I went to a big box store down the street from me the other night to get my old Bear poundage tested. The guy just pressed the bow down until it basically read what the written weight was - 55#'s then had me do some sort of exercise to measure my draw length - 29.5". I quickly realized the store really had no clue when it came to trad gear.
I spoke with an older gentleman on the phone earlier in the week and was telling him I was having trouble finding someone/place with arrows for me to test. So, I went to a local store this morning, Crosswind Outdoors, after duck hunting.
He said to stop by they have a few and a small 10 yard range inside. I walked in and the guy working in the bow repair setup was Bob. I showed him my bow and we took it upstairs.
He took the time to remeasure my draw length and the poundage of the bow at that length. No surpise, that the numbers were completely different from what the big box store said down the road.
He had more than a few arrows to try. I tried several different ones in cedar, aluminum and carbon. He wrote down which ones shot the best in each material and I ended up getting a half dozen of the cedar arrows from the shop. Hed cut and glued on points and I was off to my local range for a bit of shooting this afternoon.
I just cannot tell everyone how refreshing it was to walk into a shop that new trad. gear. They even had flu flus on hand!
If Bob reads this forum - THANKS!!!!!!!
Stop by and see him.
Mike
Topic: Great local MD store experience (Read 305 times)
