I’ve been looking at adding some dampeners to my Insanity CPXL because my friend Chris just bought a new Hoyt that comes with AlphaShox limb dampeners. After trying his bow out you could really feel the difference when they were fitted and I was jealous! So I went looking around for something that I can add to my CPXL to dampen the vibration that is left in the bow after the shot.
After doing some research and watching some impressive tests, it seems that BowJax are the best on the market and BowJax Revelations which would best suit my bow. Direct from them they wanted $18 per pair + $25 to ship to the UK! But after a search I found a US seller on eBay that were charging $16 for 2 pairs of them, with $8 shipping – that’s more like it! They turned up in about 5 days and I put them on the CPXL and took it for a test drive...
Wow, what a difference! It has dramatically changed the feel of the bow post-shot. It sounds totally different, a lot quieter and there is far less vibration - impressive! So much so that I’ve ordered the BowJax string stop enhancer as well, which apparently makes the bow even quieter and is less harsh on the string as it is a softer stop . These are only available stateside but luckily, I have family on holiday with friends in the US at the moment so they have been mailed to them and they are bringing them back for me in a few weeks – result J
So that was the wobbly bits! Now on to the good result!
On Sunday 18th November I went down to St David’s College to shoot their annual FITA18. Everything was going well and my shooting was on form. My first dozen was 116 and my name went up on the leader board in first place, which is a new experience J As the day went on I stayed out in front, and going into the final dozen I was 5 points ahead but I had a string of 9’s where I was just outside the 10 ring and lost the advantage – so the archer in 2nd place closed the gap.
When it came to the results, they read out the 3rd and 2nd place scores and awards, and it turns out that I had the exact same score as the other archer – with exactly the same X and 9 count! They had already put all the targets away so awarded a joint 1st place instead of a shoot off, so I came out of it with a gold medal in joint first place – woohoo! The medal/memento board is looking healthy these days!
The archer that I drew level with is a professional sponsored archer with experience on the pro circuit, and if I had scored just one more point in the final dozen I would have come in ahead. I also beat a few seasoned target archers so I am really happy with the result, it shows that the effort is paying off and my shooting is reaching a respectable level these days in both Field and Target archery.
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