Drop away rests

[peterk1234]

I've been using them for over a decade. Love them. The most recent one is the vapor trail (about five years old or so). It's on a bowtech Realm X. The issue I have with it is I find the enclosure, frame, or whatever you call it, does not provide a lot of clearance for my vanes.

I am not worried about my arrow falling off my rest so I really have no need for it be surrounded by a bunch of metal. Is there a good reliable rest out there that drops away but does have a frame around it that could interfere with the vanes?

 

[cgasner1]

I've been using them for over a decade. Love them. The most recent one is the vapor trail (about five years old or so). It's on a bowtech Realm X. The issue I have with it is I find the enclosure, frame, or whatever you call it, does not provide a lot of clearance for my vanes.

I am not worried about my arrow falling off my rest so I really have no need for it be surrounded by a bunch of metal. Is there a good reliable rest out there that drops away but does have a frame around it that could interfere with the vanes?

So 5 years in with this rest and now your worried about it?

 

[peterk1234]

So 5 years in with this rest and now your worried about it?

Yup

 

[grizzly63]

Can you not cut the offending piece off?

 

[std7mag]

Someone cut off the "offending pieces" off of the Ripcord rest on the used bow I recently bought.
Left it totally useless to me.
It's called a drop away for a reason. They get out of the way.

 

[Flatbrimmer]

I cut mine off To eliminate the chance of clacking the carbon off of it when I knock an arrow. Also eliminates the chance of vanes hitting

 

[Dsnow9]

I use a hamske and I believe that has the clearance you talking about

 

[LuketheDog]

I've been using them for over a decade. Love them. The most recent one is the vapor trail (about five years old or so). It's on a bowtech Realm X. The issue I have with it is I find the enclosure, frame, or whatever you call it, does not provide a lot of clearance for my vanes.

I am not worried about my arrow falling off my rest so I really have no need for it be surrounded by a bunch of metal. Is there a good reliable rest out there that drops away but does have a frame around it that could interfere with the vanes?

I use a hamske and I believe that has the clearance you talking about

Another vote for Hamskea...

 

[peterk1234]

I use a hamske and I believe that has the clearance you talking about

Thanks. It's the Blazers that make the clearance a but challenging.

 

[golfer]

So rotate the vane you have pointed up to say 1 or 2 oclock. Your not gonna need a new rest then

 

[ccc23454]

Thanks. It's the Blazers that make the clearance a but challenging.

Lots of quality lower profile vanes on market a lot cheaper than a new rest.

 

[cgasner1]

Go old school and hit them with some spray deodorant and shoot the bow and see if it’s even making contact 5 years in unless something has got dirty or broke im not sure why you would have a issue now.

 

[Mighty Mouse]

The containment cage on many dropaway rests can be removed by taking out a couple screws. If yours happens to be non-removable, Vaportrail's Limb Driver models and Hamskea's target models don't have cages.

 

[cgasner1]

A thumb release also works well to modify a drop away rest. I say this as I head to buy a new drop away my thumb release modified

 

[std7mag]

So rotate the vane you have pointed up to say 1 or 2 oclock. Your not gonna need a new rest then

The APA rest I have on my Viper Air is set up that the nocking vane is down.

 

[grizzly63]

I got tired of them and their noisy racket so Its back to the bisquits. They are quieter and do not break. I went through two QAD's in the last month and a half. Enough.

 

[Spedray]

After a few years watch that whisker biscuit. They do wear out. Mine this year was dropping arrows down as I shot. The bristles were not stiff enough anymore.

 

[grizzly63]

yup

 

[Bob-WY]

After a few years watch that whisker biscuit. They do wear out. Mine this year was dropping arrows down as I shot. The bristles were not stiff enough anymore.

For a few bucks you can get replacement bristles and 5 minutes to replace and you're back in business