I bought the same bow new from BW, in the same weight, which I eventually sold. I sold it because 59# is getting a little heavy for me in my old age, and I like to do my hunting with a recurve. I still like to shoot lighter-weight longbows in longbow competitions.
The bow is about as extreme a reflex/deflex design as is possible and still call it a longbow. Because of this, the performance is quite good, if non-traditional for a longbow. Mine was noisy for a longbow, but about on-par for BW's in general. It is well constructed and beautiful, except for the imitation alligator grip, which I never really came to like.