Darton Sequel st2long term review forthcoming

[manitou1]

Which of the three mods?

My hold-up on delivery is the multi-cam process, but, I don't have my next shoulder surgeon follow-up until 4/1.

I don't know what mods Wyosam is running, but mine is the slowest/smooth mods.


280 fps, 57 lbs, 31" draw.
Garmin Xero chrono

 

[sndmn11]

I don't know what mods Wyosam is running, but mine is the slowest/smooth mods.


280 fps, 57 lbs, 31" draw.
Garmin Xero chrono

It was 441grs?

Did you put the other included mod on yet to feel what it is like?

 

[manitou1]

It was 441grs?

Did you put the other included mod on yet to feel what it is like?

Yes, 441g.

Yes on the other mod too.

When I bought the bow I had not shot a bow in about ten years, so I was a little weak on the draw, lol. I used to compete with recurve a LOT and tore my shoulder up shooting 15,000 plus arrows annually.

The other mod was a bit stiff for me, but that was right as I got the Sequel.
I never chronoed it with that one as I replaced it with the smooth cam immediately after trying the other.

Now that I have been shooting a couple of months it would be no problem.

 

[wyosam]

Which of the three mods?

My hold-up on delivery is the multi-cam process, but, I don't have my next shoulder surgeon follow-up until 4/1.

Mine is actually last years model, it’s the 60-70 and haven’t done anything other than tuning.


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[sndmn11]

Anybody played with one?

Updated April 2025, mine arrived! I ended up with a 35" Folds of Honor 50-60lb.

5.16ish pounds out of the box.
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What's attracted me to this bow is the Perfect Tune Limb Pockets. Essentially a bolt is turned into the riser end of the limb/limb pocket to provide more pressure than the other limb, therefore more bend, and has the effect of leaning the cam.

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I'm 9 weeks out from draw shoulder labrum surgery, so I am shooting two turns out from max draw weight. I did check draw weight at 4 turns and 3 turns out, and got 51.x and 53.xlbs respectively. So, I am guessing I am 55-56lbs currently.

400 spine Black Eagle Spartan, 28.5", 30.5"DL, 100gr tip with center shot and rest height/nock point eyeballed.
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Started at 20 yards with bare shafts getting thrown left and high. I suspected these might be weak, but want to see what can be accomplished with the perfect tune system. With the perfect tune bottomed out on the shooter's right side limbs it helped, but not good enough.
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A few clicks on the Hamskea Epsilon to move the rest into the riser (rh bow/shooter) had much better horizontal flight but still planing high. 30yds below...

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I was surprised how responsive the bow was to a slight movement of the rest.

Dropped the rest a few clicks and this was good enough for me at 30yds to start playing with sight pins and rehab my shoulder.


Here's the paper tune progression. I didn't shoot through paper after dropping the rest. Z is without the Perfect Tune bolts in, R-1 is 1 full turn out from bottomed/total tight, R-full is bottomed out/total tight. Again, 400 spine shafts.


The shelf has a center shot groove to help in eyeballing things up.




I've written here for Rokslide about a few bows the past three years, all of which most would consider short axle to axle. 32" Omnia, 31" Era, 30" RX8, so, I wanted to grab a "hybrid" hunt/target bow. Additionally, I havent shot with stabilizers the last few years. In keeping with the hybrid concept, I've grabbed some front and back stabilizers.

I suspect that a 300 spine will give me some flexibility in playing with the Perfect Tune system as the summer progresses, and if I luck out I'll draw a pronghorn tag.

 

[sndmn11]

I'm finding a miniscule left tear through paper WITH the perfect tune fully tightened on the right side with 400/300/250 spine. My bow came with two small red shims on the left and a large black on the right, both top and bottom. Despite this, accuracy is fine but it eliminates the tuning features.

My total vise came in handy for a shim swap, and I moved one red to the right, this moving the cam left. Shims are a pain in the butt.