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03-31-2004 | 05:20 PM

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Len in Maryland

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RE: Check, re-check, re-tune your arrows.

Frank: I have not had a chance to build/test the ST Axis arrows personally. I was given a dozen and have yet to build/test them. Been busy.

Straightarrow: The Tuning Trilogy, as I teach it, is the bow, the arrows, and the shooter. All three have to be tuned and 'in-sync' in order to have a completely tuned "system", IMPO.

Techy/mlaubner: I'm sorry, but I don't hold much faith in most of what is advertised. I guess having been burned so often has made me very leery. As far as the straightness of anything, it's all in how it's measured and by whom.

Techy quote: "A carbon is eaither broke or still strait, most likely still strait. I have stepped on carbons I have seen them shot and bounce off trees, floors, and walls and live to be shot countless more times (I have worked at a sport shop for 4 years ). I can't say this for aluminums. Everything is a compromise." I must disagree with you on this statement. I've had carbons 'blow out' while trying to tune a bow with them. I just had a customer leave the store and actually witnessed his arrow degrade in straightness before and after we shot it. It was not straight to start and got worse as we shot it. On the other hand, I have seen carbons last for years. It all seems to stem from how good they are to start with and what type of quality construction has been put into them. After all, most often we can't really see the inside of our arrows; but, I have seen some cross-sections that would bring tears to your eyes.

And I agree that "Technology is gettin better"; but, we have to deal with the 'here and now'. I just have a real hard time dealing with customers who hand me crooked carbon arrows with which to tune there bows. It's a waste of my time and their money.

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