Congrats on getting good resale on an old LX. I remember that bow, as it was a toss up for me that year at my local dealer of that bow or the Hoyt. I bought the Hoyt. You will find deals with any bow brand when guys are broke, and money is tight; especially in this recession. Go to AT and look at my thread starts and sales. This is my experience with the Elite line. I make money buying Elites from dealers in communities where archers only shoot what their dealer pushes or what some TV show or magazine pushes. I enjoy them, maybe kill an animal, and sell them for a profit. Elites forum has many Elite collectors on there. One guy has 5 E-500 in various dip patterns.
Ask the WKP(white knuckle Productions) guys opinions on these Elite bows. No bow is for everyone, I like these the best so far. IF we all liked the same things, it would be a boring world. It just seems ridiculous for people that have no interest in a Strother bow to come on a Strother thread and start talking about why an Engineer chooses to work, sell the companies, or how many marriages etc. I know that the Mathews bow company engineers, Hoyts, or Bowtechs engineers have their own lifes,been fired from jobs, quit, been married/divorced, run cats over in the employee parking lot etc., and no one cares or questions them. I know I don't care. I care about what works for me. I know that these Strother bows are going to be a hit, and I know I will get good, fast resale, when I want to sell. That's because the market isn't flooded with new or used ones. I remember the beating I took on many of my Hoyts every year, to just trade up. I like extreme speed, but I have to have a smooth draw, and quietness in my bow. What one guy likes, of course another won't. Look at the videos of that Strother SR-71, a 350 plus fps IBO, and no big hump at the end of the draw. These bows are BARE bows, and are quiet. I can hear other bows going off in the far background, that are LOUD, and yet these Strother bows are quiet. I love Predator camo...what a bonus..no bow to strip and send to a dip shop. These will be shooters and sellers imo.

Elite..Strothers they may be good bows, but for me and alot of people I know that bowhunt, and cant afford to buy a new bow or two every year would be more reluctant buying a bow they have never heard of, not rush out or online and buy. ALL bows have there own "cult following", and some never grow much outside of that circle, IMO, thats what these will be.

I agree. 99% of bow hunters don't know what Elite Archery, New Breed Archery, Strother Archery, ASAT camo, or Predator camo is. They know Hoyt, Mathews, Bowtech, Mossy oak camo, and Realtree camo. Thanks to these forums, I became educated on what I FEEL is a better product, INSTEAD of what the media's advertising blitz TELLS me what I should shoot and wear.

I like the looks of the inspire best;). Sounds like a great all around bow

Absolutely Don! I think often though one's personal opinions as a bowhunter, on "who to support" as opposed to "whom should a dealer support" are 2 very different things. That was the distinction I was trying to make. On a personal level I LOVE Elite bows, and was really impressed with the new G5 bow with the ELite cams too (especially for the $). I'm sure Kevin's new bows are awesome too (will find out today what my dealer thought of them).

This was not my experience at all selling my GT500. Barring left handed models, I've always had fairly good return on Hoyt, Mathews and Bowtech models- Especially Mathews. The other good thing is that they often sell quickly as long as you are not asking too much for them compared to "lesser known" bows.

As it is- as soon as it walks out the door , you will be doing well if you get 50-60% of what you paid for it. New bows are like new computers unfortunately.

some good related info. Also post 38 in the 1st link; pretty well answers/says it all

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1113865


http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1114152

Pretty neat to see the designer himself, get on these threads and answer questions.

I love the looks of these bows and like Jeffb; I have never met a Strother bow, I didn't like. But, with a 7 mnth old and another one due in 3.5 mnths, I just can't make myself spend the money. I would LOVE to try this bow, BUT despite the fact that I paid our doctor bill's in advance, on the first visit. I have just turned into a tight wad with the boys coming along.

I found this interesting:
http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1115334


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Location: Illinois
Posts: 6,367


My 2010 ATA Show Top Picks List!
It was a great show with a lot of New products. I did not take or have the time to snap any pictures as I made an honest effort to step into any and every booth that I could. Wednesday, Thursday was cut-n-run & write the obvious order days while the evenings were hotel room study crunch for Friaday orders.
The list below are my personal favorite choices...

BOWS:

Elite - Still climbing up the ladder with quality, shootability and some new accessories.

Athens - I did not look at them in 09 but shot them this year and was impressed. Perhaps a bold statement to some but I think their machining is 2nd to none in the industry! Quality all the way around..

Strothers - I think Kevin has another home run on design.

Quivers:

TightSpot (still #1 in my book)
ZEN - by Athens (with a built in bow hook - nice)
G5 MagLoc Compact
Elite Treelimb quiver


Rest:
Ripcord Code Red
QAD
G5 Expert Pro


Sights:

TruBall Axcel Armortech
Athens Rellik
G5 Rock
TruGlo Micro Brite series

Sight Light:

Watch for a new compact micro push button from TruGlo
G5 Optix is a proven light as well

Releases:

1st place tie ---- TruBall - Assassin SST & Spot Hogg - Wise Guy
Tru Ball - BEAST
Timney - Archery trigger model 2201


Broadheads:

NEW G5 T3
NEW NAP BloodRunner2
Reign (New last year and peaking my interest)

Peep sights:

The New "Red Eye" by Ep hunting (makers of the Reign broadhead)

Lighted Nocks:

battery powered - FIRENOCK (hands down proven performer)
Non battery powered - The Fire Fly (down fall is only one size)

Bow Cases:

Pole Mountain Outdoors - Hardcase B-II

Rangefinder:

Opti-Logic Micro I - Hang on to your hats folks as this thing is going to storm the bowhunting rangefinder industry!

Game Cameras:

Reconyx - HyperFire HC600 & HC500 (The others don't even belong in the same category)
Primos - New in the game with 4 models of the Truth Cam

Ground Blinds:
Note- I crawled inside each one of these blinds and they are in the order picked due to my past 10+ yrs experience of using ground blinds.

The New Crusher by Primos Double Bull - waterproof & scentproof pleated fabric, New hub system, included frame pack which doubles for other uses. (available late summer/fall)
Primos Double Bull Dark Horse
ASAT Blind
New Lone Wolf Blind
Rhino

Bow Holder:

Pole Mountain - BowLegs (durable aluminum & weighs in at 4ozs) unique simple design!

Lights:

CYCLOPS 3 watt Hand held spot light Model CYC-3WS6AA
240/10.8 lumen output
also has green non game spooking mode

Video Equipment

Sport Vu - by Jk outdoor products

Not on their website yet but WOW what a universal mini sport video cam. First of it's kind designed with a Sony CCD imager. Comes with many mounting options standard (bow, scope, bike, tree, helmet, motorcycle, car window) I seen in person the recording and playback between the sport vu, epic and roscoby (the quality was listed in order )

i-Kam Xtreme 3.0
Sunglasses with built in video with 736x480 playback resolution (just another angle to catch that bowshot ) by predator outdoor products
Clothing:

Many choices but I liked
First Lite - New camo choices same great quality merino wool
Sitka - The new Optifade Forest

Treestands:

Muddy Outdoors - Their added footrest is a big plus anlong with the changes to a New model ladder stand.

Safety system:

Rescue One by Mountaineer sports

Muddy safeguard

These are a few of the items that I personally picked up on that stuck out in my mind. Many more but these were my show favorites for the most part.
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Looks like you got good money for yours. Just cruising thru AT classifieds tonight, and here is a mint, like new mathews LX for $325.

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1115080

No.....it has a 7 3/4in brace height:s3:....

That's a nice looking bow!! It might even get me to overlook the fact that it's not a single cam bow......if it only came in my draw length!:s14:

No, it's 7 11/16":D valor and infinity go to 31"
Inspire goes to 32". Valor has your desired brace height, and is only $599.:happy0001:

Valor A-A 33 5/8" Brace 8 1/4" Mass 4.1 IBO 317-325 @ 70/30" inspire A-A 36 1/2" Brace 7 3/8" Mass 4.2 IBO 330-338

Hey Don, I was on their website, and I don't see the Inspire on there. I too shoot 32" draw, making bows increasingly difficult to find.

Yea YM, they have more updating to do after the ATA on their website. All of the info I posted is on the Strother forum.

I wouldn't mind giving the Inspire a test spin! At 36 1/2 A-A and a 32in draw it seems to me it has the makings of a sweet hunting bow!. Hmmmm....Maybe I should give this dual cam stuff another try.:D

Kevin is a big guy too, not sure about his draw length, but I know he either shoots 90 or 100 # bows, so if you want extreme poundage, he has them.

Kev hunts with 135-150# bows. That is no rumor. He said it himself.

He holds the world speed, and distance flight records. He was pulling around 200#'s then(again, no falsified/misinformation).

He is around 50 I believe as well. The man is ripped!!! His arms are massive!

Holy cow, hard to believe someone can make a compound that will stand up to 200#. Gotta believe there is a little vibration there!

World Flight Records for 2007
The following distances are recognized by the United States National Archery Association Flight Committee as World Male and World Female bow type and weight class Flight Records regardless of age Divisions.



MALE WORLD FLIGHT RECORDS

Unlimited Recurve 1,336-1-3/1,222.01m Don Brown 8/2/1987 40kg(88.2lb) 1,177-1-2/1,076.60m Alan Webster 8/14/1983 33kg(72.8lb) 1,066-2-0/975.36m Dennis Riley 9/12/1981 25kg(55.1lb) 1,072-2-6/981.01m Harry Drake 9/12/1986 18kg(39.7lb) 646-0-0/590.70m Rick Valdez 9/12/1981



Unl Compound 1,320-1-3/1,207.39m Kevin,Strother 7/31/1992 40kg Compound 1,162-0-10/1,062.79m Barry A. Groves 7/26/1997 33kg Compound 1,206-0-10/1,103.03m Buddy DeConnick 8/1/1992 25kg Compound 934-0-6/854.2m Barry A. Groves 7/25/1997 18kg Compound 619-0-3/566.09m Colton Jones 9/5/2003


45lb Target Compound 750-2-6/686.55m Tony Osborn 60lb Target Compound 786-2-8/719.53m Arlan Reynolds 9/5/2004



Unl Am. Longbow 481-0-0/439.83m Simon J. Stanley * 70lb Am. Longbow 396-0-2/362.16m O.L. Ad**** 9/8/2007 50lb Am. Longbow 369-2-6/338.18m O.L. Ad**** 9/8/2006 35lb Am. Longbow 319-1-1/292.00m O.L. Ad**** 9/9/2005



Unl English Longbow 371-1-4/339.65m Alistair Aston 50lb English Longbow 318-2-5/291.52m Dan Perry 9/7/2007 35lb English Longbow 259-0-3/236.92m Brian Perry(Youth) 9/7/2007



Unl Primitive Self 350-0-11/320.31m Scot Perry(Youth) 9/8/2007 50lb Primitive Self 340-0-6/311.05m Dan Perry 9/8/2007 35lb Primitive Self 233-0-3/210.37m Scot Perry(Youth) 8/3/2002



Unl Prim. Simple Composite 351-2-4/321.72m Dewayne Smith 9/6/2003 50lb Prim. Simple Composite 326-1-11/298.67m Bert McCune 10/8/1994



Unl Prim. Complex Composite 619-1-7/566.50m Don Brown 10/7/1995 50lb Prim. Complex Composite 321-0-8/293.74m Dewayne Smith 9/6/2003



Primitive Turkish Style 291-1-7/266.58m Jaap Koppedrayer 9/9/2006



Unlimited Field Bow 674-1-0/616 .62m Luciano Cecili 10/1/1999 70lb Field Bow 601-1-7/550.03m Don Brown 7/25/1997 50lb Field Bow 498-1-3/455.76m Giancarlo Marchisini 9/8/2006 35lb Field Bow 429-1-5/392.70m Giancarlo Marchisini 9/10/2005



50lb Target Bow 530-2-1/485.27m Arlan Reynolds 9/6/2003 35lb Target Bow 430-2-3/393.90m Giancarlo Marchisini 9/9/2005



Unlimited Footbow 2,028-0-0/1,854.40m Harry Drake 10/24/1971 Crossbow 2,047-0-2 /1,871.84m Harry Drake 7/31/1988 Footbow 1,542-2-10/1,410.87m Harry Drake 10/6/1979



FEMALE WORLD FLIGHT RECORDS

BOW TYPE YDS.-FT-IN/METERS NAME DATE SET Unlimited Recurve 1,039-1-1/950.39m April Moon 9/13/1981 25kg 807-2-5/738.66m Wendy Walk(Youth) 9/13/1981 18kg 740-1-8/677.16m Sherrie Reynolds 9/12/1981



Unl Compound 807-1-3/738.30m April Moon 8/1/1987 25kg Compound 904-0-5/826.73m April Moon 7/28/1989 18kg Compound 600-0-7/548.82m Sherrie Reynolds 8/4/2001



45lb Compound Target Bow 487-2-3/446.01m Lesley Carter 8/16/2003 60lb Compound Target Bow 373-0-2/341.13m Irena Rosa 10/19/2003



Unl Am. Longbow 278-0-10/254.46m Gwen Perry 7/26/1997 35lb Am. Longbow 320-1-0/292.83m Juli Ad**** 9/9/2005 50lb Am. Longbow 383-0-5/350.35m Juli Ad**** 9/9/2005



35lb English Longbow 261-2-4/239.37m Jordan Case(Youth) 9/7/2007 50lb English Longbow 251-0-1/229.53m Janice Willrich Unl. English Longbow 262-1-1/239.90m Wendy Rath 9/21/1996



Unl Field Bow 491-2-2/449.62m April Moon 10/6/1995 50lb Field Bow 461-2-6/422.31m Juli Ad**** 9/9/2006 35lb Field Bow 349-2-10/319.07m Juli Ad**** 9/7/2007



50lb Target Bow 463-2-10/264.32m Janice Willrich 35lb Target Bow 409-1-8/374.51m Janice Willrich 9/4/2004


Unlimited Primitive Self Bow 248-2-3/227.5m Gwen Perry 8/14/1998 50lb Primitive Self Bow 202-2-6/185.33m Jordan Case(Youth) 9/9/2005



Unl Primitive Simple Composite Records Have Not Yet Been Established*
50lb Primitive Simple Composite Records Have Not Yet Been Established*



50lb Primitive Complex. Comp. 219-2-7/201.05m Jordan Case 9/8/2006 Unl Primitive Complex. Composite Records Have Not Yet Been Established* Primitive Turkish Style Records Have Not Yet Been Established* Footbow 1,113-2-6/1,018.48m Arlyne Rhode 9/10/1978



* = New English Claim





Please go to www.archery.org (FITA) and www.usarchery.org for additional information on Flight Divisions.



Rulon I. Han****

Chairman


United States National Archery Association
Flight Committee, October, 2007

Interesting....the recurve record is , longer than the compound.

yea...what's up with that?

That is interesting that the recurve record is farther. I'm trying to think of why/how that would be in the my head, but can't seem to figure it out. Perhaps (just my theory, but most likely WAY off) but with a compound set at 200# you would need one hell of a stiff (heavy) arrow, so although it may leave the bow really haulin ass, it will lose speed very quickly downrange, and altitude, but if you could shoot a lighter arrow with the recurve, albeit a mega-heavy recurve, you may be able to outlast the compound's arrow simply by having less weight and the arrow not losing altitude as fast. If that makes sense to anyone, my work's done here!

Your theory, although pretty logical sounding is... Backasswards:)

put simply, a heavy arrow will shed speed(ke) slower than that of a lighter arrow.

Tho I can't explain y the recurve is further, I think it probably ha something to do with letoff or something. A recurve has no wheel etc obviously, but I still cannot think o why.

Yea, they built one 3 storys tall! :happy0157::woot:

I don't have any real answers on the distance issue but I do remember back in the seventies seeing a picture of Harry Drake shooting his recurve sitting down using his feet to hold the bow as he attemped to set the world distance record at the time....

I have not shot a Strothers bow yet but I am looking forward to it. As of now I have my Tribute and a GT500, the man knows how to design bows, thats for sure.


Shane