Who bowyers make a center shot R/D Longbows?

I don't think it's correct to say that all modern R/D bows are cut past center-- some cannot be due to riser design and other factors. I also don't agree that it's hard to get a carbon or aluminum arrow to fly well out of a bow that is not center-shot. You just have to find the right spine and the arrow will fly as it should. I know that the Bob Lee bows are cut past center, and they are good shooters, maybe because of that. I own one now (3 pc longbow) and have owned several over the years. My Pronghorn is also a good shooter, not center shot. One design feature does not make a bow shoot well or not. More often , it is the marriage of the shooter and a particular bow. My 2 cents.

[sswv]

I agree with Susan. I have-had'em cut before center, too center and past center and arrow flight is not an issue here. Some take a little more tinkering with than others but there's an arrow (that shoots great) for very bow.

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[George Vernon]

Take a look at Cari-Bow by Abe Penner.  His three piece takedown (Silver Fox) is cut past center.  Don't know about the various one piece models.

[awbowman]

Acadian Woods is another good hybrid (his treestick model).  Cut past center actually with a radius shelf.  Google him, he makes a beautiful bow.

[47pronghorn]

Thunderstick M.O.A.B. is another very popular model.

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Lost Creek bows are cut to center, easy to tune.

[Stinger]

Leon Stewart Slammer is cut to center.

[SveinD]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but center-cut and center shot are two different things, right?

Center shot, means that the arrow shelf is cut past center, allowing the center of the arrow to be the mid-point, not the shelf as is the case in center-cut.
Which also means that the arrows spine-thickness must be double of the negative shelf cut dimension to get centered correctly. (or less if a strike plate is installed)..

Jim Neaves of Centaur will cut the arrow-shelves past center if Dymondwood or Micarta is the main riser material..

[RedShaft]

thanks for the replys guys!

Just to clarify-- I think for most people, the meaning and purpose of cutting a bow past center is to achieve center shot, making the tuning process a bit easier and probably correcting the paradox somewhat.

[katman]

Sorry Mike forgot about your Epic ILF riser for the ACS ILF limbs you make.

[jacobsladder]

cut to center and centershot are different... a bow would have to be cut past center (1/2 the diameter of your arrow )to be centershot...

[Shifting Shadow]

RedShaft,

One of our newest sponsors, Liberty Bows, cuts his longbows to center, on request.

[7 Lakes]

I'll do it at 7 Lakes (depending on riser wood)but I disagree that finding a arrow shaft that is spined correctly is difficult.

[huntmaster80]

Just got my hill country k2. It is awesome!!!!!!!!