HOYT RX-9 ULTRA review by Tony Trietch

[Tony Trietch]

I will be reviewing the new Hoyt RX-9 Ultra this spring and will try to get my write up out this summer. Let me know what you want to know and I'll do my best to get them answered.

I'll try to get a report post season out to let you know my thoughts.

HOYT RX-9 ULTRA

 

[Idaboy]

Shoot it with stab in lower limb pocket position vs trad long stab position and shoot at longer distance, and critique for what set up is maybe best for hunting .....Pic rail mount vs standard, seems like more of a marketing ploy....if you shoot rx7/8 then head to head comparison...tuning with fixed blade and if shorter brace on this bow is making less forgiving

 

[Archerichards]

Let us know how easily it tuned, and what you had to do to get that done (move shims, move rest, cock arrow out sideways, set it up slightly nock high, etc).

Also curious about how you react to the steep draw force curve, ie, did you get used to it?

Finally, of course, any reliability complaints (though Hoyts are known for being well built and reliable).

Thanks

 

[KBC]

So far mine is tuning super easy. I swapped everything over from my old bow and it was near perfect bullet holes out of the box and eyeballing my rest. With a pound less DW at 72lbs than my axius ultra, I’m hitting 7” higher at 50 yards

 

[Beendare]

I predict a great review......

my buddies that have it all say its the best bow Hoyt ever built

 

[Eliteman26]

Looking forward to it

 

[aoudad]

Tag.

Getting mine set up this week!

 

[2Stamp]

My RX-9 came in last week. I'm really interested to see his review on the Ultra.

 

[Roger17]

Look forward to your review. My son and I both bought new RX Ultra's after the 9 came out. We both opted for the 8 instead of the 9. I'm not a fan of the shorter length and lower brace height. I'd like to see you do some shooting from lots of odd angles and body positions to get your thoughts on that lower brace height under non-range conditions.

 

[Archerichards]

Looking forward to this review.

I just took delivery of my new RX9U two weeks ago. Very happy with it. I did change out my grip from the Hoyt roundish one to a more flat-backed one from JQ3. Like it. I just shot a three arrow group of about 1” at 54 yards, best I’ve ever done in my backyard (and dont ask me to repeat it). Anyway, I’m quite happy with it.

Tuning by the way was a non-event. Shot six arrow groups at twenty yds, five bare shafts and one fletched. Swapped spacers on top. Then fine tuned the rest and nocking point a wee bit. Now got FB broadheads and field points hitting same out to forty. So what did I shoot to tune it: twenty, thirty arrows? Nocked arrow at brace points right down centerline of bow.

Trietch will give us a good review. Lets hear what he has to say…

 

[Masonthor]

I will be reviewing the new Hoyt RX-9 Ultra this spring and will try to get my write up out this summer. Let me know what you want to know and I'll do my best to get them answered.

I'll try to get a report post season out to let you know my thoughts.

HOYT RX-9 ULTRA

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Nice bow

 

[DTBowman33]

Looking forward to this review.

I just took delivery of my new RX9U two weeks ago. Very happy with it. I did change out my grip from the Hoyt roundish one to a more flat-backed one from JQ3. Like it. I just shot a three arrow group of about 1” at 54 yards, best I’ve ever done in my backyard (and dont ask me to repeat it). Anyway, I’m quite happy with it.

Tuning by the way was a non-event. Shot six arrow groups at twenty yds, five bare shafts and one fletched. Swapped spacers on top. Then fine tuned the rest and nocking point a wee bit. Now got FB broadheads and field points hitting same out to forty. So what did I shoot to tune it: twenty, thirty arrows? Nocked arrow at brace points right down centerline of bow.

Trietch will give us a good review. Lets hear what he has to say…

That's pretty cool to hear that so many are findiing the new bows from Hoyt being easier to tune. Definitely a huge consideration for me.

 

[Archerichards]

That's pretty cool to hear that so many are findiing the new bows from Hoyt being easier to tune. Definitely a huge consideration for me.

So, as an RX9 owner, and just a guess, but I think the RX9 is more forgiving of form issues than its predecessor. Which means that more shooters can get more consistent results in spite of slight form issues. If my theory is correct, then that is why it works and is easy to tune for me. So I am saying that it is less about tunability than it is about the shoot-ability of the bow in the hands of the average archer. Not saying you don't have to tune the thing, but rather that you can get a good result easier and faster. Again, just my thoughts, and a Hoyt engineer would be a lot more authoritative than I on this.