Well, the latest acquisition arrived today, and looks to be everything I'd hoped for. Handwork is excellent, snakeskin backing over bamboo is well done. The feel is subtly different from Fred's ELB, and unusually quiet at release. The reflex/deflex "flatbow" configuration is just enough of an improvement over the older design that it seems to whip about when aimed quickly, a natural point-and-shoot bow. I can see why it was so radical a concept 3500 years ago in Asia, since it seems as if the arrow is being drawn into the center of the target by a magnet, and the impact is notably powerful. #1916 alloy shafts and the ELB's wood arrows both show stable flight, so I've few worries there. The main problem I have now is that the next two weeks are chock full of holidays and observances, so I'll have little time for a full evaluation! Ah, just have to sneak a little practice in here and there, I guess. Was good to get out this afternoon, anyway, as the monsoon finally winds down and the bugs die off. Good excuse to feel the sunshine again. _________________ "For I have drawn Judah taut and applied [My hand] to Ephraim as to a bow." Zech. 9:13
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:05 am Post subject:
Blackcat:
Sounds fantastic, what distance is your point of aim at? What poundage is the bow? I'm assuming its about 40lbs ish if your 1916 allies are shooting straight. I had a long look on the web for a nice Flatbow for Jimbow but will not be buying till Xmas as thats his birthday as well. I will eagerly await your reports before making a decision.
Thursday 13 September 2007 - 19:55:33
New bows are fun, well perhaps with the exception of Hoyts. it's good to learn what works and doesn't work with them. enjoy yourself
Thursday 13 September 2007 - 23:56:14
It's certainly a new experiment! This one is rated at 45lbs @ 28", as I try not to mix up arrow spines and batches (bloody expensive). Bit of stacking toward the end of draw, though I haven't had to fight with it to hit something yet. I haven't gotten beyond fifteen-yard targets at this point as I'm still noting the occasional flier, but I haven't shot "instinctive" in quite a while, an entirely different set of rules. I suspect from previous experience that I'll have to limit myself to 25-yards and inward, though I can tell that the bow is capable of more than I am. Just not in the mood for losing or wrecking arrows at the moment.
The interesting part is that, despite being a tad noisy and jumpy with light arrows, I've found that carbon arrows of around 375-grs. fly as well as the heavier alloys with this bow. These would be just the ticket for small pests around here since they don't have much trajectory to compensate for. The alloy shafts run around 450-grs. without weights or filler (around 500 or so with filler), much more suited to deer-sized game as they have more momentum to help them punch through. I'll use these in my October hunt, if all goes as planned, depending upon whether or not the new Phoenix comes in time.
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