Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: romaknows on January 02, 2010, 10:39:25 AM
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I am thinking about trying a drop away rest, and was wondering if anyone has actual speed numbers from their same setup switching between the whisker and a drop away.
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I think its around 6 to 8 fps
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it depends on you setup bows fps arrow weight and such i gained 9fps with my x force when i switched but true numbers are hard to know untill you set it up and try it.
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Someone on here did a test last year and posted that they only lost like 2 fps. I think it was someone that worked on bows and had tested a bunch. I'm sure someone could search & find it. I like my whisker, I'll trade a few fps to alleviate the arrow falling off the rest at a critical time. Mike
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I believe i read it was 2-3 FPS some where also.
I like my wisker biscut and will not change it......
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i still love my whiskers i still have them on 5 of my 14 bows but my xforce i bought the full containment trophy taker for it and it rules. no clumping fibers in the late snow and rain hunt.
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I would say your greatest gain from going to the drop away will be accuracy not the 2-3fps.
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and before I am beheaded by anyone I am not trying to say the wisker biscut shooters cant shoot worth a damn or anything just that that was my persoanl experince from going from a wisker to a trohpy taker
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I have a drop away and my wife has an octane 3pt biscuit style rest... I like the drop away better in the tree stand, but i wish I had an octane rest when i'm stalking through the woods. :twocents:
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I would say your greatest gain from going to the drop away will be accuracy not the 2-3fps.
:yeah:
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When the whisker bisquet was still marketed by Carolina Archery the package use to tell you right on the back to expect a 7 to 10 FPS loss. Now that Trophy Taker is marketing them they don't give you that info.
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Didn't lose that much when I switched but I am shooting FMJ's and they probably have less friction going through the biscuit. I want to say I lost 3fps.
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I've compared the two a few times on the chrony and every time it's been from 1 to 3 fps. someday I might get bored and switch to a containment fall away but for now I'll stick with the whisker biscuit.
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I personaly don't like the idea of anything touching the arrow during the shot so as such I haven't shot a WB and I can't offer any first hand evidence.
I've heard its 3-5 fps on most setups. Have also heard horror stories of shoting em in cold weather. Wiskers get stiff/icy and accuracy speed go to hell. Watched my buddy's WB have a big chunk break out of it when he took a spill and his bow went flying.
IMHO spend an extra $ and get a all metal fall away. Not a lot of $ when you're looking at the overall investment in your setup. Save some money somewhere else. Plus, the realiability, performance, and piece of mind are more than worth it. :twocents:
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My Opinion is the drop away has less connact with the arrow
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ive seen these lil clip things that hold your arrow on a fall away rest, and when you pull back it releases it. so you get the same advantage as a wisker b
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I have killed 6 animals with a whisker bisquit and had two Robin Hoods. All I can say is they work and i have NEVER had my arrow fall of my rest. Can the fall away shooters say the same? I know my Friend would have shot a nice bear this year if he had a Whisker Bisquit. His arrow fell out of his fall away.
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I have shot both. Currently I have a drop away on my bow, the spot hogg whammy. It is always in the up position until you pull the trigger on your release. No problems with keeping the arrow contained unlike other drop aways where you have to worry about the arrow falling off the rest while you draw. That being said I like whisker biscuits, it did what it was supposed to do. Great hunting rest.
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When the whisker bisquet was still marketed by Carolina Archery the package use to tell you right on the back to expect a 7 to 10 FPS loss. Now that Trophy Taker is marketing them they don't give you that info.
I think Trophy Ridge is making them now not Trophy Taker but i could be wrong.
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i personally believe that you would see a slight loss in speed through a whisker biscuit, simply because the fletching have to go through all of that stuff. dont shoot one personally, think that they are way to loud. i have never had trouble keeping my arrows in my drop away, just have to draw it back nice and smooth just like you should be doing anyhow.
steve
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I have shot a WB for the last 9 years. I have harvested 13 animals with it. I love them easy to use when you are stalking through the woods. I am thinking of trying the Rip Cord drop away rest this year. It looks like the arrow wont fall out with the thing that sits over the top of the rest. Has anyone tried this rest? And what do you think of it?
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ive seen these lil clip things that hold your arrow on a fall away rest, and when you pull back it releases it. so you get the same advantage as a wisker b
This s the one I use for hunting, thing is great. The grey clip has a magnet in it so when you draw back it falls back out of the way. flip it forward and slip your arrow in and it stays put holding the arrow even up side down. Its quite and micro adjust.
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