Recently, my kids purchased me my first bow, a Matthews SQ2 LH 70#. When my son purchased it the seller told him it was set at 62#. After a couple weeks of shooting, I felt like I was going to blow my shoulder out. Well, come to find out, it was maxed out!! So, I backed it off, a few turns on each limb and it felt a lot better. I was careful to back each limb off the same amount. Not only did it feel better but my form improved, as did my arrow groups on target. In fact, I Robbin Hooded an arrow a couple of days later. I was consistently hitting the 10X at 20 yards and within an inch at 30 yards.
Fast forward to today, when I decided to tighten it up a bit. First, I tightened each limb completely tight. I was surprised to see that the upper limb needed a half turn more than the lower limb, before both limbs were tight. Then I backed each limb by 2 complete turns. According to Matthews, each full turn is equal to "3 to 4 lbs."
Now, while my form still feels good, and my groups are tight, though not as tight, I'm consistently shooting high. I figured this would happen, it makes sense. My question is, what steps should I take to sight in?
I feel like the proper step is to slightly drop my raise my sight pins but figured I'd better ask first! My sights are Montana Black Gold 4pin.
Before making any sight adjustments, I feel like I need to ask this also...
My next question is, I'm a bit concerned that one limb took more turns than the other, to tighten up. Is it possible that one limb was "looser" than the other and I was still getting tight groups? Or is it a better explanation that, in completely tightening each limb, I didn't tighten one completely?
Unfortunately I'm working with a standard length allen wrench, not much leverage...lol. Should I get a longer allen wrench and redo this process to make absolutely sure that both limbs are completely maxed out? When tightening the limbs, is it obvious when I've maxed them out?
