I am not much of a writer, nor do I word things very well, but I will tell you fellas that this bow exceeded every preconceived expectation I had about it.
I have always shot "pistol grips" a lot better than a straight grip. To be honest, I hate them! haha. I can't stand not having something to "locate" my grip with, I can't stand the arm slap that comes along with it and worst of all, LACK OF PERFORMANCE! I know some of you guys love them and have bitten by the "Hill bug", but I have managed to avoid it!
Now before someone says, "Well you've never shot a quality hill style bow", I have shot SEVERAL different bows, Howard Hills, tolke's, great northerns, etc. and it just was not my cup of tea. I know each one of them shoot great to hill shooters, but I could not be real consistent with them, I don't like how they always pop my arm, but I do love how quiet and dead in the hand they are.
Allen's bow was different to me though. When i first took it out of the box, I immediately thought my experience with it would be less than desirable. The grip was as flat as ever, smaller than usual and the limbs were straight. Those 3 to me usually mean "watch out arm"(lol). I strung her up, got her right in the middle of the recommended BH and took her out for her first shot.
With the bow being #48@28, I grabbed my arrows tuned for my longbow that is #51@28, but is a r/d longbow that is my absolute baby! If you see me on a 3d course, I will have that jewel in my hand. I picked a decent distance, around 15 yards, for my first shot. Picked a spot, drew back, released, and then thought, WOW! NO WRIST SLAP!!! NO HAND SHOCK!!! AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE ARROW WAS IN THE 1" CIRCLE I WAS AIMING AT. I thought it was a fluke, so i went and grabbed the arrow to repeat, same result. I was amazed with the bow. I shot it for a few days, took her to the back water to go shoot some gar, but the water just wasn't right.
I shot the bow a couple hundred times and liked it enough that I added the bow to "want to get" list. I shoot a lot of competitions and need a good hill style bow to shoot in the traditional longbow style tournaments, and i believe this is the one for me. I will own one of these before next tournament season.
Thank you for the opportunity to shoot this bow, Allen.
For what it's worth, I don't throw out the "no hand shock" on many bows. I honestly have not shot a bow with as little of handshock as a hill style bow.
I am sure there are other hill styles out there that I would have the same results with, but they have not made their way into my hand.. yet.
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