Used compound for IFAA

[iscap_boy]

I'm thinking on getting a compound for myself, to do IFAA competition....here in Portugal there are some used ones,and my prefered are:

Martin Phantom II
Martin Tracer
PSE Beast

The prices is se same for them all. Does anyone shot with any of them? Any opinions?

[greydog]

Haven't had any experience of the PSE I'm afraid, so I can't help there. As for the Martins, it depends on the limb and cam they are set up with, but overall the Phantom II is supposed to be a nice shooter. With the elite limbs you'll get a reasonable axle length (around 38" I think) and if it has the nitrous cams you should get the speed you want for field shooting.
The Tracer is similar to the Phantom but with a little less speed, both were marketed to the short draw/woman archer, so they are fairly light weight bows (>4lbs mass weight)

Since Martin do a variety of limbs and cams on the same riser it's hard to be more specific.

[iscap_boy]

Well, these bows are all sold up, so i'm thinking on getting a new, instead, of a used one. Due to a tight budget, the options are:

Martin Jaguar
Limb Style: Magnum
Axle to Axle: 32 1/2"
Brace Height: 7"
Dyna-Cam 25-30" 305FPS

Martin Saber
Limb Style: SE
Axle to Axle: 32 3/4"
Brace Height: 8 1/2"
Dyna-Cam 26-31" 300FPS

Diamond Rapture
Axle to Axle: 33 1/2"
Brace Height: 7 1/4"
Solitaire Cam 26-31" 308FPS

The bow first will be use to shoot BU category (pin sight) but later to change to FU (scope).

[greydog]

Are you going to shoot BU( Bowhunter?) with fingers? Only reason I ask is these are short A2A bows for fingers.

Out of these three from the stats you've provided the Diamond looks like it might have the edge for speed and forgiveness, the cam can also be adjusted to give 65%-80%, so you could shoot a bit more poundage on the higher let off to keep the speed up. You're basically looking at a Bowtech on a budget with this one, so the engineering will be good

It'll probably come down to which feels most comfortable for you, so if you have the chance to shoot them back to back that would be your best bet.

[Shirt]

BU - Bowhunter unlimited.

Fixed pin sight, 12" stab max, peep and release aid permitted.

[greydog]

Cheers Shirt My stoopid gene's been working overtime recently

[iscap_boy]

I'll try to start already with FU...my preference goes to the rapture..mostly because of it's speed, and because it's made by BowTech. The big problem is that i can't try them...so i have to go with other people opinions

[Field Archer]

Originally Posted by iscap_boy

I'll try to start already with FU...my preference goes to the rapture..mostly because of it's speed, and because it's made by BowTech. The big problem is that i can't try them...so i have to go with other people opinions

Before anybody gets the wrong idea, FU is Freestyle Unlimited.

[greydog]

Originally Posted by iscap_boy

I'll try to start already with FU...my preference goes to the rapture..mostly because of it's speed, and because it's made by BowTech. The big problem is that i can't try them...so i have to go with other people opinions

Since a release aid is permitted (thanks for clarifying, shirt) then I would definately go with the Diamond

[iscap_boy]

One more thing..are 50# enough to do 90 meters? It0s because the seller only have the rapture in 50# or 70#, and in FITA the limit is 60#...