high country bows

[jca]

anyone have experience with the high country 4 runner extreme bows..please give positive or negative feedback..you might save me 550.00...

[DaveC]

Here's a little tip for ya, put the word "BOWTECH" somewhere in your title and you will get a lot more responses!!lol
Maybe "help me decide between a bowtech mightymite and a HC...."
That's get'm worked up plenty.j/k

Anyhow here's what little I've learned about High country from these boards.
The president CEO or whatever he was left last year a "Mcphereson" I think.
The pro shooters they had also left. (This indicates the company could be in trouble which would leave you with a useless warranty.)
The company hasn't done much with the carbon technology they have, which they bought from diamond bows. I've read of one carbon riser folding in half while being drawn. I know that they are light. And the only real experience I have with them is I looked at them at a pro shop without picking it up.
The one high country (cheaper model) I did pull back had a terrible draw that felt like 70#pull from the word go, all the way until the cam broke over.
Good luck with your shopping and maybe my post will bring on somemore replies.

[Dacotah]

Well, here is my opinion.

I like my 1999 Ultraforce. It is quiet and relatively fast. I shot my first robinhood with it this summer.

HCA had lost a lot of ground by 1999. Last year, our local Cabelas stopped carring them because of the large number of stripped limb bolts. It seems they were using air wrenches and stripping a large number of new bows. They have since corrected this.

Now they are drilling holes in the limbs to add a rod which ties the two limbs together. And we hear a few reports of limbs failing at that point. No one else seems to be drilling holes in limbs. <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>

Past discussions have pointed out the fact that the need to tie the limbs together was a design problem, ie narrow limbs closely spaced. You'll notice Hoyt and other split limb companies tend to use wider limbs spaced further apart.

The Vibra-Flex armor is a successful IHMO attempt to stop the limb splintering they were apparently having a problem with.

The last few reviews I have read have commented on the substandard workmanship.

They haven't updated their website from their 2001 lineup.

My last purchase was a Martin.

I still like my HCA, however. Will I buy another one? Probably not.

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Edited by - Dacotah on 11/21/2002 23:15:00

[kc_bowhunter]

I bought a HC Power Force X1XL 6 months ago, and it was the best 200+- dollars I have spent on archery equipment.