A&H JT riser update

[The Night Stalker]

The stubby plunger was not long  enough for my axis shafts so I bought a beiter short plunger. Within minutes I had it dialed in but it was loud. After I  tightened up the plunger with the wrench supplied and shooting a bare shaft. The arrow was purposing a little. I tied an adjustable knock point and raised it. The noise went away and I really cannot set it down.  The only draw back is the plunger sticks out a little and the mental part that something will go wrong mechanically.  The fun part is the bow will shoot accurately out to 35-40 yards and I do not have it tuned yet. Still debatable whether I will elk hunt with it but it sure is fun to shoot. 25 yards and in is automatic.

[JJ1956]

Are you using a flipper rest with this riser? I like how you can tune these metal risers. Always nice to be able to shoot accurately.

[damascusdave]

One thing we tend of forget when tuning metal riser bows is that there are likely a lot more people using them for Olympic style target shooting than for hunting...sometimes the best way to learn tuning techniques is to look to the long time target shooters...I am planning to do that this summer when fine tuning my Hoyt Desperado

DDave

[katman]

Not much to go wrong with plunger, just check set screws and tightness to riser periodically. Sounds like you found the joy of adjustable center shot. Have fun.

[The Night Stalker]

I am not using a flipper rest, just a Velcro bottom plate. You can eye up the arrow with the beiter then just turn and click to get left or right.

[The Night Stalker]

I decided to fine tune the bow today. I got a measuring wheel out of the barn and see how I was shooting yesterday. The distance was about 37 yards.
I shot a bare shaft at about 15 yards and it was flying a little nock left. I went back to the house and increased my brace height to 7-1/4. I loosened the set screw on the beiter and shot the bare shaft. It was still nock left so not knowing, I took an educated guess and turned the beiter left counter clockwise clicks in a series of three. I got to twelve clicks and the axis 400 was flying straight. I backed up to 20 yards and shot another straight bare shaft. It was time for the true test. I took the same arrow fletched with a 175 gr Tiger Shark. We have a little breeze today but the Tiger Shark flew like a field point at twenty yards about an inch to the right my spot. Backed up to 30 yards and the arrow flight was not any different.  At 40 yards, you can see  the perfect trajectory missing by  5-6 inches.  With a decent release, my left and right are perfect.  At 40 yards, the tiger shark flew flawlessly.  Crazy fun, If I was not on call, I would take it stump shooting. There is still a part of me that thinks using a plunger is cheating but the perfect arrow flight will allow for better shot placement and better penetration. Another good point is the bow is very forgiving and hard to get a bad release.