Deadeye Doc
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I was forewarned by the Junior Aardvark at the Bronte weekend shoot that the Hoyt wooden grips for the Helix were at last likely to arrive this week. I had been waiting for one since February, so I was fairly chuffed.:starry-ey
I arrived in the shop yesterday - we shoot on Friday evenings and my work ain't all that far from Aardvark HQ - and was greeted by the Aardvark-in-chief saying "you might be disappointed". My anticipation was not dimmed by this remark.:burp:
Duly fitted the grip and shot with it last night. Deep gloom:thumbsdow
The grip is not a patch on the plastic version. It is markedly thicker at the throat and far more bulky in the hand with a very prominent ridge - possibly useful to someone with hands like a gorilla:lookaroun - fitting into the groove between what are technically called the thenar and hypothenar eminences. I could not achieve any consistency of feel with the grip and was not at all comfortable with it.
BlueBow and I compared the grips and they are completely dissimilar. :rottentom
Although, theoretically I could whittle the grip down it seems to me that Hoyt have made a considerable mistake with this grip. Whittling would not be my choice as the grip of the Helix is one of its big selling points so a big :raspberry :raspberry :raspberry for this grip. Caveat emptor!
I arrived in the shop yesterday - we shoot on Friday evenings and my work ain't all that far from Aardvark HQ - and was greeted by the Aardvark-in-chief saying "you might be disappointed". My anticipation was not dimmed by this remark.:burp:
Duly fitted the grip and shot with it last night. Deep gloom:thumbsdow
The grip is not a patch on the plastic version. It is markedly thicker at the throat and far more bulky in the hand with a very prominent ridge - possibly useful to someone with hands like a gorilla:lookaroun - fitting into the groove between what are technically called the thenar and hypothenar eminences. I could not achieve any consistency of feel with the grip and was not at all comfortable with it.
BlueBow and I compared the grips and they are completely dissimilar. :rottentom
Although, theoretically I could whittle the grip down it seems to me that Hoyt have made a considerable mistake with this grip. Whittling would not be my choice as the grip of the Helix is one of its big selling points so a big :raspberry :raspberry :raspberry for this grip. Caveat emptor!