Unleash the Insanity!

Hi everybody!

I've been debating changing my bow for some time, and this weekend I finally took the plunge and thought what the hell, after some of my results recently I deserve a treat and could benefit from the new advances in bow technology, so I took a drive to Wales Archery Specialists on Saturday to treat myself :)

I tried a few bows out, but the new Bowtech lineup had my eye. The Specialist was a contender as it is designed for target, but I've wanted an Insanity CPXL since it was unveiled so I took the time to compare both. I shot them for about an hour and chose the Insanity CPXL. If i'm being honest, the Specialist felt a bit nicer on the shot, but the draw cycle was awful. It stacks against you really early and the hump to drop into the valley is very tough, it feels far heavier than it's set and would wear me out on a long shoot. The Insanity has a very crisp shot as well and feels great, but the draw cycle sold it to me. The draw is dead smooth, and it just rolls back into the valley and sits absolutely dead. Its so easy to hold stable it's incredible even without stabilisation, and the FLX guard takes all of the torque out of the handle, it has no twist at all.

Here she is, all dressed up with my usual fit!

The cams were synchronised and timed at the shop and the peep fitted for me, and i've set everything up and levelled the sight and 3rd axis. I've got a halfday off work on Wednesday so i'm headed up the club to spend some time tuning the centreshot and getting it all in line. I chrono'd the bow in Wales Archery and with my usual heavy field arrows (400 grain FMJ's) its doing 270fps at 56lb - my Guardian at 56lb with the same arrows does 255fps so its 15fps faster for the same draw weight!

I've got the rest of this week to get her tuned because this Friday is her debut. I'm off to Fort Purbrook in Portsmouth for thier weekend shoot, travelling down on Friday afternoon with friends and staying Friday and Saturday night in the dorms at the fort itself. It's a huge activity centre now with shots off the battlements, in underground tunnels in the holding cells etc and they have climbing walls/games rooms etc that are open to archers staying in the dorms in the evenings so it should be a great trip!