ORIGINAL: FSUBIGMAC
Yes, I am going off word of mouth from AT and other place, such as Drock on here. I mean its one thing if just a few people are satisfied but when there are thousands of people that are satisfied the guy has to be doing something right. I would also think me might be good if people are willing to wait over a year or 2 just to ship their bow to him. Just face it -- the guy is one of, if not the, best in the business. He fine tunes your bow down to every little detail and has been know to get bows to shoot up to 15fps faster. I mean heck if the guy lives in Missouri why wouldn't he take it to a guy that is regarded as one of the best in the business. And I agree it doesn't make a difference IF they are all put together good; but thats a big IF. Yea call me a brown-noser, but ya gotta think some of the people on AT who recommend him know a thing or two about how a bow works and how it should shoot. SO if ya don't trust people on AT for information who do ya trust? People on HuntingNet?
I trust myself. There are several on here that are much brighter than I, and I trust. And I have seen things that stump me, and still doesn't make sense. But there is tons of misinformation on AT IMO. I see some techies try to act like its some sort of black magic science that only they can do. But tune up about 10 bows, and you will see its not. Its attention to detail.
I sure don't know about thousands are satisfied with carter. I am sure the guy is good, but if you get the right arrow for the right bow, and set the stuff up straight, there is nothing he can do any better than anyone else. I know if I can't tune my bow, I usually will sell it. Its the stuff that you can't figure out, strange effects that make you scratch your head and need an experienced person.
I suggest everyone takes a new bow, and play around with the rest. Move it to the extremes, and see what happens on paper, bareshaft, walkback, etc tuning. Watch the effects as you slowly adjust. Move the nocking point real high, and play. Get a bow scale, get bow vise, get a chrono, and start playing around with tiller, and speed nocks, start tinkering.