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No offense, but I don't know why the BowTechs "erk" you so bad but I do know you throw a little elbow into the ribcage every chance you get(well OK I understand because Mattews does me the same way<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>). That being said you might as well get geared up for the BowTechs being around for a while. I have one question though. At what point in your transition from the speed game of the 80's to the PW12 of today did speed become a bad thing. I mean as long as you don't sacrifice shootabilty(and Bowtech doesn't). If you have two bows that are almost identical in A to A length, brace heigth, both have good transitions into the draw force curve, and neither try to rip your arm off when you creep, what makes the faster of the two bows inferior. Which basically is all Bowtech is doing. BowTech is basically saying hey we can make a bow just as smooth as yours and just as shootable as yours BUT we'll throw in an extra 15fps to boot. If all the shootable characteristics are there then what's wrong with throwing in some speed to go along with it?
PS I don't know what kind of setups everyone else uses but I am barely cracking 280's with my Patriot at 29.5 inches and 70lbs with a 390-400 gr. arrow and a string loop, kisser button, and string whispers. I have yet to shoot anything other than a BowTech that will crack the 280's for me with this same arrow and string configuration. I can say from shooting the majority of the other bows out there that it simply isn't realizable without a bow that will shoot 315-320 IBO(through the chrono). I personally would want to shoot an arrow that is any lighter than the one I currently shoot.
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Edited by - silentassassin on 11/15/2002 15:13:09