An underlying theme that I have seen in the last several years since the WARF and DAS bows hit the market is that it seems to seperate the guys who are serious about the level of their accuracy and equipment perormance from those that have other prorities. Therefore, bow performance is a high priority for one group and they jump at the chance to handle/own a bow that shoots at another level. I am one of those guys. Plus, the real difference in the shooting characteristics, for me, over the metal risered bows I have owned is the incorporation of ILF limbs...the better the limbs the better the performance (assuming correct matching of equipment and reasonably good shooting form). Some of us like to hit dead center, some of us are happy to cut the line. It is also the nature of some to avoid change and some of us like the adventure of trying something new. Some of us liket to stay at the comfort level we are at. If Howard Hill, Fred Bear, Ben Pearson and others had not been adventurous and innovators many of the changes they brought to the sport and are considered today to be "traditional" ( but at their time were considered to be progessive...and that would include arrows made of materials other than wood) would not be ours to enjoy. Some of the claims made against metal risers are just not true....too heavy, not really when you look at some of the BW's. Too expensive....not any more costly than a high end Widow, Morrison, Robertson or Blacktail. Cold in the hand...not now that you can use interchangeable wood grips (a really pleasant surprise to me).
It is true that a VW Beetle and a Ferrari will get you from "here" to "there". But the experience in one is way different than the experience in the other. What I do not understand is the motive for someone, X2 in this case, to go from site to site (this is #4 for me), raise a question about an issue that they have already made up their own mind about. It is not like they are asking because they are curious, or may be in the market for a new product. Mr. Hust, what is it you wish to accomplish with your query?
However, my greatest hope in all the discussions about metal risers and ILF limbs is that more people will get more and more concerned about becoming better shots and more sucessful hunters. I think Ishi was right based upon what he knew at the time...that any old stick will make a bow but it takes a good stick to make an arrow. Bows, even trad bows, are changing and evolving and the more I shoot the more respect I have for those who seek to improve upon the idea that all it takes is a pretty stick to make an arrow fly true. Not all sticks are created equal and not every one is going to like the same stick. But, rhetorical questions and trolling for responses is getting old for me. However, I think it is important for those of us who have put in the time to try to keep the record straight...so I will probably keep on responding and attempt to put out brush fires as there are some that read these threads that have genuine questions and even I sometimes learn something as I sift thru some of the never ending quibbling that seems to be in vogue in traditioal circles at the moment.
I would also add that in reply to 2fletch that you cannot find a single item on a compound bow, except for the wheels and cables, that does not have its roots in what we now call traditional archery...not a single thing. In fact, the very first compounds had wood risers. One of the saddest things I have observed in my 55 years of archery is the quibbling and divisions caused by pointless questions about what traditional is or isn't. When I hear the word traditional it does not define anything for me. Rather it tells me what an archer is not shooting....he is not shooting a compound.
IF my post here raises any hairs on the necks of the moderators here please feel free to edit or delete my post. Mr. Hust has been on numerous other sites and the threads in regards to his posts have gone nowhere and seem to perpetuate divisions and ill will among some of us. In other words, bad feelings and more quibbling that get all of us nowhere. His questions have been addressed over and over again but apparantly not to his satisfaction so now he comes here and does the same thing.
Topic: Whats so great about metal risered bows? (Read 827 times)
