Everyone has an idea of what feels best for himself. Tom (KentuckyTJ) and I both like our Beretta O/U shotguns. Mine has the English straight stock because I like only a small grip in my hand, even though I wear large gloves. Most people I know prefer pistol grips on their shotguns. I like my guns to be lighter than most people prefer. The same is true of bows. I like lighter risers with lower, less filling grips than the normal Blacktail. I am sure Norm can make a grip any way I want it, and I am probably going to send him a riser from one of my favorite bows and ask him to get as close to it as he can on the riser of the Snakebit he is building for me. Just reducing the size of the grip will lower the weight of the bow some, which I will like. I use a lot more palm when I shoot - somewhat like what Howard Hill and some of the longbow shooters used to do. The normal Blacktail grip forces the web of my hand into the bow, so I tend to have less palm pressure. That is probably a better way to shoot a bow than I do, but it just doesn't feel as good to me. If you saw the groups I shoot with the Blacktail as opposed to those I shoot with my Bracks, my Morrisons, or my ACS CX, you would not be able to tell which bow I was using. I can shoot the Blacktail about as well, but it just doesn't feel as good. So, if I am in a pinch situation, like out hunting, I want to have the bow in my hands that feels best and I know I can shoot well no matter what. At some point I may get more used to the Blacktail and even decide I like the way it shoots better, but not yet. On the other hand, I'm sure not getting rid of my Blacktails, and am even buying another very expensive new one (check out the current price of a Snakebit!) from Norm, so don't think I am knocking the bows -- I love them!
Topic: New Blacktail (Read 988 times)
