ok....i just recieved the new Martin Scepter 4 for review purposes......
now just to give you alittle background on myself.....i had shoulder surgery approx 25 years ago.....ya, when shoulder surgery wasnt so advanced as it is today....and my other shoulder has needed surgery for years...but because of the hard time i have had with the so called surgically repaired....i refuse to get it done.....and because of these bad shoulders....i have never really been able to shoot, hold, work with a longer ata bow.....for this reason, i have been telling PUG that perhaps im not the best person do a new review on such a bow....but PUG insisted...said bowtie....give it a honest test run and let us all know....
ok...so here is the results from my first test run.....the bow max's out at about 56 pounds......i have it set on 50 pounds exactly.....which is 3 turns backed out on each limb.....
the bow has the factory strings on it still...so all testing is done on this bow right out of box.....
i set the bow up with a doinker stabilizer 30 inches......a side stabilizer by AEP....
i have a copper john sight on it....with the BRITESITE XVIEW scope with the DY OPTICS 4x lens.....i have the CR peep installed on it...and a d-loop with BCY d-loop material.....as well as a BRITESITE PRO TUNER REST and all this was very easy to set up
the bow is exactly 43 1/2 inches ATA....the draw length is 28inches...set at 50 pounds with 14.2 pounds of hold weight.....
i used DarrinM's CARTER EVOLUTION release set at 17 pounds breaking weight....
i used CARBON EXPRESS xjammer arrows cut at 29 inches filled with 175grains in the front.....fletched with the quick spins......
keep in mind...i pieced this bow together today using equipment that i am not shooting on my RAZORX....i would have used a shorter stabilizer, different fletchings, and my own release set to a closer breaking weight to the bow
now...i shot about 8 arrows into the bail after installing the peep....and than took another 6 arrows to sight in.....
than i went ahead and shot a vegas round.....i ended up shooting a 295 with 18X's.....
i had a 8 and three 9's....all because i had to pull to get the release to go off...it is set too heavy for my liking....but i wanted to just get a round in with this bow.....
my findings while shooting this bow....the bow didnt feel like a longer ATA bow to me...i was able to draw and shoot approx 45-50 arrows through it and not have my shoulder hurting...
i honestly felt like i held this bow steadier than i do my own RAZORX that i have been shooting remarkable scores (for me anyway).....
the bow was very easy to setup and balance....i will fine tune this bow this weekend and plan on bringing it to MICHICKEN next weekend and use in the smackdown/sitdown.....
this bow is the change color bow....it has the new furious cams on it...i have the cable guard version.....the bow has virturally no kick after the shot what so ever....i normally wear a sling, but dont feel that i would need to with this bow...although i am going to order from Mike's slings a custom chameleon sling to match it....
my findings are.....i believe that MARTIN ARCHERY has lost this "test" bow....that i will be ordering new WINNERS CHOICE strings for it first thing monday......i believe that if you are on the bubble about longer ATA bows...this bow draws and feels like a bow that normally is 38-40 inches....
as of now, my shoulder isnt telling me that this bow is hard to hold or draw....and this bow is faster than the RAZOR X i have setup....
bottom line...i feel that i have found a bow that I can use either indoors or out ....as of this moment, i will be using this exact bow at MICHICKEN, LANCASTER, VEGAS, L'VILLE, PITT, and the ifaa field tourney in south florida this december.....as well as the gainsville ASA....
i dont know what else yall want to know about it....kitty is going to post up some pictures of the exact setup and way i shot it this evening....
i vote this bow 5 stars out of 5 stars.....cant wait to get WCCS and set my EVOLUTION up with it....as well as custom tune it with stabilizer and kicker....
and i am going to experiment with a couple DY POWERED OPTICS....
great bow...whatever the price range of it is....
now just to give you alittle background on myself.....i had shoulder surgery approx 25 years ago.....ya, when shoulder surgery wasnt so advanced as it is today....and my other shoulder has needed surgery for years...but because of the hard time i have had with the so called surgically repaired....i refuse to get it done.....and because of these bad shoulders....i have never really been able to shoot, hold, work with a longer ata bow.....for this reason, i have been telling PUG that perhaps im not the best person do a new review on such a bow....but PUG insisted...said bowtie....give it a honest test run and let us all know....
ok...so here is the results from my first test run.....the bow max's out at about 56 pounds......i have it set on 50 pounds exactly.....which is 3 turns backed out on each limb.....
the bow has the factory strings on it still...so all testing is done on this bow right out of box.....
i set the bow up with a doinker stabilizer 30 inches......a side stabilizer by AEP....
i have a copper john sight on it....with the BRITESITE XVIEW scope with the DY OPTICS 4x lens.....i have the CR peep installed on it...and a d-loop with BCY d-loop material.....as well as a BRITESITE PRO TUNER REST and all this was very easy to set up
the bow is exactly 43 1/2 inches ATA....the draw length is 28inches...set at 50 pounds with 14.2 pounds of hold weight.....
i used DarrinM's CARTER EVOLUTION release set at 17 pounds breaking weight....
i used CARBON EXPRESS xjammer arrows cut at 29 inches filled with 175grains in the front.....fletched with the quick spins......
keep in mind...i pieced this bow together today using equipment that i am not shooting on my RAZORX....i would have used a shorter stabilizer, different fletchings, and my own release set to a closer breaking weight to the bow
now...i shot about 8 arrows into the bail after installing the peep....and than took another 6 arrows to sight in.....
than i went ahead and shot a vegas round.....i ended up shooting a 295 with 18X's.....
i had a 8 and three 9's....all because i had to pull to get the release to go off...it is set too heavy for my liking....but i wanted to just get a round in with this bow.....
my findings while shooting this bow....the bow didnt feel like a longer ATA bow to me...i was able to draw and shoot approx 45-50 arrows through it and not have my shoulder hurting...
i honestly felt like i held this bow steadier than i do my own RAZORX that i have been shooting remarkable scores (for me anyway).....
the bow was very easy to setup and balance....i will fine tune this bow this weekend and plan on bringing it to MICHICKEN next weekend and use in the smackdown/sitdown.....
this bow is the change color bow....it has the new furious cams on it...i have the cable guard version.....the bow has virturally no kick after the shot what so ever....i normally wear a sling, but dont feel that i would need to with this bow...although i am going to order from Mike's slings a custom chameleon sling to match it....
my findings are.....i believe that MARTIN ARCHERY has lost this "test" bow....that i will be ordering new WINNERS CHOICE strings for it first thing monday......i believe that if you are on the bubble about longer ATA bows...this bow draws and feels like a bow that normally is 38-40 inches....
as of now, my shoulder isnt telling me that this bow is hard to hold or draw....and this bow is faster than the RAZOR X i have setup....
bottom line...i feel that i have found a bow that I can use either indoors or out ....as of this moment, i will be using this exact bow at MICHICKEN, LANCASTER, VEGAS, L'VILLE, PITT, and the ifaa field tourney in south florida this december.....as well as the gainsville ASA....
i dont know what else yall want to know about it....kitty is going to post up some pictures of the exact setup and way i shot it this evening....
i vote this bow 5 stars out of 5 stars.....cant wait to get WCCS and set my EVOLUTION up with it....as well as custom tune it with stabilizer and kicker....
and i am going to experiment with a couple DY POWERED OPTICS....
great bow...whatever the price range of it is....
