First and foremost to Dave, and then to the rest of you keeping an eye on this thread I must apologize for not responding sooner. I have been working out of state for the last two weeks and was not expecting to recieve the bow while I was away. I did not know it was waiting for me until I arrived home yesterday and my wife informed me that I had a package.
Now on to my impressions of the bow. At first glance it is very appealing. Normally not a big fan of the "actionwood" type risers, I found the riser on this bow to be very nice, I really liked the contrast. The limbs are amazing! The fit and finish was very good. I assembled the bow today and took it out to my little range. It was very very smooth on the draw and I really like the brace profile of the limbs on the bow. Like stated before the bow is a pleasure to shoot and very very quiet! All of my arrows are a bit stiff for the bow, but I loaded up the front real heavy and had very good results (I usually shoot in the 65# range). I thought the bow was quiet before, but try throwing a 750 grain arrow out of it and it really is "mouse pissin' on a cotton ball" quiet.
I am very pleased and feel very priveledged to have been able to take part in this and very sorry that I have upset some folks as this is not the way that I conduct myself. Had I have known that the bow was sent to me I would have just had my wife send it on to the next person in line. This is the first thing of this sort I have been involved in in the four years I've been a member of this site and it may be the last.
It is a great bow and I enjoyed shooting it very much. I will get some pics of it up from shooting it tomorrow and will send it on to the next person in line tomorrow after I am finished shooting.
Thank you to Dave and again I'm very sorry if I in any way caused you to have second thoughts about your CHOICE to do such a GREAT SERVICE to those of us here on Tradgang, we are fortunate to have bowyers such as yourself supporting this great site!
Travis House