Sky 15" ILF Riser

[Thebear_78]

I just picked up a 15" Sky ILF riser.    I just got it in the mail this morning along with a set of  Kap Windstorm carbon limbs.   First impressions were very good.  The Sky riser was very comfortable and sleek looking.   The rubber grip was very comfortable,  like a low locator style grip.  The limbs looked pretty good too, except they were shiny silver in color.  They are longs #46 on 25" riser.  On my bow scale they measured #61 @ 29.5 on the sky 15" riser


I put a Das shorty plunger and T300 flipper rest on it.   Set a nock point and tied on a couple of cat whiskers and took it out to shoot it.   All you guys shooting metal risers with flippers and plungers are SPOILED.  The extreme center shot and ability to tune the arrow rest makes shaft selection almost too easy. I had this thing shooting perfect holes in paper in less than a half hour.  A 600gr weighted gold tip.  I didn't get a chance to run it over the chronograph but it was plenty zippy.  By looking at it I would say its runny a tad bit faster than my dryad limbs that shoot the same arrow 184fps.  

It was a touch noisy but after a little fine tuning, a second set of whiskers, and some loop side velcro under the string where it slaps the limbs, it quieted right down.   I even stuck a few of those little black mushrooms, limbsaver, onto the riser near the limb pockets.  I had gotten a set of the mini's instead of normal size on accident.  Still not as quiet as some of my longbows but respectable.  

I couldn't live with the bright silver limbs so I did a quick and ugly camo paint job on it.  

I was always against metal riser bows.  Never liked the looks of them and didn't understand why anyone would want to use one.  It wasn't until I got bit by the ILF bug that I even considered one.  Now that I have I can start to see the appeal.  Their still ugly but unbelievably easy to tune and actually shoot quite well.  One of the most attractive things about this bow to me is the fact that I wouldn't have to worry about beating it up or getting it wet.  I might even try some vanes out of it and if they shoot good enough make up a set of rainy day arrows.  

     

[ckanous]

Nice bow and camo job. This is on my list of risers to try. I have already accepted the ILF thing so I have  tried a few but not this one. How long is it overall,62"?

[Thebear_78]

60"

[Yohon]

I want one of them risers pretty bad! Sharp lookin rig and your right about them metal risers bein great shooters and ease of tuning.

BTW are those little limbsavers on the ends of the riser in that bottom pix?

[Thebear_78]

If you look at the vertical pic you can see where the little limbsavers are.  Two at the top and two at the bottom of the riser.   Not sure how much they help but I'm sure they can't hurt.  The large limbsaver stick ons are actually pretty effective when placed on the belly of the limbs right above the riser.

[Paul WA]

Nice job on the camo. Being a center shot bow with an elevated rest you are going to be amazed at your arrow options. My ILF shoots my rainy day 31" carbons with 3" plastic vanes very well...PR

[Thebear_78]

Now I just have to figure out a bow quiver option.  The plunger makes it impossible to mound to the riser like I did on my 17" morrison riser.  I might have to make a bracket to mount my sofltock to similar to the tight spot mounting bracket.

[Thebear_78]

My 7yr old liked that camo job so well we had to do his recurve.

[ckanous]

Nice job 78...nice job

[excelpoint]

I have the 17" Sky TDX riser with Border HEX 5 limbs on it. Awesome combo

[Thebear_78]

I got it fully dialed in now.  My buddy had a quiver bracket spacer that worked out very well to mount the softlok quiver and even had a stabilizer that balanced out the quiver perfectly.  I really fought the idea of a stabilizer because I have made fun of my friends having them on their bows for years but after I shot the bow with it on I knew it had to stay.  With the quiver and stabilizer it is as quiet now as any bow I have shot.  

While I still don't think its as pretty as my more traditional bows I gotta give it credit for being a sweet shooting rig.   My original justification of a metal bow as for a "rainy day" bow.  I gotta tell you I shot it all afternoon and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.  I wouldn't be surprised if this thing follows me out hunting.