Shot Em All

[freedomrules3]

I went to 2 different proshops today in search of the perfect bow for me . I shot every bow known to man today. heres a breakdown of what i shot and thought of each. all of the bows were really nice bows and anything i say is just my opinion of what i felt at the time. ;D

Diamond:
Liberty

not a bad bow at all for the money, but had a big peak before it valleyed out. it was a bit jumpy when shot and i only shot it twice before not wanting to again. a good bow but wasnt what i wanted.

Bowtech:

Allegiance

again another big peak before it valleyed out, i'm simply not strong enough to shoot this bow. i had to wrestle her and for me it wasnt something i wanted to hunt with. Walt is a big boy and thats what I think it takes to handle this bow. it released well with very little shock but again it just didnt make me say i love it.

Tribute

a little smoother than anything i had shot yet . it also had a bit of a big peak for me and just like the allegiance i think its better for a bigger stronger person than me. again it felt good on release and was very stable on release. i left the first shop thinking of all i tried the tribute was the best.

all were lightning fast and felt good in the hand but bowtechs are for the strong shouldered guys .


headed off to laurel de and hit another pro shop.

Hoyt

Trykon:

huge and i mean huge peak before it Finally valleyed out for me. it was like pulling a bull along for a long time before it finally broke the peak and valleyed out. thought my eyes were gonna pop out . i shot it a few times and it was really quick and quiet on release but the big old peak definitely turned me off for hunting. another bow for the strong shouldered big boys imo.

Browning
Illusion:

hmm really nice bow and by far the smoothest i shot yet. hardly any peak at all and felt fairly decent in my hand. shot very smooth and was quiet on release with no forward kick. now were getting somewhere . all in all a very nice bow especially for hunting. it would be easy to pull with game in the area . a very nice bow indeed.

Mathews

switchback xt :

without a doubt the smoothest bow on the market . no peak at all to me and zero vibration on release. it felt like everything they actually said it would.i was shooting bulls without a sight on the thing just by instinct . about the fifth shot is all it took for me to buy the hat for $750 , luckily the guy was nice enough to give me the bow for free ;D. the worse part was i was determined that it wasnt going to be as nice as it actually was ... see i'm a cheap sob at heart. it IS all that they say.

as a sidenote the browning was as near as it got to the smoothness that the mathews had but being only $50 less i felt the resale value of the mathews , besides being a little smoother made me go that route.
I'll post another post on where i got it and all the changes and stuff i got put on it. a big thanks to Ash Hudson for spending all that time with me while trying to run a busy shop .. i passed out a few cards for the site while i was there too

[ncboman]

traitor. ;D

[ARO]

congrats on your new toy!! i bought a new fred bear sq32 last year (my old bow was over ten years old), but i have been thinking about trading it in for a mathews. how do joe's prices compare to the shop in laurel?

i know the wife gave you the ok, but did she see the bill yet!!

[freedomrules3]

ncboman said:

traitor. ;D

lol i couldnt help it man it was well...special. wait till you come up ' i'll let ya shoot it a few times . i'll warn ya though you may want one afterwards . i came home and dunked 6 tight bulls in a row at 20 showing the wife my new toy ;D

[freedomrules3]

aro said:

congrats on your new toy!! i bought a new fred bear sq32 last year (my old bow was over ten years old), but i have been thinking about trading it in for a mathews. how do joe's prices compare to the shop in laurel?

i know the wife gave you the ok, but did she see the bill yet!!

i came home and told her exactly what i spent, figured it best to just get it all out on the table . without trying to hurt Joes feelings because i really like the guy, ash was a much better pro to go to. Joe tends to agree with ya on anything you say and doesnt really give enough feedback for me. not that he isnt a good guy but i wanted feedback on my shooting not just a yea that works for you . i believe they are about the same price nearly everywhere you go . ash took me down some on my already knowingly too long 29 inch draw to a 27 1/2 and man does it feel better. if ya want to try it out let me know and you can come by and shoot it

also DE has no sales taxes so that was like 40 bucks off

[ncboman]

freedomrules3 said:

ncboman said:

traitor. ;D

lol i couldnt help it man it was well...special. wait till you come up ' i'll let ya shoot it a few times . i'll warn ya though you may want one afterwards . i came home and dunked 6 tight bulls in a row at 20 showing the wife my new toy ;D

I've already shot one.

Very nice bow and smoooth.

[freedomrules3]

probably not worth the money but they were all too damn expensive , all were within about $50 of one another. its crazy the prices on them but it should be my last bow for quite a while now. the darton will become an excellent backup as i will still shoot it and keep in tune with it. plus ash did a very good job in tuning it up. i'm kind of excited , short of the recurve , my first new bow in a long time like 8 years . it did hurt the pocket seriously though.

[eshoremd]

yeah its definetly an awsome bow....but its no tribute. i prefer to support the troops

[Twanger]

Rick - just had some cash burning a hole in your pocket, eh?
Yeah, those strong cammed heavy bows do stress your shoulder. Mine to, but I'm getting used to it.
For a while there I thought I was going to have to take it back to Len and get the lighter weight 70lb limbs put back on, but I finally worked through it and can shoot 100 shots at the range with no ill effects.

[eshoremd]

hopefully rick and i will see you this year and you can shoot his switchback and see the difference between the regular and the xt. i think the xt is much better. at least its noticable.

[ncboman]

eshoremd said:

hopefully rick and i will see you this year and you can shoot his switchback and see the difference between the regular and the xt. i think the xt is much better. at least its noticable.

I think some of us may have differing ideas on what qualities we consider better.

None of the specs I see have anything listed on ease of draw, balance and shootability.

Two of my fastest bows are different as night and day in some respects. Example would be shooting accurately in high wind conditions.

[freedomrules3]

i'll shoot anything as long as its in the 60# range , i doubt there is much difference but what do i know. one thing i already noticed is this bow shines at long distances. its much better than my other was, once i step out there a bit past 30. at 40 and 50 its way better than my darton.

[freedomrules3]

ncboman said:

eshoremd said:

hopefully rick and i will see you this year and you can shoot his switchback and see the difference between the regular and the xt. i think the xt is much better. at least its noticable.

I think some of us may have differing ideas on what qualities we consider better.

None of the specs I see have anything listed on ease of draw, balance and shootability.

Two of my fastest bows are different as night and day in some respects. Example would be shooting accurately in high wind conditions.

ease of draw on this thing is sooo nice , so nice instead of calling it "the beast" i was gonna call it "butter" ;D

for a short axle bow its pretty balanced , feels real good in my hand anyway

shootability : well its almost stupid easy to shoot. i didnt believe Buckfever when he kept saying it over and over but he was right.

i sure wish they hadnt have cost an arm and a leg though , gonna be hard getting used to shooting with 1 arm and leg lol

sooner or later that hurt will go away

[ncboman]

just don't let anyone steal it. THAT hurt would not go away so easily.

One of my friends lost his new bow on a trip to Ohio while he was in a fast food place. He still crys about it and that was years ago.

[freedomrules3]

twanger said:

Rick - just had some cash burning a hole in your pocket, eh?
Yeah, those strong cammed heavy bows do stress your shoulder. Mine to, but I'm getting used to it.
For a while there I thought I was going to have to take it back to Len and get the lighter weight 70lb limbs put back on, but I finally worked through it and can shoot 100 shots at the range with no ill effects.

well i'm broke now anyway . my ohio stash took a hit.
the allegiance and tribute were custom built for guys like you and todd. wide shouldered strong guys like yourselves just smile at that first bit of draw weight i cant do the 70 # stuff anymore it would be a recipe for getting busted every time for me . just too much movement to get it going. i can pull 60 sitting down i figure without much movement. i'll give up the speed for ease of draw anytime .