I was exclusively a Larry D. Jones call user for many many years. So when the wife drew her Toutle Bull tag last year the first thing I did was pick up the Point Blank calls in preparation for the hunt. After a week I threw them out thoroughly disappointed. I had some used calls from before the sale and they still sounded better and held up better. May say Jones on them, but definitely not the same call. Guess I should have pulled the trigger on Jones calls when Larry offered it to me years ago.
Ended up having BattleReady get me some special Knight & Hale reeds from some private staffer stash. Wholly crap were those some top notch calls!!! After cursing Primos for years he also showed me how to fit the Primos calls to my mouth and I've finally gotten where I'm digging those too when I need a soft call.
This year Glen Berry gave me an X-Series reed at the NABA show. I have not found it to be a great cow talker, but man do I like it for bugles. Just might become my go to bugler for many years to come. No bending, no shaping, no deburring the frame. Had that thing in my cheek for five straight days and I did not notice any change in pitch and no irritation in my mouth.
