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Yes, you may be right, I scanned that post late, and could possibly have read it wrong. [&:] I would think the numbers closer to 100,000 bows sold would prove to be more like it.

I also think you may have something on the dollar figures, but that simply means the company made money. From an Archers' standpoint, we want to know who sold the most product. And if that product happens to be low-end stuff, oh, well. People are buying them, and there is a definative reason for that, whether it be price, or the fact that they get good value for that price, doesn' t really matter, fact is the numbers of total sales are there, regardless.

Yes, that means Escalade or one of the other Wal-mart -type companies that sell millions of those little kids starter bows could be #1 in the industry! No, it doesn' t sit well with us who like Hoyt, PSE, or Mathews (or any other brand for that matter) but as long as the industry is getting the sales and the future of our sport is secure, who are we to gripe?

Speaking of Escalade, if it were not for companies like them, some of the bow manufacturers we' ve come to know and love would already be history..Escalade for example just purchased the former NAAG which includes Bear, Jennings, Golden Eagle, and Buckmasters.

I beleive you' ll see more of these bigger sporting-goods companies eventually buying other bow companies too, just because they have the money to back them up and can bounce back quicker from a hit to the archery industry if they have other niche markets to cover for the losses during certain bad times. I won' t be a bit surprised if this happens more in the future.

Just some thoughts. Pinwheel 12