I have shot an Evolution and found it inconsistent. I dont mean small variations down to variations in my technique (of which there are), but variations that on one shot it would just go off when you took your thumb off the trigger, and the very next shot it wouldnt at all, or at least be very difficult to get it to go after almost pulling the bow in half! However, both shots would feel the same.has anyone here taken a bow scales to a carter evo???
i did recently and found that i does not go at the exact same poundage each time with a difference of 2 pounds from higest to lowest,
this wastried this with 3 other evos at the compition and results were the same the same??
just wondering if any of ye have done this??
Yes that is true, I have found the same thing. So I know that if the release is refusing to go off I'm doing something wrong and can come down and start again. In that sense it means that you have to shoot properly and the arrows go in the right place because of it.I'm currently shooting an Evo at a fairly high setting- ~10lbs heavier than my holding weight. The only problem I find is that it is very critical of technique. If my shoulder rises at all, the shot will be harder to pull through, if my rear elbow is out of alignment at all it will be harder.
Particularly when my front shoulder rises I may feel like I'm pulling the bow in two when in reality my shoulder is out of position thereby making my muscles strain for little gain, especially at the poundage I'm using it at.
The same thing happened with me.I have shot an Evolution and found it inconsistent. I dont mean small variations down to variations in my technique (of which there are), but variations that on one shot it would just go off when you took your thumb off the trigger, and the very next shot it wouldnt at all, or at least be very difficult to get it to go after almost pulling the bow in half! However, both shots would feel the same.
I know of two other archers, one of which is GMB, who found the same with the Evo. One of those archers had sent back their Evo to Carter, who had sent it back repaired, and has been fine since, which suggests there is a design fault somewhere.
This is the worst aspect to me, I could cope with all the others but noises and creaks/clicks just wipe me out, when they come at that moment of hightened sensitivity. When I shot recurve I used to put tape on my clicker so that it didn't scrape just as it was about to go off.There is another problem with the Evo I forgot to mentioed in my original post. Sometimes you could hear the mechanism creak just before it would go off.
Being clamped to the side of your face you can hear/feel the slightest noises/vibrations.
Again, other Evo shooters I have spoken too have noticed the same thing (although not all).
This did not bother me too much but it kind of goes against the notion of a suprise shot, i.e. when you hear it its about to go off!