Old Mountain Mesa longbow?

[Wheels2]

I see these bows listed in 3Rivers for a really decent price.  I found on-line reviews that seem to indicate they are decent shooting bows.
I am a recurve guy wanting to (again) try longbows.  Don't want to put a lot into one but know I will be disappointed with low end products.
Only negative that I found was that there was a period where they were mis-marked on poundage.

Anyone here have one?  Likes, dislikes?

[Hoosierarcher88]

I dont personally own one but i do know several people who do and ive shot one. My opinion is that you arent going to find a much better shooting longbow for the money unless you buy a used custom and even then that would be subjective. The one i shot was very quiet and didnt show any noticeable stacking at 28". It is rather zippy for a longbow when paired with lighter arrows and shoots like butter with heavier arrows. I was also very pleased with the grip. Its not as fancy as a high end custom but in the shooting department i will say that it holds its own quite well.

[Wheels2]

I don't know how long 3Rivers has been selling them, or where they are made.  Probably another Asian import.
Might not have been a lot of them sold either.

[Hoosierarcher88]

They are asian made. 3 rivers has been selling them for a few years now and from what i gather they have sold very very well for them. They have sold enough to justify expanding the line to the shorter mesa 2 which has a carbon lam in the limb and the 56" stygian recurve.

[stevem]

I wanted a light longbow for winter shooting, and ordered one last spring.  It was supposedly marked 40# and was to be actually 45#.  Well, it was actually 50 #, much heavier than I wanted.  I never shot it as I wanted to return it unused.  Looked pretty nice, but the string was big enough for a tow rope.  Returning the bow was on my own $- left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth.  I did order a Galaxy Black Ridge hybred from Lancaster which I will recommend.  They weighted it prior to shipping and found it to be 46#- just right.  For now, I am done with 3Rivers.  Suggest you have them weigh the bow before shipping if you deal with them.  I did replace the string on the Galaxy and it made it even a   nicer bow. 

[Wheels2]

From my limited research I found that there was an issue with poundage.  I suspect that was resolved, but it still warrants attention.
Not sure yet what I want and I have to consider that I need a knee replacement with possible hip surgery as well.  That will pretty well put me out for the summer if not longer.

[Keefer]

  I have one that I got last summer from 3 Rivers with Free shipping. I asked someone there to check the weight before they shipped it because I wanted it exactly 40# @28” draw and they did check and it’s spot on .I have had my share of nice high dollar bows both recurve and longbow.
  I will say the Mesa is a great bow at any level rather it is for a beginner archer or someone that has been shooting for years .
  The price is affordable and a nicely made bow as well .
Here’s a picture of mine.

[Lefty38-55]

I will say the Mesa is a great bow at any level rather it is for a beginner archer or someone that has been shooting for years. The price is affordable and a nicely made bow as well.

Older post - yes, but with that said, I just picked up an OM Mesa and here's my review from 3 of us shooting and testing it:

Old Mountain Mesa R/D Longbow Review

We had a VERY interesting night last evening at our indoor archery range where my new 64" Old Mountain Mesa ($280) reflex/deflex longbow from 3Rivers tested extremely favorable whilst compared to a custom longbow, that being a 66" Toelke Whip ($925) reflex/deflex longbow.

We had setup a chronograph. My arrows were both 28" long and also had white rings of White-Out correction fluid painted on the tip end at 1” increments to ensure we weighed and drew the shafts to the same point for the bow weight and the speed tests – to strive for consistency. All tests were repeated numerous times and averaged, and then even compared between the three of us left-handed shooters present, as my bows are LH bows.

BOW WEIGHTS – PULL
Both bows were pulling 43#s at my draw length @ 27”.

BOW PHYSICAL WEIGHT
OM Mesa - 1-pound, 6-ounces
Toelke Whip -1-pound, 9-ounces

ARROW SPECS
Big Jim 'Dark Timber' carbon, spine 700, total weight 321-grains, 7.5 GPP
Gold Tip 'Traditional' carbon, spine 600, total weight 374-grains, 8.7 GPP

Both shafts configured with 100-grain Saunders Combo-Points field tips and three 4-1/2" shield-cut feathers, where all nocks were sanded to fit the strings, so they did not clamp onto the strings with excessive grip.

APPEARANCE/HANDLING
The Toelke Whip is absurdly striking in looks, truly custom in all regards (even to choices of woods, colors and handle style), and everyone who picked it up was immediately impressed by the workmanship, design, fit and finish. They even further remarked on how thin (width and thickness) the limb tips are, especially the small point of the upper nock end. If all fairness, for a mass produced ‘factory’ bow, the OM Mesa itself is a good looking bow with light colored limbs as contrasted by the speckled, almost pileated riser section, with overlays on both sides. All archers felt that the contrast of the light-colored limbs and dark riser section gave it a unique and pleasing appearance.

Handling of course, is very subjective and varies from person to person, but all of the LH’d archers with me (two others) all felt both bows handled really well. The Mesa grip is also well proportioned and draws the bow hand right into a consistent and comfortable position.

DRAW/SHOOTING
Neither longbow was felt to stack during the draw either, although admittedly there wasn’t a lefty archer standing over 6’ tall in the group.

NOISE
Probably a ‘draw’ here, no pun intended, as both bows were quiet and for full disclosure they were setup with the heterodyning method of string silencing, with the top silencer placed a quarter of the distance down the bow string from the top limb and a third of the distance up from the bottom limb tip. This process cancels out both the even and odd harmonics generated from the bow string.

SPEED
OM Mesa - GTs 175 FPS, DTs 185 FPS
Toelke Whip - GTs 170 FPS, DTs 180 FPS

SUMMARY – A BEST BUY?
Now not that I'm possessed by speed per se, but the others in attendance were thinking that the shorter-limbed Mesa bow, which definitely has more reflex/deflex to it (when strung), was perhaps more efficient for me with my shorter draw. This may be why the Mesa clocked a little faster for me in this testing. I do think though, that I will go up in my point weight and use 600 spine shafts, so that I’m not too light on the grains per pound (GPP).

Our conclusion is that if one were either a beginner to longbows or had a limited budget, the OM Mesa certainly appears to be a viable ‘Best Buy’ candidate based upon the performance, overall value and price.