Starting Compound Equipment

[Allvyn]

I'm going to start compound archery pretty soon just for the fun of it while shooting recurve at the same time. I'll be shooting a 2004 hoyt ultraelite with spiral cams at 50-60lbs or so.

Can anyone recommend some accessories that'll match well? Basically looking for the best value, stuff that works without the huge price tag, thanks.

[Jerry Tee]

Trophy Taker arrow rest, Axis FMJ arrows 400 spine. If your a normal person you should be able to draw 59lbs. Start with the 100 grain points, if you have room under the scope at 90meters then go up to 125 grain points.
Spend your money on a good release aid. As you'r a recurve archer then consider a back tension release aid from the start, use your recurve expansion to get the release aid to trigger.

[Dave]

I'm about to take my first plunge into compound and don't think I could trust myself with a back tension release! There'd be arrows everywhere Perhaps when I get a bit more confident I'll give one a go.

[T101]

Originally Posted by Allvyn

I'm going to start compound archery pretty soon just for the fun of it while shooting recurve at the same time. I'll be shooting a 2004 hoyt ultraelite with spiral cams at 50-60lbs or so.

Can anyone recommend some accessories that'll match well? Basically looking for the best value, stuff that works without the huge price tag, thanks.

i'd go for cartel triple arrows, cheaper than fmj and probably better, certainly lighter

[Random_guy]

I don't know about in singapore, but over here cartel triples are more than twice the price of Axis FMJ's.....

[pmiddl]

maybe you were looking up the price of nav fmj instead of axis fmj?

[mk1]

Originally Posted by Dave

I'm about to take my first plunge into compound and don't think I could trust myself with a back tension release! There'd be arrows everywhere Perhaps when I get a bit more confident I'll give one a go.

With a proper "pull" backtension release aid you can't do anything other than aim and pull.

Its always a good idea to give a "new to you" release aid a dummy run - either using a saunders trainer, plastic bow or just a piece of cord. Mastery of the release aid is the key to good compound shooting.

[T101]

oops my bad i was lookin at nav fmj, sorry

[Allvyn]

Oops I guess I should've mentioned that I kinda plan to use my X10 500s cut to 27.25 inches on the ultraelite. I'll be using 110 grain SS points with these.

Thanks for the recommendations by the way, I do have a feeling that using a release aid might be hard for me. I don't even know how it works and all that. Pretty worried about dry firing by accident too or a premature release

Axis FMJs cost about the same as Cartel Triples in Singapore.

[Hidden Hippo]

Release aids are easy enough to use, even coming across from recurve - most of them will be something along the lines of c**k the release, close the jaw around the d-loop, draw up and anchor keeping your thumb/finger away from the trigger, wrap your thumb/finger around the trigger and then just pull until it fires. Obviously this will vary dependant on which release aid you use but they'll usually be like that. With a backtension just do what the instructions say. With an Evolution the safety is on when the trigger is depressed. I believe with the Loesch type releases the safety is on by default and is deactivated when the trigger is depressed.