Great Northern bow owners

[Chain2]

I asked here and other places for it. It was Osage. Why would an individual sell a bow he shot well and killed an elk with? I’ll never fix anything that isn’t broke again.

[Cromm]

[Cromm]

[Cromm]

[GraniteStater]

Very nice Cromm!  That looks like a Fireball, is that correct?  Also nice veneers, not sure what they are but very sharp.

[Cromm]

[Cromm]

Yes it's a Fireball and I will look up the woods, it was a beautiful bow.

[GraniteStater]

Nice, I've never seen a Fireball from those angles.  I really like the overall design.  The veneer reminds of waterfall bubinga.  But I'm not really good with woods.

[Cromm]

[Xander]

Just picked up this 1992 Critter Gitter, 64", 51#@27". Rare that it does not have a shelf cut. All osage and clear glass.

[GraniteStater]

Very nice Xandar!  The shelf not being cut makes that a unique bow.  How does not having a shelf effect your arrow choice?  I've never owned a bow with no shelf (except a poorly made self bow I made out of a green oak on my property).

[Xander]

Very nice Xandar!  The shelf not being cut makes that a unique bow.  How does not having a shelf effect your arrow choice?  I've never owned a bow with no shelf (except a poorly made self bow I made out of a green oak on my property).

First of all, I like modern arrows, so I shoot carbon fiber. I have not had a chance to shoot this bow yet, but I dont expect things to be bad.

I have a 29" draw and this bow with 51#@27" I should be pulling somewhere around 55#-57#, so standard choice for carbons would likely be a 400 spine left full length. But, now that I need the arrow to bend around the bow, a little softer arrow would help, so 500 spine it is. I could add tip weight to 400 spine, but I think that would be too much.

This bow has a tiny little wood wedge for a shelf, and is also ambidextrous with having it and a leather strike plate on both sides. So, I will likely need a glove for my bow hand as well.

[GraniteStater]

I love that it's ambidextrous.  The weaker arrow makes sense to flex a bit more around the bow.  A glove sounds like a good idea.

[Xander]

I got to shoot this bow a little today at a friends house after picking up a new string. I shot everything from 340 spine to 600. The 500 with 125gr points and full length did well. First couple shots were without a bow hand glove and it smarts! Grabbed a cotton gardening glove from his garage and it was better. Until I took the glove off and had a bit of feather embedded pretty good into my finger, through the glove! Leather glove, it will be.

But the 500 spine worked very well and allowed me to focus on my form and aim than anything. Have new gold tip blem shafts in 500 spine, got some field points, just need to order feathers and build them!

The string we put on this bow is X99, no silencers. The bow is rather quiet without puff balls and shoot rather quick. No hand shock and is a pleasure to shoot! The original leather strike plate was dried out and started splitting, eventually falling off quickly. Had some fuzzy side velcro I stuck on there and called it good.

So far, loving this bow!

[Cromm]

Xander have you used bindings on the front of the fletchings? Make a big difference with the arrows . I shoot English Longbows and selfbows without shelves without any cutting of the bow hand. Cheers.

[GraniteStater]

Great suggestion on the bindings.   Glad your having fun with the bow Xandar.