Feather rest UPDATE

[Riverrat43]

I installed my feather rest centered on the side plate, with about a toothpicks width between the rest and the side plate. The rest is also centered fore and aft on the shelf. The side plate is 0.057 inches thick and is smooth leather. With a felt on the shelf left/right was OK. Now, with the feather rest, the point of impact is 10 or so inches to the left from 15 yds. Tried cock feather in/out. No difference. Can I correct this? I like the feather rest, it looks good and it is silent. Pulled the feather rest off, put the felt back on and the arrows again went center.

[Fletcher]

Did you reset your nock point height?

[Lassiter]

What Fletcher said.......

[Stump73]

Also like fletcher said

[Riverrat43]

I did. Its an eighth higher than it was. Kinda looks
like its a bit too high. Think I'll leave the rug on it.

[shag08]

I love the feather rest on the bow I have it on. I've made my mind up that any bow with a straight shelf will get a feather rest from now on.

I butted mine up to the sight window then put the strike plate on top of the little lip on the feather rest.

What is your shooting style? And how do you cant the bow? I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination. But when I put the feather rest on I did have to cant that bow less than I did when shooting off the shelf.

[Riverrat43]

My rest went on just about like yours, maybe just a hairs distance between the strike plate and the feather rest. My cant is minimal at best, just enough to keep the arrow solid on the shelf. The shelf on my bow isn't flat, it sort of concave. Maybe thats the problem. Had aan experienced archer tell me that some bows will not shoot a feather rest and that mine was probably one of them.

[damascusdave]

I am as baffled as anyone and I have original featherrests on 4 1960 Bears that are mounted essentially as you describe, other than for being on a flat shelf, and I have shot them with a variety of weights and diameters of arrows with great results...if anything the Trap built featherrest I had on another 1960 Kodiak was even better than the originals...and maybe I just realized your problem...if that is not one of Trap's rests the feathers may be too soft or some other issues...I have heard that some lesser featherrests are not so great...have you tried shooting with someone watching you from the side and over your shoulder from behind...maybe they could see what is going on...with that much variance in point of impact it should be quite obvious

DDave

[Keefer]

Did you use a feather rest made by Trap?  You can tell cause he puts a little slant into his rests to pretty much keep the arrow on the feather rest against the side plate so you could draw the bow in a more vertical position if you desire..I have two of traps rest I bought through 3 rivers and have bought one years ago from them that was orange in color and you could tell which feather rests were made by Trap very easy..Trap puts some time in those feather rests and very precise on the detail work that if you had two they are cut the same and feathers are glued on very tight to the thin leather  he use's under the feather ..Worth every penny I spent on those rests and "Trap do rests the best"!    

[Riverrat43]

Bought it directly from Trap. Great looking rest. Will try it again when my carbons get here. I'll see what happens then.

[Riverrat43]

Got my carbons in, cut and tuned to my bow as best I could. Took the bear hair rest off and re-insalled the feather rest by Trap..WOW...such a difference from the wood to the carbon. My groups improved immediately. Now from 20 yds I can easily kill an 8 inch paper plate. Gonna try smaller targets and see what happens. Now I know all of the improvement didn't come from the rest alone. I have been shooting a lot the last couple of weeks and have gotten better with practice. But I can assure you the difference in using the feather rest  is really noticable. I actually saw the group come closer together in the first 3 arrows today. Happy Happy.

[Brad Arnett]

I've been shooting one of Traps tests on my centaur for a week or 2 now and I'm impressed with the quality of my arrow flight. Very nice rests!

[Fastltz]

Always thought the feather rest was a neat idea. How long do they last? Seems to me like they would wear fast. Might have to give one a try.

[William F. Adams]

I've been using one for the better part of a year now w/ no appreciable wear --- I was shooting it about every (other) day before I started riding my bicycle to work --- I alternate between my Bear Custom Kodiak T/D right-handed w/ feather rest and Kaya KTB left-handed off the knuckle.

Just make sure you have your nocking point set right and it should last a good long while.

[reddogge]

Originally posted by Fastltz:
Always thought the feather rest was a neat idea. How long do they last? Seems to me like they would wear fast. Might have to give one a try.

I'm on my third year with one of TRAP's on a 3-D bow that gets shot thousands of shots/year. I've had a couple on bows for 7 years or more on hunting bows.

[damascusdave]

I answer the question of how long they last by telling how much I paid for them...I currently have four original featherrests that cost me close to 3000 dollars...of course I got four 1960 Bear bows thrown in...here is a picture of what a 55 year old featherrest can look like

DDave

[damascusdave]

A couple more...they are both missing some bits but that does not make any noticeable difference to the performance

DDave

 

[Homebru]

I just bumped into this two days ago.  I'm rather intrigued.  Any thoughts?
homebru

   

[iohkus]

Those look like they would REALLY lay down flat. Too much, I would think.   :confused: