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I had already done research on Bowtech and all of their bows, and the General absolutely stood out from the crowd for its (in 2008) new and leading edge technology, pretty much the same technology as currently in place at Bowtech and other bow makers. When I finally experienced it, I was simply amazed at the quality of build, attention to detail, the almost absolute silence at the moment of release, the smoothness and complete lack of vibration and recoil at the shot. I'm buying a newer model with all the same technologies and more from Bowtech. The General? It's superb and probably the best buy out there.
I'll start by saying I have only used a crossbow until now. I have never shot a compound bow. Having said that, it only took me 10 shots to put the arrow on target. Once on target, I was consistantly putting arrows in the bullseye from 20 yds. I had a 3 shot group that each arrow was touching in the bullseye. I'm extremely happy with the way the bow shoots. My set up is 60# draw weight, 29" draw length and 9.1 gpi arrows with 100 grain broadheads.
This is a great bow- I own another Bowtech bow . my only criticism is that this bow is "eager" - it doesn't have the big valley or back wall that my Mighty mite has. It wants ti pull you through the shot much like a Mathews- This would probably not bother 90% of the archers out there but I bought it thinking it had a strong back wall. Overall the bow was set up the way I wanted and I'm very pleased
Bowtech is a first class company. The factory is in my home state which makes it easy for me to visit the Pro shop which makes it a win for me to stay with Bowtech at this point. The General is a first generation binary cam center pivot which now has been replaced by the Admiral. We have several of both bows because they are state of the art and the sizes are perfect for our shooting. This bow was a very good buy.
I have owned numerous bows over my 30 years of bow hunting and can say this is my first Bowtech bow and after shooting the general i see no reason to go back to any other brand . This bow is 3 years old and i opted for the General over my New Z7 . Great Bow , Quiet , Quick and overall very happy . Good job Bowtech