Matt, You have asked us to add "WHY" we chose our bows so here is my LONG story. It was a fluke that I even tried a BW bow and chose my Black Widow PSA3. In 2005, I was taking my wife around Cloverdale doing the rounds so we could buy her a new recurve. We made the whole loop with BW being the last vendor, she shot quite a few bows, but they just never made her say "WOW". When she shot the BW, she turned to me and said "WOW"... I like this one. It figured, it was probably the most expensive... Women!
We knew we were going to Compton the following week and figured there would be more vendors there so I told her we should wait a week to decide. At Compton she made the rounds, like Cloverdale she wound up shooting the BW last. Again, after her shot, she said “WOW”. Finally out of disbelief I said “Give me that damn thing, it cannot be that good”. I shot three arrows and my wife watched me asking “Well?” I said nothing. Then I turned to her like a kid and said “WOW” these are neat! I had to go to the BW booth and try a heavier one. I had the same experience with the heavier bow (55#@28”). By 2005, I had shot a lot of different bows and had 7 years of Trad experience. I knew what I liked and figured I was hard to impress, but the BW did impress me. It is not that it out performed my other bows by so much (not that much difference in any of the top bows) as that it combined all my favorite characteristics I had observed separately in the other bows into this one bow.
What the entire “WOW” factor was for my wife and I, was how stable the bow seemed to us. Left and right errors were minimal for us both (riser mass?). If we were off, it was in height and that was the archer, not the bow. We ordered her bow right there. I spent two weeks thinking about that PSA till I had the nerve to ask the wife if I could order one for me. Some bows just fit you, they don’t fit everyone but when it is right you know it. Up till then my go to bow was a Bob Lee. I love the way the Lee’s look and they shoot as good as they look (still shoot it). Prior to shooting the BW, I figured I would never want one of those reverse limb, ugly bows. Now I see the beauty in the design and during hunting season I discovered something I never realized shooting in the summer. What I found was this limb design gives you so much room that your bulky coat hardly ever is an issue. There just seems to be more forgiveness and room to shoot in a hunting scenario. This is a big plus for me w/my BW.
So, that is the “Why”.
Long answer but I think it is funny how I almost never, ever would have shot a BW on my own… I just thought they were ugly… No more…LOL. Sure proves “Shoot before you buy”.
Regards,
Bill
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