I was finally able to spend a little time with the new LIFT 33 today. Here’s my quick review.
The bows showed up with the new QAD integrated rest installed on the bow, but not ready to shoot, the timing had to be done. I treated this like any other bow set up. Made sure AtA was correct and synched the cams. Set the timing on the rest and shot it through paper, spot on. Out to the range I went.
Initial thoughts about the bow…considerably lighter than my P4. Seems to balance a little better without any stabilizers. Side note, the LIFT riser is about an inch to inch and a half longer than the P4. As far as draw cycle goes, it is so subjective, that’s why I never argue about how the draw feels on a bow. Here’s my opinion. The LIFT stacks very early and becomes very linear throughout the draw cycle. Minimal drop to the wall. Stiff, but very smooth. The back wall feels like it has limb stops. Completely rock solid. On the shot, it’s very Mathews ish. Little to no vibration, noise, etc. To me, it has a completely different feel than the previous “original” SW cam bows. On to the numbers….
LIFT 33 29” 69.5lbs. Phase 4 33 70.0lbs.
386gr. 310 fps. 303 fps
440gr. 292 fps. 285 fps
480gr. 280 fps. 275 fps
520gr. 269 fps. 265 fps
IMO, I think this is a better version of the previous 5 years bows. Significantly different.
SCFox
The bows showed up with the new QAD integrated rest installed on the bow, but not ready to shoot, the timing had to be done. I treated this like any other bow set up. Made sure AtA was correct and synched the cams. Set the timing on the rest and shot it through paper, spot on. Out to the range I went.
Initial thoughts about the bow…considerably lighter than my P4. Seems to balance a little better without any stabilizers. Side note, the LIFT riser is about an inch to inch and a half longer than the P4. As far as draw cycle goes, it is so subjective, that’s why I never argue about how the draw feels on a bow. Here’s my opinion. The LIFT stacks very early and becomes very linear throughout the draw cycle. Minimal drop to the wall. Stiff, but very smooth. The back wall feels like it has limb stops. Completely rock solid. On the shot, it’s very Mathews ish. Little to no vibration, noise, etc. To me, it has a completely different feel than the previous “original” SW cam bows. On to the numbers….
LIFT 33 29” 69.5lbs. Phase 4 33 70.0lbs.
386gr. 310 fps. 303 fps
440gr. 292 fps. 285 fps
480gr. 280 fps. 275 fps
520gr. 269 fps. 265 fps
IMO, I think this is a better version of the previous 5 years bows. Significantly different.
SCFox
