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I recently bought a Hoyt Spectra warf off the big auction site for a very good price. The fella was selling it for a friend. I thought to myself, well, I hope this is a good one and I don't get burned. Just felt a bit uneasy you know, as the seller was not the owner. Weren't any really good pics either, and I had no clue who warfed it. After reading all the war stories about Sam having to fix the bad ones, I got kinda spooked, but it was too late. I won the auction.
Well, it got here, and it looked pretty good! I thought maybe I got a deal for once, instead of my usual getting screwed. The limb pockets looked to have been filled in like Sam does them, good paint job too. Heavy black color. So I ordered some Sebastian Flute limbs. They came in today. Hot dog! Now to put it together. Well, I got one limb and it wouldn't go in! I pushed, grunted, twisted, nothing! No way was that limb gonna go into that pocket. Tried the other limb, same thing. Tried the lower limb socket, same thing. I thought oh great, now I get to ship it to Sam for a fix. My good deal went down the drain, or so I thought. I remembered a spare set of ILF fittings I had in my tool box. Looked them over carefully, and they looked exactly the same. I thought oh well, won't hurt to try. So I swapped them out. Bingo! I have not a clue why, but the new set slipped right in the sockets just like they are supposed to.
The limb pockets were indeed filled in, and whoever did it, made it look like a factory fit. I kinda suspect it's one of Sam's since everything fits together so perfectly. Honestly, it looks like a factory bow although I know it isn't.
Now to string it up. I went through all of my spare strings and finally found one that would barely fit. It probably has 50 twists in it, bit at least I got it up to brace height. I'm ordering a new one in the next day or two the proper length before I do much shooting with it. Quite frankly, I'm thrilled with the way it looks, and I'll bet it shoots good too. So, after a bit of frustration, I got a winner! LOL!
Well, it got here, and it looked pretty good! I thought maybe I got a deal for once, instead of my usual getting screwed. The limb pockets looked to have been filled in like Sam does them, good paint job too. Heavy black color. So I ordered some Sebastian Flute limbs. They came in today. Hot dog! Now to put it together. Well, I got one limb and it wouldn't go in! I pushed, grunted, twisted, nothing! No way was that limb gonna go into that pocket. Tried the other limb, same thing. Tried the lower limb socket, same thing. I thought oh great, now I get to ship it to Sam for a fix. My good deal went down the drain, or so I thought. I remembered a spare set of ILF fittings I had in my tool box. Looked them over carefully, and they looked exactly the same. I thought oh well, won't hurt to try. So I swapped them out. Bingo! I have not a clue why, but the new set slipped right in the sockets just like they are supposed to.
The limb pockets were indeed filled in, and whoever did it, made it look like a factory fit. I kinda suspect it's one of Sam's since everything fits together so perfectly. Honestly, it looks like a factory bow although I know it isn't.
Now to string it up. I went through all of my spare strings and finally found one that would barely fit. It probably has 50 twists in it, bit at least I got it up to brace height. I'm ordering a new one in the next day or two the proper length before I do much shooting with it. Quite frankly, I'm thrilled with the way it looks, and I'll bet it shoots good too. So, after a bit of frustration, I got a winner! LOL!