Okay, the only place I found to get the insert's is 3 rivers and/or saunders. You will need to ensure the bow has enough "meat" wood to support this. For the most part any longbow will not work, to narrow, but you can always us a strap on adapter, from great northern, work great. Any other recurve should work. just place you had where you grip the bow normally, look at it, and on average come down one inch from pinky finger. You should be in the meat of the riser. If so, take a nail, and tap lightly to give you some thing to predrill guide. Now take your insert, put on table as it is going in bow, hold drill bit beside it, and tape off with masking tape just on the inside of the lip, this will give you your depth. Now, hold the insert up to the bow, and imagine how you want it to look, (typically, guys just follow bow and end up with reel seat pointing downward). When you are ready, clamp bow to table and drill slowly and carefully. After done, inspect to insure that have clean hole, should be. I take my insert and screw it on reel adapter or bolt, and test hole for fit. I then will take insert, add a little cotton ball to inside or mask tape the back, to keep epoxy from filling in threads. Then With insert on my real seat, with reel mounted, I will put in bow and turn to see where I want reel to line up, then I make a mark on bow and insert, pull out, add epoxy hold for few minutes then set out of the way, and let dry for 24 hours. Should last good 4 years, mine did this way. Let me know if any questions, feel free to email me.
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