Germ - if you didn't like the draw on the Mace - you might not like the GTO. I haven't tried it, but I read somewhere that the force/draw was similar. One of those things to try before you buy. Speaking of trying things, I just got back from a full 60 minutes of hockey, and I think some guy tried to gut me with a hockey stick. I'm old and getting beat up... Knees hurt, head hurts, ribs hurt, lip swollen, and my groin is on fire (not in a good way). Bad scene here, buddy... I'm gonna have an ice cold glass of Geritol and head to bed.

TFox - I found6061 pre-fab aluminum billetfor $18/foot...and that's CNC ready from AMERICAN suppliers - per piece - low/no volume...$2/lb for6061 ingot bulkF.O.B. China. If I spoke Chinese, or felt like emailing somebody to prove you even more wrong, I could find it even cheaper. I won't get intotrying to explaineconomies of scale with you - that would be like sucking my own brain out of my head with a coffee stirrer. So I concede:Jesusshoots aHoyt.Mohammad shot a hoyt. So did Gandhi and Chuck Norris and Rambo. Those poor souls at Hoyt/Eastonare lucky to ever make a dollar. If they don't raise the prices some more soon, they'll be on the street corner drinking Night Trainby the end of the week - we should maybe start a donation drive.LOL

Back on topic: Y'all seem to put a lot of creed in companies that are "established." Why? Do you guys need service that often? I just ask, b/c in 15 years, I've never once had to use my warranty for anything... Is that not the norm?