Well, sometimes the best lessons have to be learned the hard way, and I learned mine when it comes to buying bows off the internet. I bought a Bowtech Black Knight Dually off Ebay. When the bow arrived it was in generally good shape, until I noticed that the limbs and cams were switched around. Looks like either the shop who serviced this bow didn't have a clue, or the owner fancied himself a bit of an amateur bowyer. Before I shot it I took it into my local Bowtech dealer to be checked over and they took it apart, verified that it was in otherwise good order, and reassembled it correctly and set it up for me. Well, after I got it set up, I shot it as much as I could over the next couple days, and realized quickly that this was not the bow for me. The draw cycle was too aggressive, I didn't like the 65% letoff, the bow didn't balance well and was very front heavy (I shoot open handed with a sling), and it was heavy. Quite honestly, I just didn't like it.

The moral of the story is that one should never buy a bow sight unseen, and without shooting it enough to know that it's the bow for you. This mistake cost me about $100 when I traded it off.

The silver lining is that I traded it in on the bow that I had really wanted since the day it was introduced. I cut my losses and traded it in on a new Bowtech Allegiance VFT, 70lbs with 29" cams.I've shot a lotof bows looking for the "right one" and I knew that the Allegiance was it, but the Black Knight was what I thought was a great deal that I couldn't pass up. That was a mistake.

My hope is that there are people here on the board that will read this and not be lured into buying a bow that isn't right for them.

Mike