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Title: Plunger
Post by: buckeyebowhunter on February 20, 2017, 09:29:00 PM

Anyone shoot a plunger off the shelf? I like shooting my morrison aluminum riser off the shelf but thought about playing around with the plunger for tuning. I would like to see how you guys set this up. Pics would be great.

Title: Re: Plunger
Post by: screamin on February 20, 2017, 11:47:00 PM

I've been playing around with this on my Morrison this last week. I use calf hair from Black Widow on the shelf and the plunger in the bottom hole. I initially set it so the tip of the arrow was just off center line. Everything was showing weak so I put a piece of toothpick inside the plunger so there is no springy effect.

After some minor adjustments, I have one arrow setup with perfect flight to 32 yards, both bare shaft and fetched, 525gr set up, would work for deer but I am hesitant for elk. It's a beautiful thing when you can put the bare shaft with the fletched shaft in a 1 1/2" spot at that distance.

Was working on a 600gr setup today and I am real close, maybe close enough.

Title: Re: Plunger
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on February 21, 2017, 07:14:00 AM

Instead of a plunger, I chose to shoot the NAP Centerest. You can easily adjust in and out, it's durable and you can buy replacement arrow rest portions of this rest.

Title: Re: Plunger
Post by: olddogrib on February 21, 2017, 01:18:00 PM

I shoot my Morrison metal ILF off the shelf (sealskin) w/a shorty plunger in the lower hole.  I put a piece of leather/rubber band under the sealskin just to level the shaft up better with the plunger. Lots of folks prefer the elevated rests, but I've always shot take-down long bows and recurves off the shelf and it just gives me better eye/shaft alignment.

Title: Re: Plunger
Post by: Rick Richard on February 21, 2017, 07:39:00 PM

I have been shooting my Morrison metal ILF riser with a shorty plunger and off the shelf for the past three years. It shoots great, however last week I moved the plunger to the top hole and installed an elevated rest to see if it would make a difference. UNBELIEVABLE in how much tighter the groups got.

Title: Re: Plunger
Post by: reddogge on February 21, 2017, 07:39:00 PM

For a hunting bow I don't like a plunger or raised rest. I don't want any mechanical device that could fail in mud, ice, freezing rain, etc.

Not for my indoor and field archery bow, yes, a raised rest and plunger is your friend.