I have ever used. I will be taking a twist out as the peep still doesn't come to center, then I will chrono again and start the shot count. I am going to shoot this string out before August and the 09 antelope hunt. I want to see how the string changes with temps and with shot count. I was pleased to draw such a smooth bow again, after the Reezen and the Monster, this bow is a dream.

I will make a side note that even though it is claimed to be a 320fps IBO bow, I have never gotten it to shoot that fast and other than the first few arrows off the bow,and it hasn't ever shot over 300fps with an IBO weight hunting arrow.