Chief Longwind Of The North
Certified/Certifiable
Here's my gripe. Good products cost lots of money. I don't know how many of you are familiar with archery. But if you are shooting a bow in the weight range of 70 lbs., and you get a cheap arrow, or one with insufficient spine, the arrow will, depending on what it's made of, either shatter, or warp before it leaves the string.
I gave my ancient (purchased in 1975) Caroll compound bow to my eldest son as it only has a 20% let-off, and though I can still pull it easily enough, it now tires me too quickly, and I can't hold the drawn position long enough anymore. When I bought it, I could pull that bow all day long.
Well, Troy couldn't draw it succesfully until he reached about 160 lb. and 19 years of age. So to him, that bow was "the Legend". And he couldn't shoot it with any accuracy until he hit his mid-twenties. We were shooting together one day, using aluminum arrows, and he went into the house for something. I'd shot all of my arrows and so picked up a couple of his. he was shooting a 50 lb. compound at the time. I let fly two of his arrows and they flew substancially off course. I retrieved the arrows and found them severley warped by the acceleration produced by my bow. So you can see how important it is to purchase proper arrows.
I just spent about three to four hours on-line surching for graphite arrows. I have a set limit for presents for my kids, nothing over $100. I've already spent about $40 on him. And do you think I could find a good set of arrows that went for less than $50? Nope. Not even on Ebay. The problem is that nobody on line seems to sell arrows in amounts less than a dozen. I only need three to four good arrows as he already has some. And most of the high-grade arrows that would work with his bow are in the $80 to $115 per dozen range.
It's a terible thing to know the difference between high quality, and something that will just get you by. And I never get my kids something that will just get them by. I'd rather give them one quality gift than several lesser quality things.
He's just going to have to get his arrows late, as I can purchase arrows in any amount desired from a local sporting goods store, albeit with fairly expensive per arrow prices. But that's just the way life is.
Seeeeeeya; Goodweed of the North
I gave my ancient (purchased in 1975) Caroll compound bow to my eldest son as it only has a 20% let-off, and though I can still pull it easily enough, it now tires me too quickly, and I can't hold the drawn position long enough anymore. When I bought it, I could pull that bow all day long.
Well, Troy couldn't draw it succesfully until he reached about 160 lb. and 19 years of age. So to him, that bow was "the Legend". And he couldn't shoot it with any accuracy until he hit his mid-twenties. We were shooting together one day, using aluminum arrows, and he went into the house for something. I'd shot all of my arrows and so picked up a couple of his. he was shooting a 50 lb. compound at the time. I let fly two of his arrows and they flew substancially off course. I retrieved the arrows and found them severley warped by the acceleration produced by my bow. So you can see how important it is to purchase proper arrows.
I just spent about three to four hours on-line surching for graphite arrows. I have a set limit for presents for my kids, nothing over $100. I've already spent about $40 on him. And do you think I could find a good set of arrows that went for less than $50? Nope. Not even on Ebay. The problem is that nobody on line seems to sell arrows in amounts less than a dozen. I only need three to four good arrows as he already has some. And most of the high-grade arrows that would work with his bow are in the $80 to $115 per dozen range.
It's a terible thing to know the difference between high quality, and something that will just get you by. And I never get my kids something that will just get them by. I'd rather give them one quality gift than several lesser quality things.
He's just going to have to get his arrows late, as I can purchase arrows in any amount desired from a local sporting goods store, albeit with fairly expensive per arrow prices. But that's just the way life is.
Seeeeeeya; Goodweed of the North
) and for the last couple of weeks I just kept telling myself "okay, never mind, get through the audit and then if you really scramble you can do some Christmas baking and a bit more shopping and get the gifts all wrapped and the house tidyed up before Christmas eve ..."
