I was shooting my bow earlier today, getting ready for opening day next week, and I noticed that my drop away rest was dropping all of the way down when I shot. I got the bow as a gift from my uncle. It's Matthews solocam LX so it's a few years old so I assume the rest is older too. Does anyone have any ideas on how/if I should mess with it? I'm new to bow hunting so I'm not sure exactly what is wrong with it, but my arrows were sill shooting straight even with it not going all the way down. Should I even mess with it?
Is it dropping part way at all or just not dropping completely? You said it was dropping "all" the way down? When you shoot it should drop out of the way of the fletchings. Have you checked to see if it is working correctly without shooting it? You might need to check to see if the cord btw the rest and your cable is installed correctly.
What kind of rest is it? Not all drop away rests sit flat against the shelf when at rest. If it's a limb driven rest then the chord probably needs to be tightened a little.
Personally, I would just replace it if it's starting to cause problems. An old rest made by a defunct company probably isn't worth the time or effort to try and repair. If money is problem, there are several inexpensive rests that would be reliable enough to use while you save up for something better. The first deer I ever killed, the arrow was shot off an Allen drop away that I bought from walmart for about $25.
I agree it might be time to retire that rest. If you are worried about setting up a new drop away there is nothing wrong with fixed rests. You can pick up something like the Whisker Biscuit pretty cheap. Lots of folks here still use them.
have two of the $50 QAD ultra-rest hunter drop away rests on backup bows and they've worked great. solid drop away for the price of a whisker biscuit.
Good job replacing that old rest with a new drop away. Biscuits are for gravy or raspberry preserves.
The Hunter doesn't have lock down so they can bounce back and cause fletching contact, so make sure you have something like thick felt or the "fuzzy" side of wide velcro on your bow's shelf to help prevent this. They can also be a little trickier to set up because you have to pivot the whole rest to change elevation. Also there is no screw at the thumb wheel to adjust the cord when setting the timing, you have to make all adjustment where you have it attached at the cable. I still think you will be much happier with it than your old rest, I just just wanted to point these things out.
I tried a QAD Hunter and didn't like (nothing wrong with it, just personal preference) it but my son has it on his bow and has no problems with it. You made a good choice with replacing the old one.
Hope it works out for you mine died after a year 3 days before opening day. Started bouncing back for some reason. Went to a whisker biscuit and haven't looked back. Love how a drop away shoots when it works but I like the no fail option of the whisker biscuit.
