I shot six 2216's and six 2219's with the mount in place and all arrows grouped perfectly. I shot at 20 and 30 yards and held two inch groups. (was shooting off-hand so that’s the best I can do)
I noticed nothing out of the ordinary and if anything, it actually might have reduced the noise level! Perhaps the mount stiffened things up a bit, I don't know.
As you can see from the pictures, my brace height is just at 1 1/8 inch.
While shooting, I placed a water based ink on the serving and cleaned the riser shelf after each shot (as well as the rail). The string did indeed travel onto the shelf but according to the ink marks, the travel fell well short of the vertical shelf wall shown on the picture that wabi marked with the red line. The closest the ink mark got to the vertical wall at the end of the shelf was a little over 5/16 inch and that was when shooting a 2216 with a 100 gr. field tip. When shooting the 2219's, the ink marks did not come near as close to the shelf wall.
Also, as you may be able to tell from the photos, my dissipater pads are really old and compressed. I am going to put new ones on and see if this further reduces the forward travel of the string onto the riser.
I am certain there is no need to grind the adapters to be flush with the shelf wall. Even if I decreased the brace height I think the string would go under the adapters and slap the shelf wall. I do not anticipate any additional string wear or serving wear above normal with this set up.
Guys, it was not very scientific but I am satisfied with the results. I am, however, upset that this adaption worked so well. It now makes it much harder to justify the purchase of a new exocet 200.
The old exocet in the pictures has been with me through thick and thin. She is as comfortable as a pair of old hunting boots. She has been dropped 25 feet out of a treestand and didnt even dry fire. (thats a whole different story, and I bet I am not alone!)
This old bow has never let me down. How many things in life can make that claim. But I think after this season I will retire her to backup status.
That new girl just looks so damn sexy!