??DARTON??
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hi all, does the company darton still exist? i wonder because i cannot find anything like a homepage on the web; as this is true for other companies as well, still you find info on their products on some dealers’ pages. now what has happened? did it die, just like york and pearson, or has it been bought? and, now that we’re at it, any ideas about the quality of their stuff? recommendations? on the never-ending search for my next bow i always stumble into a new bow i didn’t consider before, everytime when i finally thought i know exactly what i want… it’s over in 8 weeks… -oliver
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > hi all, > does the company darton still exist? i wonder because i cannot find > anything like a homepage on the web; as this is true for other > companies as well, still you find info on their products on some > dealers’ pages. > now what has happened? did it die, just like york and pearson, or has > it been bought? > and, now that we’re at it, any ideas about the quality of their stuff? > recommendations? > on the never-ending search for my next bow i always stumble into a new > bow i didn’t consider before, everytime when i finally thought i know > exactly what i want… > it’s over in 8 weeks… > -oliver
Oliver Do not fret Rex Darlington and Darton are still around. However before you spend good money on their equipment why not try the Golden Eagle products, they are quiet, fast and reliable. In the past the Dartons were very fast but sounded like a .410 gauge going off. The ones that were owned in our local club were less than excellent and not recommended. LAT
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I was in the bow shop today and a Darton Rep. was there, so there still around. I shoot a Apache and am happy with it. Don’t know much about the rest of the line of bows. Best of luck. Tony – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >hi all, >does the company darton still exist? i wonder because i cannot find >anything like a homepage on the web; as this is true for other >companies as well, still you find info on their products on some >dealers’ pages. >now what has happened? did it die, just like york and pearson, or has >it been bought? >and, now that we’re at it, any ideas about the quality of their stuff? >recommendations? >on the never-ending search for my next bow i always stumble into a new >bow i didn’t consider before, everytime when i finally thought i know >exactly what i want… >it’s over in 8 weeks… >-oliver
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> hi all, > does the company darton still exist? i wonder because i cannot find > anything like a homepage on the web; as this is true for other > companies as well, still you find info on their products on some > dealers’ pages. > now what has happened? did it die, just like york and pearson, or has > it been bought? > and, now that we’re at it, any ideas about the quality of their stuff? > recommendations? > on the never-ending search for my next bow i always stumble into a new > bow i didn’t consider before, everytime when i finally thought i know > exactly what i want… > it’s over in 8 weeks… > -oliver > Oliver > Do not fret Rex Darlington and Darton are still around. However before you spend > good money on their equipment why not try the Golden Eagle products, they are quiet, > fast and reliable. In the past the Dartons were very fast but sounded like a .410 gauge > going off. The ones that were owned in our local club were less than excellent and not > recommended. > LATHave you checked out the new lines from Darton in the last year? Their
new machined riser series are very nice and extremely quiet. They are reasonably priced for a bow of their quality and definetly worth consideration IMO. Andrew G
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Oh contrare, Darton is still around and in fact just purchased ProLine, which I understand is/was the 3rd largest bow manufacturer in the US.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> does the company darton still exist? i wonder because i cannot find > anything like a homepage on the web; as this is true for other > companies as well, still you find info on their products on some > dealers’ pages. > now what has happened? did it die, just like york and pearson, or has > it been bought? > and, now that we’re at it, any ideas about the quality of their stuff? > recommendations? > on the never-ending search for my next bow i always stumble into a new > bow i didn’t consider before, everytime when i finally thought i know > exactly what i want… > it’s over in 8 weeks… > -oliver
Darton is a small company (or was). Because of this they had a smaller overhead than companies like PSE and they’re bows were less expensive. They also produce some of the very fastest bows on the market. – Tonto
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In the past few years, Darton has been producing a number of mid to high end quality hunting and sport compounds. In 1994, they boasted one of the fastest production compounds…the lightning’. Their fast bows have extremely radical cams, and laminated glass/graphite limbs…not sure who makes their limbs offhand. They also produce their own brand of bowstrings….sort of a combination of kevlar and fastflite materials. When released, this material was very innovative..having almost no elastacity, increasing the performance ..(also the shock factor) of the compound bow, tremendously. If you are looking for recommendations, here is mine..buy a PSE. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->hi all, >does the company darton still exist? >and, now that we’re at it, any ideas about the quality of their stuff? >recommendations? >exactly what i want…
