JJHACK
Lil-Rokslider
I've now had several items for observation from Manufactures for a year or more. The longest is the Trijicon Accudial sight.
Tightspot quiver:
Maybe there are some with equal quality or function, but unlikely there are much better bow mounted quivers. I really like arrow containment. They are tight and not likely to come loose under normal or even heavy use.
I do not care for the big round logo button on the hood, I considered removing it, but it's covering the assembly of the broad head rubber containment structure inside the hood. I would buy this again in a heartbeat! its fantastic.
Rage Hypodermic. This is such a great broad head for Turkeys I cannot imagine using anything else now. They are tough and deploy in the birds 100%, They have never opened in the air or quiver. I've used them on Pigs as well without any problems.
They do need to be used with sufficient power. Sub 60fpe bows will probably not get them to poke out the exit side unless very close clean broadside shots under 20 yards. Over 40 yards will be a struggle to blow them thru game, especially quartering. However when you get to 70fpe or more they will blow through tough critters. Out to any reasonable range. The damage done through hide and tissue is stunning. Comparing this to the schwacker which opens after entry..... no contest. The schwacker makes a bullet hole on entry, without an exit they are a blood trail struggle. This Hypodermic would be my choice 100% of the time if I was going to use a mechanical.
QAD rest:
almost or nearly flawless after years of use. One problem which should have been checked and never occurred. There was a screw that came loose on the fork connection to the pivot rod. This caused my accuracy to go wacky. I tried to adjust it out with the sights, could not get paper tuning to show a consistent problem. The tears were rarely the same direction because the fork would lean both right and left. I finally saw this loose connection when the screw fell out.
I spoke to QAD they sent me new screws same day and all is well. Lesson learned check your screw connections! I will also dab some silicon on the screw to help keep them in place and prevent them from falling out. These are very small phillips screws.
Aside from this one rare and unlikely issue, the QAD will be on my bows for the foreseeable future.
Trijicon Accudail:
Here is one of the most expensive and highly engineered bow sights ever made. After two years of heavy use in several countries and on probably 20-30 big game and too many turkeys to count I've really put it through the paces. It's mounted on my Mathews Switchback XT. The Nuke Power for the permanent lighted pin is great for having a lighted pin that meets P&Y and state game laws for nothing electrical on the bow. The yardage dial with laser etched distances never uses sight tapes that get wet and fall off of curl up. It's built like a tank for bumps and bangs while hunting or in transit. This is built to handle any expected field abuse. The pin is quite big but it's a triangle shape. You would need to sight it like an open sight on a gun using the tip of the sight under the POI for aiming. Some folks cover the POI with a normal bow sight pin.This is a much different design. I hunt with a bow and shoot a handgun a lot. So the use of this design was natural for me. For Bow hunters using a pin to cover the POI this would be a change.
Okay, so this is a great Heavy duty product. Now the parts I struggled with. The setting that moves the yardage ring to adjust the dial for distance bound up on me. It would not turn and there was no way to move the setting to select FPS. This was a problem when changing from one arrow weight to another. It should have been an easy finger adjustment. However not even really torquing on this with a screw driver would move it. This may be due to the frequency of getting wet, snow, mud, grit pine needles etc into the gears or threads. I did not keep this sight in a hermetically sealed bag. It was used full time in hunting conditions.
The dial with the set screw used to select your 20 yard starting point cracked? I have no understanding of this breaking. I tightened the set screw and it would eventually have some play in it so I would reset the dial and tighten up again. I suppose this frequent need to lock this dial from getting play in it eventually wore out the threads or the metal of the ring. I adjust the range on my sight all the time. I shoot at all different distances. If this dial gets play in it from constant adjustments then it's a problem.
The Radio Active sight pin dimmed over the first two years by a good amount. It still worked Okay but just not as bright as when new. Probably normal, Just wish it stayed as bright as it was originally. I did add a sight light for night hunting which I needed. If you do not hunt in total darkness with a spotlight for pigs, predators etc then this is no issue. However the pin is not bright enough alone when using a spot light in front of the bow.
I sent the whole sight to Trijicon last week. I will update this on their reply and the repair/ improvements. At 350 plus dollars....... I'm not sure this meets that level of durability and quality. The manufacturing and QC is great upon arrival. However The problems I have had should not be part of the sight at this price point. I cannot imagine traveling to Africa or Europe for a hunt and having the yardage dial break on me! I'll know more when I get it back and get an understanding from them as to why these problems came up. It's fair to wait on this and see if it was something that I did while hunting or due to the typically dirty conditions encountered.
Harlon Alford:
Okay Okay, not a product but a human..... Still worthy of a shout out for the quality of the work he did on my old Switchback. It's without a doubt better then the day it was made. His strings and tuning work is flawless.
The down side.... I am ruining arrows, nocks and fletching. Thanks Harlon, your costing me way too much money now! ( ha ha)
Tightspot quiver:
Maybe there are some with equal quality or function, but unlikely there are much better bow mounted quivers. I really like arrow containment. They are tight and not likely to come loose under normal or even heavy use.
I do not care for the big round logo button on the hood, I considered removing it, but it's covering the assembly of the broad head rubber containment structure inside the hood. I would buy this again in a heartbeat! its fantastic.
Rage Hypodermic. This is such a great broad head for Turkeys I cannot imagine using anything else now. They are tough and deploy in the birds 100%, They have never opened in the air or quiver. I've used them on Pigs as well without any problems.
They do need to be used with sufficient power. Sub 60fpe bows will probably not get them to poke out the exit side unless very close clean broadside shots under 20 yards. Over 40 yards will be a struggle to blow them thru game, especially quartering. However when you get to 70fpe or more they will blow through tough critters. Out to any reasonable range. The damage done through hide and tissue is stunning. Comparing this to the schwacker which opens after entry..... no contest. The schwacker makes a bullet hole on entry, without an exit they are a blood trail struggle. This Hypodermic would be my choice 100% of the time if I was going to use a mechanical.
QAD rest:
almost or nearly flawless after years of use. One problem which should have been checked and never occurred. There was a screw that came loose on the fork connection to the pivot rod. This caused my accuracy to go wacky. I tried to adjust it out with the sights, could not get paper tuning to show a consistent problem. The tears were rarely the same direction because the fork would lean both right and left. I finally saw this loose connection when the screw fell out.
I spoke to QAD they sent me new screws same day and all is well. Lesson learned check your screw connections! I will also dab some silicon on the screw to help keep them in place and prevent them from falling out. These are very small phillips screws.
Aside from this one rare and unlikely issue, the QAD will be on my bows for the foreseeable future.
Trijicon Accudail:
Here is one of the most expensive and highly engineered bow sights ever made. After two years of heavy use in several countries and on probably 20-30 big game and too many turkeys to count I've really put it through the paces. It's mounted on my Mathews Switchback XT. The Nuke Power for the permanent lighted pin is great for having a lighted pin that meets P&Y and state game laws for nothing electrical on the bow. The yardage dial with laser etched distances never uses sight tapes that get wet and fall off of curl up. It's built like a tank for bumps and bangs while hunting or in transit. This is built to handle any expected field abuse. The pin is quite big but it's a triangle shape. You would need to sight it like an open sight on a gun using the tip of the sight under the POI for aiming. Some folks cover the POI with a normal bow sight pin.This is a much different design. I hunt with a bow and shoot a handgun a lot. So the use of this design was natural for me. For Bow hunters using a pin to cover the POI this would be a change.
Okay, so this is a great Heavy duty product. Now the parts I struggled with. The setting that moves the yardage ring to adjust the dial for distance bound up on me. It would not turn and there was no way to move the setting to select FPS. This was a problem when changing from one arrow weight to another. It should have been an easy finger adjustment. However not even really torquing on this with a screw driver would move it. This may be due to the frequency of getting wet, snow, mud, grit pine needles etc into the gears or threads. I did not keep this sight in a hermetically sealed bag. It was used full time in hunting conditions.
The dial with the set screw used to select your 20 yard starting point cracked? I have no understanding of this breaking. I tightened the set screw and it would eventually have some play in it so I would reset the dial and tighten up again. I suppose this frequent need to lock this dial from getting play in it eventually wore out the threads or the metal of the ring. I adjust the range on my sight all the time. I shoot at all different distances. If this dial gets play in it from constant adjustments then it's a problem.
The Radio Active sight pin dimmed over the first two years by a good amount. It still worked Okay but just not as bright as when new. Probably normal, Just wish it stayed as bright as it was originally. I did add a sight light for night hunting which I needed. If you do not hunt in total darkness with a spotlight for pigs, predators etc then this is no issue. However the pin is not bright enough alone when using a spot light in front of the bow.
I sent the whole sight to Trijicon last week. I will update this on their reply and the repair/ improvements. At 350 plus dollars....... I'm not sure this meets that level of durability and quality. The manufacturing and QC is great upon arrival. However The problems I have had should not be part of the sight at this price point. I cannot imagine traveling to Africa or Europe for a hunt and having the yardage dial break on me! I'll know more when I get it back and get an understanding from them as to why these problems came up. It's fair to wait on this and see if it was something that I did while hunting or due to the typically dirty conditions encountered.
Harlon Alford:
Okay Okay, not a product but a human..... Still worthy of a shout out for the quality of the work he did on my old Switchback. It's without a doubt better then the day it was made. His strings and tuning work is flawless.
The down side.... I am ruining arrows, nocks and fletching. Thanks Harlon, your costing me way too much money now! ( ha ha)
