Vixen FPS Carved Tip Limbs

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Tue May 14, 2013 1:30 pm

Well this is the 1st segment of some shootin sessions i am doin. I have a Chrony-Pro Pal that was lent to me by a nice Forum Member. Mainframe rail is 17 3/8" total length & i have on the front a Forward Riser wid a set of Blk carved tip Limbs that Blackjack sent to me, many Thx to Frank fer them. Arrow used is a GTII 2" Blaser vanes LH Helical 20" brass insert & total weight of 355 grs. Pic's show arrow weight, also the show the fps of 283 & shows dupl 4, which means the 4 shots that followed were exactly the same speed as the 1st. This session i was usin one of my dacron Flemish strings to get this speed.
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Limbs and Sticks · Post by **Limbs and Sticks** » Tue May 14, 2013 2:03 pm

Good speed, what weight do you have your nock and brass insert cut down to?

Wes

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Tue May 14, 2013 2:49 pm

Est. cause its been so long since i made the arrows. Nock 10-12gr insert about 70gr

fuzzy · Post by **fuzzy** » Tue May 14, 2013 8:00 pm

Hoagy · Post by **Hoagy** » Tue May 14, 2013 8:02 pm

Hey vixenmaster, Thanks for taking the time to Post your results. With your variety of bolts & xbows you'll have quite a data bank recorded when completed.
Top notch,
Hoagy

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Tue May 14, 2013 9:12 pm

Here are some pic's of said Vixen. 2002 wid a Forward Riser & carved tip limbs & a Flemish Dacron string. I seriously doubt it pullin over a 150 lb
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vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Tue May 14, 2013 9:28 pm

I was curious about Dark Lady my E'cet 165 wid mag tips & my flemish 452X string. 298 fps arrow 355 gr, 285 fps arrow 407grs 284 fps arrow 417 grs. I also shot my E'cet 200 wid my D97 & Danny Millers D97 & my 452X. 28 strands D97 mine 330 fps arrow 355gr the 407 gr was too short cause its fer my Vixen's. 316 fps arrow 417 gr. Danny string 330 fps arrow 355 gr then it happen i liked to have turned my shootin table over tryin to get up from the shot! 224fps arrow 417 String broke

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vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Tue May 14, 2013 9:30 pm

I only found half the string no arrow, & i ck'ed my limbs were good to go. So 452X 334 fps arrow 355 gr & 319 fps arrow 417. Smoken!

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Wed May 15, 2013 7:37 am

Hank you get to gatherin my friend. I actually can make 6 diff styles of Vixens. By usin 2 diff type limbs & 3 diff style Riser's. I plan on settin up my cast Riser Vixen wid both types of limbs & diff strings to see what it will do. Its the shortest model Vixen i own Mainframe rail is 17" in length. So it will be simular to the newer Vixen II but it won't use a Forward Riser as its too tall by an 1/8". I reckon i could have one of the 2 Forward Risers machined down .0100-.0125 to the rail deck ht.

fuzzy · Post by **fuzzy** » Wed May 15, 2013 9:04 am

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Wed May 15, 2013 10:52 am

vixenmaster wrote:I was curious about Dark Lady my E'cet 165 wid mag tips & my flemish 452X string. 298 fps arrow 355 gr, 285 fps arrow 407grs 284 fps arrow 417 grs. I also shot my E'cet 200 wid my D97 & Danny Millers D97 & my 452X. 28 strands D97 mine 330 fps arrow 355gr the 407 gr was too short cause its fer my Vixen's. 316 fps arrow 417 gr. Danny string 330 fps arrow 355 gr then it happen i liked to have turned my shootin table over tryin to get up from the shot! 224fps arrow 417 String broke http://s15.photobucket.com/user/smokepo ... 0.jpg.html]

Wow! That's the first factory Fast Flight string I've seen broken Mike! What happened to it? Couldn't be the bow because I know they don't break on an Exomax dry-fire.

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Wed May 15, 2013 2:17 pm

Boo wrote:
vixenmaster wrote:I was curious about Dark Lady my E'cet 165 wid mag tips & my flemish 452X string. 298 fps arrow 355 gr, 285 fps arrow 407grs 284 fps arrow 417 grs. I also shot my E'cet 200 wid my D97 & Danny Millers D97 & my 452X. 28 strands D97 mine 330 fps arrow 355gr the 407 gr was too short cause its fer my Vixen's. 316 fps arrow 417 gr. Danny string 330 fps arrow 355 gr then it happen i liked to have turned my shootin table over tryin to get up from the shot! 224fps arrow 417 String broke http://s15.photobucket.com/user/smokepo ... 0.jpg.html]
Wow! That's the first factory Fast Flight string I've seen broken Mike! What happened to it? Couldn't be the bow because I know they don't break on an Exomax dry-fire.

Boo i jus think it was old & had been shot 1000-1500 times, maybe more. I had reserved it at least 3 times maybe as many as 5. We ferget the shock that happens when we shoot. Even tho a 200 lb models isn't as stout as a 225, those strings jus get fatigued. It was a clean break weren't no strands broken that were showin

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Wed May 15, 2013 2:22 pm

fuzzy wrote:
vixenmaster wrote: I seriously doubt it pullin over a 150 lb.

I asked because when the foward riser came out the power stroke was reduced by 1/2" to 13 1/2" to keep the Vixen at 150 lbs. Thinking a 14" stroke (17 3/8" rail) and a foward riser would put it in the Exocet 165/ Phoenix 175 area,...283 fps with Dacron and 355 grain arrow is dandy indeed just seems high as I could only squeeze 287 fps with a 325 grain arrow, 32 strand EL Fast Flight Spectra string and a 14" power stroke. Good luck.

The Deerhide Brn Vixen in either 05 or 06 or both was Forward Riser & 14" rail. They switched somewhere about 07 or 08 to the 13.5" rail & then came out wid the Vixen II. Rest assured i will be testin my old 17" cast Risered Vixen wid the carved tip limbs in the next few days. All i can do wid it is change limbs, as the straight & Forward Risers are to tall fer its rail. My E'cet 165 is 17 7/8" rail length.

Mo wannabe · Post by **Mo wannabe** » Wed May 15, 2013 6:25 pm

Hey VM. That's a sweet looking bow but I am partial to the black

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Fri May 17, 2013 7:30 pm

More shots n Chrony Data Vixen wid Forward Riser 17 3/8" rail & a 628 gr arrow shot 237 fps!
I am shootin 5 shots per arrow & so fer haven't had anything other than exact duplicate fps showin on the shots. Cast Riser 17" rail carved tip limbs my dacron string Brace Ht at 1" & it really maybe less than 150lbs. 218 fps arrow 628 gr. 250 fps arrow 415 gr. 252 fps arrow 407 gr & last is the 263 fps wid arrow 355 gr. Thats all the time i had to shoot today. My next session i will put on mag tip limbs on the cast Riser. I will use the dacron string also my D97 string & a 452x string. Then i will get out Marie Laveau & her straight Riser & run all 3 strings & mag tip & carved tip limbs on her

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