I set up a bow for my girlfriend to shoot with me and I put a Whisker Bisket rest on it that I got cheap at Wally World on sale after season and I must say I kinda like the simplicity of it and the bow shoots good with it. So now I'm wanting to try a Whisker Bisket during the off season on one of my bows but I don't know what size I need. I shoot a Easton FMJ 500 that's supposed to be 17/64 od. The chart says, small = 0.300 inner medium = 0.320 inner Do I need the small or medium size Whisker Biscuit?
Thank You! The arrows I have for my GF are cheap Carbon Express and are about the same size as some Easton Epics I have and I think their 9/32nd, The Whisker Biscuit I got for her is a medium.
I'm not trying to insult you but please reconsider. A whisker biscuit is a rest where you shoot thru bristles causing drag on your arrows. How can that be any good?
Just bought a brand new bow and didn't hesitate to put a wb back on it. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
I use the medium size. It can handle a wide variety of. Arrow diameters. Some might fit more snugly some less but I don't have any trouble tuning the bow/rest/sight. If in doubt, it's better to use the slightly bigger size. Sent from my Classic using Tapatalk
I used the Easton bloodlines a couple years back which was a smaller diameter arrow and I had a medium sized biscuit. It had a little wiggle room in there but I didn't notice a difference in accuracy.
Thats a reasonable Question. There are Pro's and Con's to all things, You just have to figure out what works for you and what you're comfortable shooting with.
I have been a WB guy for maybe 20 years. IMO go with the medium. You WANT space around (above) the shaft. I have used a large with skinny shafts with zero issues. As far as speed......you WILL loose some.....a whole 1-2fps. The tighter the bristles are around the shaft the more speed you loose. But either way, very little. There is a testing tread over at the Mathews forum. FWIW: I've been bowhunting since 1975. I bought a No Cam HTR the summer (for hunting). What rest? WB. What rests are in the drawer? NAP quick tune 3000, MPI Brushmaster, Trophy Taker, QAD, Ripcord Code Red and NAP Apache Carbon. The Apache Carbon is my favorite drop-away. I have one on my backup bow. BUT my main hunting bow has the WB. The only downfall I ever had was when the "best" arrows were Aluminum XX78 Super Slams with a camo coating and thin walls. Drawing back made a noticeable noise. With todays variety of thick wall, slick shaft carbon arrows (Axis for one) this is not an issue anymore. I still use arrow lube on my quiver full of hunting arrows. It brought the noise down with the Aluminums in the past and can't hurt today carbons.
Go with the medium biscuit. I'm not too familiar with the arrows you are using but a good guideline to follow is this, if your carbons use outserts instead of inserts use the small biscuit. All other carbons use medium and fat aluminum shafts get the large biscuit.
Yup, WB is a definately a good rest. Sure it has a little drag on the arrow but big deal. If its consistent then that is all that matters. If I ever have an issue with my QAD then I wont hesitate to go back to the WB. I use to always spray my biscuit with Scorpion Venom. It really helped quite down that shhhhhhhhhh when drawing back. I used the Easton Axis arrows which I think are pretty close to your FMJ and I used the Small size. You dont want the gap above the arrow to be overly huge but you dont want it tight around the arrow. I think the medium would work without issues as well.
What's this scorpion venom you speak of? Of been trying to think of something to put on my rest to negate that shhh sound too.
http://www.lancasterarchery.com/scorpion-venom-biscuit-spray.html Here you go. Keep in mind it wont make it dead silent but it did help. I think it also helps prevent freezing of the bristles if your out in freezing rain/snow.
Never have actually witnessed this I shot a WB for a couple of years and it never happened, shot many arrows thru that WB. Never a single problem with vanes because of a WB.
I've had cheap vanes get wavy but not anything that keeps them from doing their job. Never once had any kind of damage happen to Blazers or any other higher end vanes. Sent from my Classic using Tapatalk
