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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Terry Green on May 06, 2024, 08:20:41 AM
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R/D for me, I find they have better cast and usually have better grips
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Mentally—- D bow, had a lot, loved the look but mostly I think I loved the idea/nostalgia
Actually—-R/D my JD Berry Taipain is about 35 ish years old, I have put over 300,000 arrows through it and I’m afraid it will die eventually. But on the R/D bows I like that style.
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R/D for me. I have 2 that that my bowyer buddy, Ken Bullman, built for me. They are both built on KennyM’s designs. They shoot great for me….
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RD for me, it looks that my elbows don’t like a D shaped lb.
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R/D for me ,
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R/D for me.
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I have both mild D/R and more radical D/R longbows. The mild has a "D" shape and the other has more flatness towards the limb tips. I like the Kota Badlands mild D/R I picked up from St Jude's a couple years ago, but prefer the radical D/R like the MOAB. Also, have a Big River 21st Century clone that has mild locator grip.
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ASL.
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I haven’t shot enough D bows to know for sure but I do love my R/D bows. Especially for hogs, tough with good cast and they generally have my favorite grips.
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R/D for me. :thumbsup:
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D style for me, just something about the look and feel of it.
Jason
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Never have shot a deflex..only experience with long bows are Shrews..and I like em!
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R/D for me.
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All I've ever shot and preferred were "D" longbows, until my Sentman which is a very mild R/D design. I may now be a convert, we'll see. I'll have to try a more radical R/D.
Aesthetically, D all day.
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I've owned a number of Dan Toelke D/R Whips, standard and classic grips. They are to me considering manners and speed the finest shooting bows I've ever shot. That said I find his Super Ds to be the bow that I like even better, there is something about them that is hard to explain but I really, really like them. I tore a rotator cuff during the initial Covid outbreak and sold the 3 Super Ds, 49 to 54 lbs. that I had settled on. Dan made me a 36 lb. Classic Whip which I've shot for a while and I've come back enough now that I should have another Super D, 66" and 45lbs @29" in a couple of weeks. Did I mention I really like them?
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RD
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I've shot a lot. The Abe Penner's will probably be the last to go...
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R/D, the grips on most ASL's and I don't get along.
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R/D
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Overall, I am a recurve guy. I have trouble with the Hill style grips, and only slightly better with the semi-recurve grip of a R/D bow. A one piece R/D is usually a beautiful bow.
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I definitely like the classic lines of a "D" shaped long bow.
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R/D
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I do like the look of a "D", but the look and the way my Blackwidow PL longbows shoot for me, I like much much more.
Best
Lex
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RD
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No real preference. I’ve had both. Currently just a mild r/d.
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R/D, have my 2 Wes Wallace Royals. I had a Pete George D for some years but never shot it as well. Then arthritis in hands started to make the bow uncomfortable to shoot. Passed it along. Had one of the first year Bear Montanas, it was a good shooting bow after I did the mods I followed in the FYI part of site here.. BUT, there is still this longing for a D bow, back quiver full of arrows and a beautiful morning of hunting Deer.
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I love ASL! but they don't return it to me! R&D mild type!
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The deflex gives me the grip I like and the reflex better performance, so there's where I'm at... :goldtooth:
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I do insist on great performance especially with heavy arrows, so the R/D is the answer but I also notice how well the limbs have been tuned and I'm spoiled in that aspect with the brands I have collected. I get rid of bows right away that have even a tiny amount of hand shock .... I bought my first Pronghorn LB second hand and it became my main hunting bow right away .... I bought some camo limb socks to hunt with and they gave the bow a little hand shock ... It seems that the limb adjustment is very very fine .... I took them off right away lol .... A well made modern RD lowbow is a technical marvel IMO ...
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R/D for me
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ASL. I hate the need to be longer, but it's not that big of a hindrance I guess. I have never shot any bows as well as the 3 northern mist bows Ramer, American, Classic that I've had. I have had a st. patrick lake yukon styk and for whatever reason (takedown maybe?) I could not shoot it nearly as well as the NM bows. I love my PL which is r/d, but overall I still don't shoot it as well as the NM.
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ASLs.
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D for me. I have had a very few R/D bows (Jim Reynolds was one), that was to me as forgiving as a D bow. But, this is why there are so many models as we all are little different.
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Recently, acquired a mild D/R longbow made by John McDonald, from a gentleman in IA. This bow although being one of the lightest draw weight bows I have is a very snappy shooter. It is @54# at my draw and kicks out 635 grain arrows with authority. Also, the only bow I have with a screw on quiver. This bow is one of three Big River bows I have that are going in my will.
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Actually, BOTH.
An r/d limbset that braces to the classic "D" shape, best of both worlds for functionality and aesthetics.
66" Mohawk Longbows "Sparrowhawk", 45@29 ....
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R/D
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R/D only. I can’t get around the D’s hand shock. Shooters now are 56” JK, 58” Shatterproof Bones, 60” BJ Buffalo, 64” Big Foot Flatliner.
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:Johnny you must not have shot many D bows because not all d bows have hand shock.
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All the D bows I have shot had hand shock, 2 northern mist ASL’s and I have tried a Bear Ausable and a Montana, same. No, I haven’t shot many, but all I have shot had it bad enough to sell and or not buy. I am definitely not bashing D bows, I just don’t do hand shock well. I do love the locator grips! The RD’s just shot more better,😁, to ME.
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Had a Montana and a High Country Hill Style bow. Didn't notice a terrible amount of hand shock, but the D/R bows I shoot now are filling the "need for speed". Big River and MOAB have really have me spoiled.
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Had a Montana and a High Country Hill Style bow. Didn't notice a terrible amount of hand shock, but the D/R bows I shoot now are filling the "need for speed". Big River and MOAB have really have me spoiled.
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I dunno about the High Country Hill but the Bear Montana is a mild r/d longbow.
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My mistake; I had a Martin ML-14.
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My mistake; I had a Martin ML-14.
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I once had a Herter's Itasca 70" longbow, back in the '60s, straight limbed and 57@29 - hand shock that would rattle the fillings outta yer teeth and send shock waves down yer spine. :scared:
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R/D
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As I recall that Martin was 60#@28", wonder if my brother still has it. That was one "D" shape I did not like.
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