Your manual will say you can back the limb bolts out 5 complete turns.
That should take you down 12-14 pounds on that bow.

Mitch

 

4lbs a turn and a maxium of 10lbs on the limbs= 2.5 turns

 

Actually the manual states you shouldn't loosen the limb bolts more than 8 turns, while the hoyt website faq says no more than 10 turns. You might want to contact hoyt just to be on the safe side.

 

Just so you know, from the bolt face to the threaded end is 2.5". Plenty long. And most Hoyts lose 2-3 pounds per turn. I've shot a few Hoyts thousands of times 6 turns out without issue.

 

Since parallel limb bows seem to have a greater #/turn change than non-parallel style limbs Hoyt has changed their guidelines.

They tell you the bow has a 10# adjustment, don't go below that. Hoyt recommends you shoot the bow a maximum of 10# below the peak draw weight.

Never take the limb bolts out more than 8 turns. It should never take you 8 turns to go down 10#, my guess is that this statement is related to working on/pressing the bow.

Will the bows go down farther than 10#, yes. And are they safe to shoot there, probably. There are several ways to reduce your draw weight below the 10# mark, including more turns off the limb bolts or string/cable adjustments. I recommend that you let you dealer make those kind of adjustment to ensure safety.

Mitch

 

I would recommend NO more than 6 turns at the very max. But my question or concern is why did you over bow yourself??????? If you need to turn the bow out that far to "get in condition" then you have bought a bow to heavy for you to begin with.:wink:

 

Thanks for all of the help guys. I didn't have any trouble drawing the bow at the shop. The reason I bought "up" was that I tried a 50-60 that was maxed out at 60.5 # and it was too easy. I also just turned 16 and didn't want to be "under-bowed" too soon. This was a huge purchase for me. The guy in the shop wouldn't turn the limbs out more than 2.5 turns cause he believed that the bow wouldn't shoot. I appreciate everyone lending their expertise here.