What I tried to convey, and didn' t do a very good job of it, was the difference in the two periods of technological advances.

Prior to the first list' s time period, (and not including traditional equipment) if you shot compounds, you had 50% or less let-off, wood riser bows, laminated (fragile) limbs, round wheels, flimsy sight systems (usually with no pin guard), etc. So the first list of improvements did make a significant impact on improving the average archer.

The second list (more recent " improvements" ) did LESS to improve the average archer than the first list did. Did we really need single cams, 80% let-off, tritium sight pins, mechanical broadheads, etc, just to become better?

In alot of ways, the more recent " improvements" made it more DIFFICULT for the average archer. Look at 33" axle to axle bows with 6" of brace height. The average archer is gonna have fits with that.