Never shot one, but welcome to AT from northern Illinois.

 

What distance? That can be a relative term for different people.

 

I think you're overthinking it... Reflex/Deflex risers have a certain "feel" and you may or may not like Reflex Risers. If that's the case, you won't shoot that bow very well at any distance.

The inverse is also true... You might not like Deflex Risers (I personally don't get a long with them at all)

Bottom line, I'd take a 36-38" APA over something like a Supra Focus XL/RTX/Citation to shoot at any distance. I loved my Perform X and have not been a fan of any of the PSE target bows since for this reason.

 

I’ve only begun shooting in the last 2 years.
I have a apa mamba 6.5. It’s a 32” ata.
I average 20” groups at 100 yards. I g he save room to improve but it’s not the bow.

 

 

I kinda figure I was overthinking it, but you don't see videos of people shooting the brand besides review videos that shoot mostly point blank. I mostly hunt 30 yards and in..but would like to shoot 50 to 80 for fun.

 

For sure. I would love to get my hands on another APA with an ata of 34”+.
I had a Hoyt ultratec that felt great but i couldn’t get my grip right with it.

 

I'm currently looking at a bm33. If I could get my hands on any used APA I'd be tickled, but they are far and few between

 

Mamba 33 is amazing bow I have no worries shooting it out to 50-60 yards I have a very lightly used on 60# 27-27.5 and 28 mods $800

 

Yes they do but they are finicky due to handle width IMO. I prefer a beefier handle similar to the UV Matthew’s grip. I just wrapped the handle with grip tape to make it beefier. And have to remember to put more heel pressure into the riser.

Edit: this is with a 2021 black mamba 33” riser.

My 60yd grouping on a really good day

90yds grouping on a meh day, minus three arrows on the left they are all within a pie plate. The initial 5-7 were before I started getting tired (90lb bow). I have been reducing my arrows I shoot In a row as I’m getting to tired to fast as I’ll
Shoot a bunch (10-15, basically empty the quiver) and start making horrible mistakes and shakes. Now I go with 3-5 arrows and try to make all the shots count and end on good notes.

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Do you add any weight to the bow to shoot that far since it's light weight?

 

I have front and rear stabs. 15 inch back 12 inch front, I do not use their stabilizer thing that attaches to the string stop. My quiver and arrows weight a lot so it’s hard to balance it as I can’t attach enough weight to offset 5 x 600 grain arrows and a tree limb one piece premium quiver oh and a spot hog hog father up front.

Pic shows a dialled sight, I sent that back as it started working horrible after a few weeks.




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thats a slick looking rig. Do you not like their mtm stablelizer?

 

Not really, I also have a heavy spot hog hog father sight up front, 5x600 grain arrows in the quiver. I can’t attach enough to it to balance. Plus it’s specific weights not normal stabilizer weights.

Plus I found it a pain in the ass to fit in the case without loosening and swinging it in. So trying to put it back the same every time is a pain in the hurt.


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That being said are you happy with the bow over all?

 

Yes, I quite like it, my Matthew’s is no in back up mode. It performs as well as any other bow I have shot. It’s a speed cam, so think pse s2, etc. It gets a little stiff at the end of the draw cycle.

APA use to have a bad rap for awhile of coming out of tune, but that was the strings they were using at the time, and not tuning them
Properly, they don’t tune the same as most bows, you can do it apparently via a draw board but I have found that to not work for me with their bow.. I still don’t use their strings, I always use ones from bloodline fibre vec 99.

The only real draw back for me with tuning was was the instructions I had were garbage so I nearly threw the bow out as I couldn’t get it to tune without seriously leaning cams or being way out of ctr shot which wasn’t right. I found out that the ctr shot was incorrect and I tuned up in a few arrows.

There are things I dislike:
- I can flex the limbs and full draw an extra 1/4”, I like a firmer back wall, or maybe when I hit the draw stops I’m Suppose to pull that extra 1/4” or whatever it is in flex. I call it turbo
Mode
-the tool ctr is a gimmick, except for the cam lock pin.Get an extra one or two pins and the attachment screw/knob that locks them
In place. The one I had aligned weird and kept loosening on me as I’d bunk the knob. I’ve lost one in the field due to that knob, so I always keep one in the save a bow kit.


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They shoot great and being tuned to the individual shooter. They will just like any other manufacturers out there only shoot as good as the shooter them selfs.

 

The main reason that really attracts me to the brand is the ability to work on it with out a press. Glad to know it shoots well too

 

The ability to work in without a press is great, but I’m gonna warn ya it’s a lot better with one, that feature is really intended for the field, you can do it though, I just drop it in my press


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I get what your saying, but but a press isn't really in the budget for myself at the moment. Think the cam lock would get me by for basic things?

 

Since getting my 2010 APA I change strings and tune it on my bench. Not in my press that gets used on my buddy's bows.

 

You can do everything with the cam lock, it’s just a pain to do a bow setup.

Fantastic for maintenance, adjustments in field etc.


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Here is my 100ydgrouping after a week of the flu with a 90lb bow and 600 grain arrows. Not bad dropped one low right out of 5. Setting up the new axcel landslyde(took me almost 2 years to get one). Gotta say I love the 0.01 pin size. So glad I returned the dialed.

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That's awsome , I'm putting money back for when I can get one unless I find a good deal along the way.

 

When you do buy one here is the best tuning directions

https://thearcheryguy.ca/apa-technology-&-tuning


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Thinks for the info, how is apa when it come to getting parts for bows?

 

Best in the business call em up tell ‘em what ya need and they will ship usually next day.


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I'm interested

 

Oh it should also be mentioned that APA’s draw long. Well it did for me, I felt it drew 1/2” longer then every other bow. 29” dl mods on my APA were to long yet ever other bow I am 29” DL. I had to drop down to 28.5.


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I'm also shooting 27.5" mods to get 28"

 

I'm also shooting 27.5" mods to get 28"

Glad I’m not the only one who has found it to be a long draw length!


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