ILF limb help

[Lenny Stankowitz]

Can't argue with you there Bowbldr.  Like I said, I just think people have to decide if each additional fps is worth 80.00 or so.

I think it's great that we have the choice.

[Pete W]

Bob Said
"I can also sell you a $120 Fiberglass limb with about the same performance as the carbon. I just can't build them for that price. "

 So you get these $120 limbs from Bob, have him skin them for eye candy, and you have a good shooting bow , that looks great and won't break the bank.
 Better yet, get the limbs ,shoot them and decide if you want the Skins.The cost to discover is pretty low. You loose more selling high end used limbs than the cheap BM glass costs.
 It is interesting that we don't hear any coments on what the high end FITA limbs realy offer for the money. That is 70 and 90 meter stability and acuracy, first over speed.They are designed to handle light weight arrows of 5 and 6 gr/#, and to put them in a cantelope at 90 meters. There is no fancy eye candy on them, they are made to compete. For the everyday hunter shooting under 30 yards ,most of us are not capable of extracting what these top end limbs have to offer. Yet we seem obsessed with searching for the Holy Grail of limbs that will solve all of our short comings.
 Want more speed, you pay acordingly, want more eye candy, you pay, want hand crafted, you pay, but if you just want a good shooting limb, it can be purchased for very little, it will draw very smooth, and shoot with better acuracy than we are capable of.It will perform well for our needs. It is a plain Jane limb.
 Over and above this you pay, and each of us has to decide what amount we are willing to pay for those few FPS, or looks. For the few that can extract that FITA stability/acuracy from the high end limbs you already know what you want and are willing to pay for.
 A $600.limb will not take you from a 6" group to Robinhood.
Some time tuning and practicing can do a lot more for our shooting than money can. Fine tune the ILF riser adjustments  like it was designed for, instead of cranking in the limb bolt to extract 5#'s more draw weight.Seting it to draw 2# to your anchor will do more for your shooting than geting 50# from 45# limbs.
 Boyers like Bob can custom build the beautiful risers, it is up to you to custom tune it to yourself.

 Pete

[Lenny Stankowitz]

Great post Pete.  That puts a lot of stuff in perspective.

[James Wrenn]

Excellent post Pete and a lot better than I could say it!      

[pseman]

Amen to Pete's post. If more people would listen to that advice, they would probably save themselves lots of time, money, and stress.

[manyletters]

That is probably the most correct post out there...well said Pete  

[wisconsin wood butcher]

pete that was great . now where is the ILF for dummies so i can ?

[wingnut]

"If you have $300 to spend on limbs, You won't find many that are built in the USA. With the price of material, Federal Exize Tax and insurance you won't be in business long.."

Dang Bob, thanks for the plug!

We do build our limbs in the US right here in Texas and actually sell them for $300.  In fact are offering free shipping on them for a short time.  We are going to try and stay in business for a while anyway.

I guess with a small shop we don't need as much markup to pay the bills as the big shops.

Even with all of the above, there is a good profit margin.

Mike

[wisconsin wood butcher]

hi mike.. oh and my made in the USA limbs are on the way from mike and jason can't wait

[Bob Morrison]

Mike , Your welcome. I probably better give Sky archery some credit to. Sky offers ILF limb for MSRP $349.00 built in the USA. I just sold a set of Sky Double Carbon and foam core to a gentleman in the Netherlands,They cost more than $300. I couldn't get our limbs done fast enough, So I called Jim and 4 days later I have the limbs ready for skins.