Lately I have been tinkering around with counter balancing my bow quiver.

It dawned on me, that I better check the rules of the different competition venues I might shoot in before I showed up at a shoot with the bow rigged with the counter balance.

After looking through the rules for IBO, ASA, and TBoT, I found the only one to prohibit it in the class I would prefer to shoot in is the IBO. Specifically the IBO Recurve (REC) class.

ASA allows up to a 12" stabilizer. TBoT makes no mention (at all) one way, or the other about stabilizers, or weights.

There are no IBO shoots anywhere in my neck of the woods, so I guess I'm good to go for ASA, and TBoT with my little side mounted stubby stab.

Rick

Rick, a few guys were using side mounted stabilizers back in the 70's/80's to counterbalance their bow quivers. They just installed a 5/16 x 24 stabiliers bushing on the lower half of the riser opposite the bow quiver. They seemed to work just fine.

That's just one more thing, that is great about this JC Optimus riser.

It's already drilled & tapped to just that, 8^)

Rick

Rich -

The ONE year I used a bow quiver, I counter balanced it with tape on weights (available back in the day) in the forward and 45 degree positions. The bow had no stab bushings.

The result was a dead vertical bow that weighed a ton was nicknamed "the Obscenity" by fellow club members.

I stopped bothering with bow quivers after that.

Viper out.

Rick it works but like Viper said they sure get heavy.>>>--->Ken

I shoot canted all the time and actually the bow mounted quiver helps. That's me though.

Tony, I'm ok with the weight.
It still don't weigh as much as a compound, but probably close.

Got the weight nailed down, and did some shooting.

My Gaps, and Sting walking for distances all remained the same.
My arrows are now shooting weak about 2" at 20 yards, and 12" at 40 yards.

I expected just the opposite on the tune, but happy the way it turned out. A tiny bit of center shot tweaking will get me dead on again.

This is a 3" solid steel stubby stabilizer.
I used a long bolt, and limb bolt bezels to adjust the weight.
No clue as to the weight of any of it. I just mixed, and matched until I got it where I wanted it.

I'll be covering it with leather matching the quiver hood sometime soon.

As you can see, the balance is almost perfect with one arrow removed from the quiver, but it's darn close without removing the arrow, and I can tell zero difference in the shooting of it arrow in, or arrow out.

Rick

Hey, now you can bench rest it on a tree branch for dead steady accuracy. He! he! he! :^D Just kidding buddy. If it works for you, it's all good.

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