Hi!
This is my first post to this website and I found that here isn't that much discussion about Bear Patriot bow.
I have 2007 model 64" 50#@28 and have some serious issues to get this thing shoot the way want.
Firstly, Patriot is REALLY smooth even I have 29,5" draw and 50 pounds with this bow is like nothing to me. So that's a good thing.
My problems is concerning about the noise and brace height.
Let's start with the BH. My string is Tomahawk custom FF string and it's 62,5" long, the same lenght that the Bear factory string was.
Even now the suggested minimum BH (6,25"-7.25")is almost impossible to achieve. I find that strange because the bow is 64" long and the string is only 1,5" shorter... Could there be some kind of mistake in those suggested BH's? I mean if I somehow achieved that minimum BH my fletchings would probably touch the strikeplate and that is not going to work.
Another issue with Patriot is the noise. I have succesfully installed beaver balls about 6"-7" from the limb tips, but that doesn't seem to make a big difference. The bow used to be noisi and like a tuning fork. No the resonance is gone but the noise when releasing is still there.
How on earth can this be overcome?
I have also trouble finding properly spined arrows. I prefer aluminum over carbon and I've tried 32" 2213s with 125gr points and they were too stiff. I've also tried 30" 2016s with 100gr. points that were too weak. Maybe 2018s or 2117 would be proper match. Hard to tell without trying but spine selecton charts seem to propose too stiff arrows.