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Old 01-26-2005 | 08:49 PM
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Default RE: STICK WITH HOYT OR PURCHASE A BOWTECH

Deadeye101,

The RazorTec is a great bow, and one that I had considered buying in the past! As far as the performance/speed your bow is getting, I don't know about the speed you posted! At 25" draw length, you are already looseing between 50-60 f.p.s. off the IBO speed, add a a peep, string leechs, and nock, and you are looking at looseing another 12 f.p.s. there, not too mention the weight of your arrow. If you are shooting anything over a 320 grain arrow, you are going to be looseing speed at around 1 f.p.s. for every 3 grains of arrow weight. Lets say you are shooting a 390 grain arrow, your speed should be looseing somewhere between 85-90 f.p.s. The RazorTec has an IBO speed of 310 f.p.s. The only way you could be getting 260 f.p.s out of a 25" RazorTec would be to shoot the bow with nothing on the string, and shoot a 320 grain arrow! As the bow is now, you are probablly actually getting around 220-230 f.p.s.

Now with that cleared up, I have shot the Allegiance, Patriot, and MightyMite. I like all 3 bows for different reasons. I shot the Allegiance last night and was skeptical of it. I liked the feel, lack of noise and recoil, but the draw cycle takes a little getting use to. It ISN'T bad, it IS different. The cycle pretty much starts at peak draw weight and slowly and SMOOTHLY decreases into let-off. Most bows go from a low weight and build into peak draw weight before transitioning into let-off. The Patriot was the first BowTech I ever shot and I have shot (2003 model) and I shot the 04 Pat. This bow has the I-Cam which is a mild "hard" cam! It has a little less noise and recoil than the Allegiance in my opinion. I owned a MightyMite and shot the new MightyMite VFT. I really like the MightyMite but it is a touchy little bow. It is a short bow which usually means that it is a little more touchy and less forgiving. Out of the 3, if I had to pick one to buy today, it would be the Allegiance!

If you feel comfortable with your RazorTec, I would stick with it. If you feel that it is time to up-grade, I would definetly suggest going to a BowTech dealer and shooting each of the 3 BowTechs you mentioned and find out for yourself what you really like!
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