ORIGINAL: Arthur P
atlasman, et al, it's not the whisker bisquit that ticks me off. It's the BS that surrounds it that irks me.
I specifically put in my disclaimer because I knew you would think I was talking about you...........I really wasn't.......similar to yourself......I was just commenting on some of the widespread BS I have heard from many sources.
Like the guy who works for CAP that wrote the article that aeroslinger read. It's a bunch of hooey, written by a guy who's paycheck relies on getting them sold. Ron Popeil (Ronco, Ginzu knives and such) would be proud his advertising strategy is getting such a wide play in archery circles.
Mathews did the same thing,overstating how good the single cam bow is to all other cam designs. Overstating is the politically correct term for what most regular folks call lying. Is the single cam bow good? Sure. Is it everything Mathews says it is? Not hardly.
Just reality..........who is dumber.........seller or buyer??
Same with the wb. I'm just tired of people not using their heads and blindly accepting everything the advertisers claim.
I have never seen the WB advertised as anything but a simple, solid, quiet, accurate rest that secures the arrow. It is all of those IMO.
Is the wb as accurate and forgivingas other rests? NO, it's not. Otherwise you'd see gobs of them on the 3D circuit. Do you see them? In Hunter class, maybe. Not in the other classes, not if the shooters want to be competitive. When was the last time someone won an unlimited pro class world championship with a wb? Heck, there hasn't been a first time.
I don't buy that logic.........there are tons of reasons people shoot what they shoot in 3D.......peer pressure not excluded. From what I have seen of this crowd they are similar IMO to the golfer who HAS to have the newest clubs and best balls and everything off the last issue mag covers.......or the guy who brings 9 bowling balls to the alley with him.......or the guys who buy $500 ceramic bats to play beer league softball. The WB is a meat and potatos rest.........no flash or glitz and no status as a new must have "toy".........therefore garners little interest from a group that wants and desires others to be jealous of what they shoot more importantly then how they shoot.
Is it accurate enough for hunting? As long as all the prerequisites have been met (bow tune, form, etc), yes.
Same goes for every rest on the market.
Is it everything that's claimed? No. It's not.
I am unaware of the false claims you speak of.