Which bow would you prefer and why? I have some thoughts after shooting the Mach 1 and all three versions of the RX4. I'm curious to hear your thoughts and which one you would rather shoot.
Some of my observations:
Anything else you would consider?
What arrows, rest, stabilizer, quiver, and sight would you use on the bow? (main purpose of bow is elk hunting)
Thanks!
Some of my observations:
- Mach 1 is lighter and actually weighs pretty close/equal to advertised.
- I've been told that the Hoyt cams can be problematic with going out of tune over time because of the way that the string is routed towards the bottom cam. There is that "saddle piece" in the string towards the bottom cam which stops you from being able to put twists into the string down there. Supposedly this makes things more difficult and makes things go out of tune easier. The way the cams share the load, the top cam takes ~500 pounds while the PSE splits the 500 pounds between the top and bottom cam and each carry 250 pounds. (regurgitated sales pitch that may not be 100% accurate)
- The hoyt has less hand shock, although the mach 1 is much better than previous versions. I think it will have little to no hand shock with a quiver, stabilizer, etc on it.
- Hoyt seems to much more popular than the PSE
- Speeds (all with 435 grain arrow, 70# limbs with box maxed out, 29" draw):
- RX4 Ultra: 285 fps
- RX4 Turbo: 299 fps
- Mach 1: 293 fps with my vanes rubbing against the brushes on the rest partially
Anything else you would consider?
What arrows, rest, stabilizer, quiver, and sight would you use on the bow? (main purpose of bow is elk hunting)
Thanks!