![]() For a 5 inch brace height speed bow, it was incredibly easy to draw. Our first impressions of the Mathews Halon 5 were pretty good. Our thoughts of the Mathews Halon 5 The feel of the Mathews Halon 5 Our first shot (left) and last 4 shots of our Mathews Halon 5 paper tune. After a few minor adjustments, we were very satisfied with our results. Our first shot showed that we needed to move our arrow rest’s centershot a little left and that our d loop had to move down. Our rest was a QAD Ultra Rest LD drop away with centershot set at 13/16th of an inch off the riser. The arrow, according to TAPS and OnTarget2 software, spines perfectly for our setup. Our shafts were cut at 28 inches and fitted with a 100 grain field point. The arrow we decided to use was the Black Eagle Carnivore 300s (+/- 0.001″). Mathews Halon 5 Tuning Testįor our paper tuning test, we had our Mathews Halon 5 set at 70 pounds with a 28.5 inch draw. Our two recorded sound levels were 89.5 and 90 decibels. How quiet was it? Here are our results with our Mathews Halon 5 set at 70 pounds with a 28.5 inch draw shooting a 380 grain arrow. More information on the Mathews Halon line can be found at our first couple of shots, we noticed that the Mathews Halon 5 is a fast yet quiet bow. I’ll report back on how that all goes here. ![]() Just one range day, but my confidence is high enough with this rig that I plan on taking it on a mid-December whitetail hunt to frigid Minnesota. It releases smooth as silk, and is quiet as the proverbial church mouse At the wall the bow anchors solidly, with no creep. To me the bow draws smoothly, with no little grabs or jerks during the draw cycle. That said, virtually every arrow I shot once the bow was sighted in went where I wanted it to - even when shooting from my knees, from a chair, or with my body contorted in those weird positions game animals have a habit of forcing on us. During my own training sessions I rarely shoot more than 2 arrows before pulling them from the target in an attempt to force me to concentrate on each shot rather than simply throw arrows in bunches without regard for form. Within 30 minutes I had the sight pins dialed in for 10-yard increments from 20 to 80 yards. I started the range testing in the desert near my southern AZ home an hour after sunrise, with an ambient air temperature of 37 degrees and no wind. Initial kinetic energy (K.E.) values are 71.00 and 71.72 ft./lbs., respectively. In my mind, this is great performance for a hunting-weight shaft. The Halon 6 has an IBO speed rating of “up to 345 fps.” Cool beans, but what’s the raw arrow speed of my 2 chosen shafts? Beman, 282 fps Nemesis, 275 fps. The Nemesis, however, gave me perfect bullet holes at both distances. During the tuning process, the 340-spine shafts kept giving me a bit of a left-hand tear, both at 5 and 15 yards. I paper-tuned it using two different 28 ½-inch arrow styles and spines - a Beman Hunter Pro 340 carbon shaft, and Easton Nemesis 400 carbon shaft, both fletched with NAP QuikFletch vanes ( Adding 100-grain field tips, the Beman shafts weighed in at 402 grains, the Nemesis shafts at 427 grains. ![]() This bow has a draw length of 28-inches and draw weight of 70 lbs., which is what I shoot for virtually all my bowhunting. Taken together, the ready-for-the-field package weighs in at 6.6 pounds, sans arrows. ![]() I added a 5-inch Doinker stabilizer ( AXT Rogue bow sight (standard 5-pin design to which I had them add 2 additional sight pins), a ¼-inch peep and the Mathews HD-Series Arrow Web 6-arrow quiver. Taking it one step further, I set up a Halon 6 this week and spent a half-day at the range getting it tuned up and dialed in. Jace Bauserman outlined the basics of the new-for-2016 Mathews Halon bow line earlier ( ) you can read all about the line’s specifications in his report.
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