I have a bow arm shoulder problem been to doctors an stuff an when from 45-40 bows down to 35-30# but some days the old shoulder hurts to much to shoot an enjoy. So decide on trying the pse snake still have a older ben pearson all fiber glass jet bow that use to enjoy but 40# is a little to much for shoulder. They shoot good with a modern string an not so good with b-50 slow an hand shock. So the snake is 22# an had a 8 strand string of d-10 with loops padded that would fit the snake. the string that come with the snake is a 12 strand b-50 an new that wouldn,t work well. So I tryed some carbon express preadator 11 in a 800 spine bow shoot well but arrow bareshafted way stiff miss the hay bale at 15 yd,s but with feathers shoot well out to 20 yd,s really nice groups I was surprised. Really liked the way the bow shot so decide to next day to get some lighter spine arrows for the predator weighted 340 grs lot for a 22# bow so carbon impact is just 5 miles from house an picked a dozen carbon impact clubs 15/25 or 950 spine an with a 80 gr point weight 240 grs. Nice arrows for the price whole price 70.00 out the door. So I put a nice leather grip an velcro rest on the bow an tryed to see if i could group out to 30 yd,s with this rig. Bow did well for me . I,m a 235-250 nfaa shooter. at 15 an 20 yd,s easy to shoot tight groups I<m sure I could hit a 250 nfaa score with the bow. After 2 days of shooting arm an shoulder feel good an I<m enjoying the bow. This will make a nice shooter for those days when shoulder is acting up. I very happy with it With a good string an right arrows there a decent bow that will shoot good scores if you can. If you are looking for something different or light weight check one out. but spend some money on new srtring an arrows. for people with 28" or longer about a 950 spine an for kids or womean with a 26" draw or less about a 1200 spine arrow would work well. I think jinks needs a snake an he can post some videos 22# would give him a good break from the falco 32# longbow. Good christmas gift idea.
pse snake pleasant surprise
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Hi folks, sorry for resurrecting an old thread like this, but I've got a few questions about this bow, the PSE Snake. I bought this for my youngest and she uses it at the JOP at our club. She's been having a tough time with arrows, so, on the advice of Edmond here, I bought some new Easton Tribute Arrows...the 1214 size and corresponding points. She's overjoyed, cos they go right into the target! She doesn't seem to like shooting for extended periods though, so on a whim, I decided to try shooting her bow, and discovered why: The hand shock on this thing is unbelievable!! Now I know why she gets tired shooting it, and also finally know what the meaning of "hand shock" is!!
OK, so a quick google actually led me to this thread. The OP mentioned an 8-strand D-10 string with padded loops. I'm thinking of popping into the local archery store on the way home from work today and see if they have such a thing. Further searches have yielded this other thread on Archerytalk that recommends a 14-strand 60" string!!
Yikes! What do I get? I reckon if I can reduce the hand shock on this bow, my daughter will spend a lot more time shooting it! She's 10 by the way, and pretty short, so I reckon she's drawing maybe 22 inches or so....
Thanks!
OK, so a quick google actually led me to this thread. The OP mentioned an 8-strand D-10 string with padded loops. I'm thinking of popping into the local archery store on the way home from work today and see if they have such a thing. Further searches have yielded this other thread on Archerytalk that recommends a 14-strand 60" string!!
Yikes! What do I get? I reckon if I can reduce the hand shock on this bow, my daughter will spend a lot more time shooting it! She's 10 by the way, and pretty short, so I reckon she's drawing maybe 22 inches or so....
Thanks!
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The string that comes with the bow is b-50. A string change to any of the modern strings will help some with hand shock an give the arrow more speed or cast. With the low poundage bow you can go much less then 14 strands. Also very important to match final string dia to the nocks. To tight will slow bow down an be loud with more hand shock. so take arrow with you . A good archery shop should have no problem.
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The Snake is the bow that my girlfriend bought to get started in Archery. She wanted something that was cheap and low weight but made for an adult. She loves it but has outgrown it and is looking for something a bit heavier, now. It's a great little bow and I'll even grab it and fire off a few rounds when it's a bit later in the day and I want to change it up. It is quite funny watching the arrows in flight going so slowly and arching so much just to get to a target that I would consider 'close' with any other bow. Lol
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I have to say, since changing over to the lightweight 1214 arrows, my little girl is thrilled that she can shoot from 12 yards away and the arrows go right into our burlap sack target. She was getting tired of picking up arrows that bounced off the target. I tried the new arrows too, a little short, but just enough...and that's when I discovered the hand-shock aspect of these bows. When she was using the fiberglass arrows, they were definitely too heavy and slow (for her draw length) to penetrate.
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When we went to the Pro Shop, the guy behind the counter convinced her to get some wooden arrows that they had a bunch of. The arrows aren't marked with anything so I have no idea the specifics. She's planning on buying new carbons soon since she's lost 3 of her 6 arrows that she got with the bow. The trail at the range is unforgiving and loves to eat her arrows. Lol
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You want the string where you put the arrow on come off with a slight tap on the string. exsample put a arrow on the bow string turn the bow upside down the arrow should stay on but with a slight tap on the string the arrow will fall off. if to tight you will have a really smack it.
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The proshop we hit after my lady bought that bow also got us hooked up with a new string for it. She didn't seem to want to use the stock string.
Optimizing the Snake
Snake, IMHO, is a great bow. And with a little optimization it can be a better bow.
Besides using 200 grain arrows with the proper spine, a custom string can help optimize especially at short draw lengths. The string needs to be 57" under 50 lbs of tension. So if you hung a 50# weight off your string it should be 57" long and it would be appropriate for the Snake. The string it comes with does not meet this requirement and is shorter than 57" under 50lbs of tension. So the Brace height is too high. With the proper string, I find the optimal brace height is 6.5". This also provides more energy to the arrow! You can see this in the attached draw curve.
Dave
Snake, IMHO, is a great bow. And with a little optimization it can be a better bow.
Besides using 200 grain arrows with the proper spine, a custom string can help optimize especially at short draw lengths. The string needs to be 57" under 50 lbs of tension. So if you hung a 50# weight off your string it should be 57" long and it would be appropriate for the Snake. The string it comes with does not meet this requirement and is shorter than 57" under 50lbs of tension. So the Brace height is too high. With the proper string, I find the optimal brace height is 6.5". This also provides more energy to the arrow! You can see this in the attached draw curve.
Dave
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