Without giving my 100% biased opinion. I'll suggest to you that you do go try them out. Several models if possible, and then offer your findings back to the shop owner. Good or bad opinons mind you. Just be sure to base your own opinions first.

It sounds to me the said shop owner was possibly just offering you someone elses opinions and not his own. Dunno tho he could have tried them out at one time and just decided not to sell them.

I constantly get tech emails and also by people at shows (where we allow all the bows to be shot) asking the same thing. "Do they have a lot of hand shock?" The best and most honest advice I can offer to them is to try them for themselves and judge them for themselves. It's only fair that way. My opinion on hand shock or recoil WILL NOT be the same as everyone elses. No way!

I had three people this year tell me the Patriot had a lot of hand shock at all the shows I ran the booth at. The overall number of poeple that tried out the Patriot was for sure in the thousands (at the 9 shows I attended) so I'd say that's a pretty good track record for the Patriot. For the most part the people were simply amazed with the bow judging by their WOW, Damn, Geez and other remarks after shooting them. The coolest part is after the shot they generally turn the bow to the side and just stare at it in amazment....It's funny to see.

Regardless I didn't argue with the three that said it had a lot of hand shock...That was their opinion and it probably would have been wrong of me to argue with them about it.

I'm sure you would expect to hear some negatives from a dealer that doesn't or can't sell that particular brand, right?

Try em for youself...Let us know...