Learned my lesson the hard way!
 

Well, sometimes the best lessons have to be learned the hard way, and I learned mine when it comes to buying bows off the internet. I bought a Bowtech Black Knight Dually off Ebay. When the bow arrived it was in generally good shape, until I noticed that the limbs and cams were switched around. Looks like either the shop who serviced this bow didn't have a clue, or the owner fancied himself a bit of an amateur bowyer. Before I shot it I took it into my local Bowtech dealer to be checked over and they took it apart, verified that it was in otherwise good order, and reassembled it correctly and set it up for me. Well, after I got it set up, I shot it as much as I could over the next couple days, and realized quickly that this was not the bow for me. The draw cycle was too aggressive, I didn't like the 65% letoff, the bow didn't balance well and was very front heavy (I shoot open handed with a sling), and it was heavy. Quite honestly, I just didn't like it.

The moral of the story is that one should never buy a bow sight unseen, and without shooting it enough to know that it's the bow for you. This mistake cost me about $100 when I traded it off.

The silver lining is that I traded it in on the bow that I had really wanted since the day it was introduced. I cut my losses and traded it in on a new Bowtech Allegiance VFT, 70lbs with 29" cams.I've shot a lotof bows looking for the "right one" and I knew that the Allegiance was it, but the Black Knight was what I thought was a great deal that I couldn't pass up. That was a mistake.

My hope is that there are people here on the board that will read this and not be lured into buying a bow that isn't right for them.

Mike

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your not going to stop me, I,m buying what,s not right for me. Thanks for trying though.

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Bowtech: A mistake from the beginning...

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LOL...... and that's all I got to say about that

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Ditto

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I'll tell you my Bowtech was so much better than my PSE. [:-]

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Of the several PSE's I've shot, I would say the same thing, but Itry not to slam other people's choice of bow just because of personal opinion ora misguided sense of brand loyalty.My personal opinion is that Idon't like any of the PSE bows I've shot, which is not to say that they arepoor bows.Some people here seem to lack the intelligence or maturity to realize that there are very fewbad bows out there, just a lot of bows that don't necessarily suit each individual person. I happen to like the Bowtech Allegiance the best of the many bows I shot while searchingfor the right one for me,and my general preference leans towardBowtech as I also very much like the Patriot and the Old Glory. I also like the Switchback, but I've heard bad things about the new strings that Mathews is using onthat bow, and it just wasn't asgood a shooterfor me as the Bowtechs.

It's all about personal opinion.

Mike

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I probably come to mind about this. I know I bash alot of the other bows out there, and shove Oneida down peoples throats, but usually its all in jest.

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Who would believe you Dairy King. After all, all you are is a smarta$$ know-it-all! (You'll have to check out Dairy King's post in the off season forum to know that I am joking.)

I was being truthful in my bow. I like the feel,how quiet it is, and how muchfaster it shoots. If you read it carefully I was comparing it toMYold bow, not anyone elses.Irarely bash bows, and when I do I am just joking.

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This is probably the reason I would like to some day take you on a hunt;)











So I canshove your Oneida down your throat

All in fun of course[8D]