attaching the whisker biscuit?

[markc]

Did I spell that right?  I have  decided to switch to a whisker biscuit after a problem with my arrow rest at the wrong time during last hunting season.  Are there any specific things to know or be aware of before attaching a WB rest to my bow?  THe bow is an older PSE Phaser II that  has harvested a number of critters over the years.  Thanks
markc

[Thomas Krupinski]

Not familar with that model bow, but I have Wisker Biscuit rests on both of my Martin Cougars.  It's pretty generic of a mount.

I would recommend that you go with the Deluxe Quick Shot model.  That way you will have both horizontal and vertical adjustment for tuning.  A picture and information on installation is at:  

http://www.carolinaarcheryprod.com/arrowrests.htm#deluxeqs

I cut out the 10 o'clock slot on mine to match the newer Quick Shot model and I find it much more convient.  No downside effects.

Good luck and enjoy.

[markc]

thanks Tom, I will give that a look.
markc

[Arrroman]

The biscuit is pretty simple to set up, the biscuit should be at 90 degrees to the arrow and the arrow should be at 90 degrees to the string. The arrow should fit loosely in the biscuit. Use the correct spine arrow, too light a spine and the arrow may bend at the release and cause a tuning problem. This rest sends the arrow off real straight so the arrow doesn't need a lot of helical to correct its flight. A correctly spined arrow with straight fletch or a slight offset will fly just fine off this rest. The aluminium biscuit has a .36" hole and the ICS carbon biscuit has a .32" hole. If you are setting up a kids bow with skinny aluminium arrows you could still use the ICS carbon biscuit. The aluminium biscuit will give a loose fit with arrows up to 22xx, and if you want you can still shoot the carbon arrows with it. The same biscuit that I used last fall to shoot my deer, works today with a heavy fishing arrow. This rest is accurate, quiet, durable, and dependable.

[willis5]

What is the difference between the quick shot and the delux version besides the color?

[AdkGuidesForHire]

I just put two biscuits on guests bows.  both the basic rests designed for aluminum arrows.

one fit fine, the other required the quiver be switched to another style bow quiver as it was impossiblt to make the rest line up with the large bow quiver monting block there.

also, a decrease in arrow speed was obvious and chronographing showed one to lose 12 fps and the other to lose 14 fps. I do not know if this is a normal loss of velocity, it may not matter either.

they also sound much louder than the TM hunters they had on the bows to begin with. It is nice not to drop the arrow though I guess.

[Arrroman]

Judging from your speed loss I would reccomend flattening both sides of the biscuit in order to accomodate the fletching, this will pick up the speed a bit and help with the noise as well. This rest is going to work the best with a real loose arrow to biscuit fit, a tight arrow to biscuit fit will also rob speed and create noise. The aluminium biscuit works real well with carbon arrows and 4" straight fletched arrows, this combination put the least amount of fletching through the bristles of the biscuit. I usually set up the biscuit parallel to the bowstring and set the nock so the arrow is at a 90 degree angle to the bowstring. If the nockpoint is set too high you this can create a condition in which the arrow will be trying to fly through a tipped biscuit, this can rob speed and create noise as well. The Carolina ArcheryProducts website has technical and tuning information for the whisker biscuit and I would reccomend anyone interested in the biscuit to read all the tips at that site. This is a great hunting rest.

[AdkGuidesForHire]

I'll pass that along to them.