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You're Baaaaaacccckkk!, and that is great news, both that you are livening up the Tech forum, and that you are personally back into this sport again. Maybe some more of the "regulars" from Huntingnet circa 2004-5 will return as well. Good to see Frank posting again. Maybe Matt/PA and 500fps will join in again too.

Thanks for such a wonderful description of a bunch of bows I can't afford! (2 sons going off to college next year). Enjoy that GT 500.:D

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Thank You Kindly Sir!

I can say this much, as I know from experience- being on the staff of a bow company, and posting/trying to help customers/ in the various online forums can get pretty overwhelming and , well frankly, NOT FUN after awhile. It really starts to feel like work dealing with all the drama queens who post all kinds of rumors as legit and know absolutely nothing about the actual truth (I don't mean that re: here- this place was great, I mean places like AT, etc).

The archery industry is tough business- on all sides- manufacturer/distributors/dealers and for the consumer. The internet has made it that much worse with getting hundreds of thousands of overly opinionated anonymous jerks together in one place- ther eis little to no accountabilty for a big mouth online, and the "hard line brand fanatics" LOVE to take pot shots any chance they get. As a staffer or employee You have to learn to distance yourself from the rampant negativity or you'll freaking go nuts

Did you see the flame war over on AT about Dave Watson's draw length?- gotta give the guy credit-Dave signed up for AT, explained himself, and took it all in good stride- Sad thing is, there should have been NO reason for him to feel the need to do that. It's the obnoxious anonymous jerks I was talking about that start all the problems.

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I agree, especially about AT. It is usually pretty easy to see who has an agenda there. Some are just better spoken when they bash. In truth, there are almost no "bad" bows out there, just some that fit the shooter's preferences better than others.

But... perhaps now that you and some others are baaaaccckkk, this place will not be so dead that the temptation of more than a few posts a day on AT can be ignored.

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the bow looks nice, and the other pics are beautiful! I wish we would get that kind of snow here occasionally, or at least every other year[&:]

Ive been wanting to shoot a GT500 and all of the elites really for a while but no one around here carries them. Ive shot a synergy (i believe) but thats it. With their new ownership or whatever, hopefully they will become more available.

Derek

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Jeff, awesome bow. I looked at that bow and it is one mean machine. Very close specs to my Allegiance but faster somehow.

Let us know how it shoots once you get a chance.

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Thanks folks. I shot it a bit last night-close up- 10 yards. I put about 25 or 30 arrows through it. It put the arrow where I put the pin- too bad the pin wasn't always in the right place (I guess nothing has changed in the past few years, that's a good sign, right? )

I'm heading up to the shop again tomorrow morning to put some arrows through it and get it sighted in at 20 yards. I'm DYING to put it through the chrono even though I'm not concerned about the speed- I know the thing is smoking fast.

Anyone wanna take a guess? spec card says it should shoot between 314 and 324 FPS at 62.4 pounds with a 300 grain arrow at 28.5" . I've got that G5 peep and a loop on the string (the brass nock comes off tomorrow), and my ICS's are around 380 grains. I'm gonna guess around 285-290 FPS.

The Adirondacks are great. Beautiful area- though since I've moved up to New England I'd have to say Maine is probably my fave place. You've got the wonderful & unique ocean/coast and then the totally remote wilds. Very cool!

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293.5 fps

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Sounds good- hope you are right.


FWIW- I just realized some of you may have thought my thread title was referring to ME being back on the forum- It wasn;t- rather that I had posted I was going to the shop in that other thread to get a bow, and now I was back from the shop.

I'm not *that* flipping egotistical

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Well I think you pretty much nailed my feelings on many of the internet archery forums in recent years. My participation in many of them has dropped like a brick because of it. I have a great passion for the sport and the gear but dealing with the type of folks Jeff is making reference to gets old really fast. I know for a fact that it is the reason many of the old regulars here don't post anymore. Not necessarily this site but archery forums in general.

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Jeff and Frank:

I came to love this forum when you guys were both posting your excellent bow reviews. Really miss them. I can appreciate what you are saying though. I remember the last one I saw of Frank's where he reviewed the General, Marquis, Rock, and Black Ice, I think. Really well done and very informative. Of course some horse's butt on AT had to say something like "can't be very objective if you are Bowtech staff"

Anyway Jeff, back to the pro shop, back to the forum, you have me checking this place more than I have in months. Hope things continue to go well.