GT XT Hunters vs PRO Hunters
12-19-2008 | 07:39 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
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From: Central PA
RE: GT XT Hunters vs PRO Hunters
I'm to the point anymore where I don't really give a hoot where its made. Gold Tip's move to Mexico did bum me out, I'll admit, but I have not seen a bit of difference in their shafts. Carbon Express, if they were more competitively priced, I'd probably give them a shot too.
Very little that any of us own these days in made here in the states. But, I'll have to say, that a lot of hunting equipment is.
Very little that any of us own these days in made here in the states. But, I'll have to say, that a lot of hunting equipment is.
12-21-2008 | 06:49 PM
#12
Giant Nontypical
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From: Ohio
RE: GT XT Hunters vs PRO Hunters
ORIGINAL: BGfisher
I don't want to start an argument, but I sometimes wonder about GT's move to Mexico. I know I'd rather have them made here in the USA, too, but they have to make a profit just like any other company. They could do so easier by paying cheaper labor, not that labor has much to do with arrow manufacturing.
What gets my goat is that people will gripe about them moving to Mexico, but not much is said about Carbon Express, which have been made in Korea since day one and their arrow prices are generally a lot higher than GT. They might be better arrows, which some claim, but are they that much better? And they may cost less to manufacture considering labo costs in Korea.
I don't want to start an argument, but I sometimes wonder about GT's move to Mexico. I know I'd rather have them made here in the USA, too, but they have to make a profit just like any other company. They could do so easier by paying cheaper labor, not that labor has much to do with arrow manufacturing.
What gets my goat is that people will gripe about them moving to Mexico, but not much is said about Carbon Express, which have been made in Korea since day one and their arrow prices are generally a lot higher than GT. They might be better arrows, which some claim, but are they that much better? And they may cost less to manufacture considering labo costs in Korea.
If sound is an indicator of stiffness, the cutoffs of a gt is the softest of any I've cut.
It wasn't the move that turned me away, it was what was happening when they did. Arrows were hard to find before archery season started. That's some poor business managment. At the same time I had an xt blow up. When I asked my supplier about it he mention that the previous year they had many complaints about them, more than any other shaft. That was a few years ago.
I think the pro's are better than the xt's and worth the cost diff.
