Pinwheel,

I agree with you now and did so then. If you can improve in an area then by all means do so. I believe there are some negative side effects of poor nock travel and if it can be improved upon then by all means it should be done. I was really pointing out the basis of the arguments that were made and the fact that while it is an improvment it is not the "holy grail".


Len,

I don't think I have it confused. I used target archery as a readily recognizable benchmark. But again, I have been shooting bows with poor nock travel for years and blowing through deer and stacking some pretty good broadhead groups also. I think that sometimes we have a tendancy over analyze and over sensationalize archery equipment. I do think improved nock travel is plus. However, several million deer have been killed with bows with piss poor nock travel. So again I just don't see it as the "holy grail". Your statement does raise a couple of questions though. If level nock travel is the new "sliced bread" wouldn't it's benefits be readily seen in the local archery tournaments or broadhead leagues etc. If not where do you see the benefits of the new system. My point is that they have been portrayed as vastly superior. In which case one would assume that the benefits would be readily recognizable. I have not seen this nor heard the magnitudes to be professing their absolute superiority either on the hunting end or the target end. So if they are vastly superior where can the novice go to see the results and if they aren't vastly superior what's all the fuss about. IMO they are just like any other cam system. If you set them up right and tune them well then they will shoot broadheads or field points as well as the shooter can. One would still think if they offer so many benefits that some of these would spill over to field tipped arrows though and the benefits could also be seen on the tournament end. Again, I am not arguing the validity of having better nock travel but rather how superior it truely is. I just tend to think some people are claiming a mountain out of a mole hill of improvement. That doesn't mean I don't think the improvment shouldn't be made but rather the improvement is not significant enough for us to forego all other designs and throw down the bows we are currently shooting in shame and disgust.