Smoothest drawing R/D Longbow?

[reddogge]

I learned a lot. Seems the smoothest drawing longbow is the one is the one on your rack. Whew, that narrowed it down.

[Yellow Dog]

Too many great Bowyers and fine bows out there to single one out. All a matter of personal preference.

[WildmanSC]

I've never had a set of Morrison Max 1 carbon/foam longbow limbs, but I suspect they be at least as smooth as my Max 1 carbon/foam recurve limbs.

Bill

I have a bow that is 57.5 pounds at 26", 60 at 27" and just over 62.5 pounds at 28". Is that smooth?

[coaster500]

Subjective is right  

Good luck!!!!


34 different Bows named in this thread so far....  


 

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[LookMomNoSights]

         
Keep em comin' everyone.........

[old_goat2]

Kirkll can you explain your photos please? I've owned three longbows now. One one piece Spirit that was a great shooter but a little bit of hand shock that probably could of been ccured with a heavy hunting arrow. It was basically my first trad bow I bought. Never hunted with it , just cut my teeth with it so to speak. I then bought a Dryad Orion with standard longbow limbs, what a difference it made, super smooth and very little stack at my 31"+ draw length. Then I got my hands on a set of ACS CG limbs for my Orion riser. Really feel like I've found my pesonal Holy Grail in longbows! It's not as fast as my Dryad ACS RC limbs, but it's so smooth and quiet, it's quieter than my recurves with no string silencers installed on it. Plus it just looks really cool;-)

[Pheonixarcher]

You beat me to it Kirk!  
I have a 58", 52@28 Sasquatch that is amazingly smooth. Both on the draw and at the shot. Hard to beat.

Two others that take a close second to the Sas, and are a pleasure to shoot are Hill Country K-2 60", 48@28, and Javaman Inferno 56", 51@28. Come to think of it my super Shrew 58", 51@28 is a pretty smooth bow as well.

But the tip of the hat goes to the Sasquatch.

[black velvet]

I haven't shot but about a dozen but to me the smoothest I have shot is a 54 inch Shrew 58lbs at 27 inches hat I draw to 28.

[Igor]

I'm a recurve guy but I've always loved the looks and feel of a longbow...just can't shoot them as well...believe me I've shot a bunch so I could keep one in my herd...one of the smoothest I've had the pleasure of shooting is... the lone wolf ultra storm.....great looking bow too!

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Glenn

[Sixby]

Kirk is showing secrets. Look well and you will get it. His limb travel at full draw is only three inches. That means super quick limb recovery. extremely even draw cycle. and a very fast , quiet bow that is super efficient. If he will post his draw force curve it will blow you away.
Finally we see something that is not so subjective in this conversation. Bow building is indeed a science and few are more willing or more able to share that science than Kirk.

I would be willing to bet that in non subjective tests and draw curves against draw curves that certain bows will be at the top of the list as n ot all bows are created equal.  I would also bet that there is a top five that are stand outs, But everyone has an opinion. Including Moi.

God bless you all and kudos to all the bow builders. I am sure most are striving to build the best bow that they can, Remember that because you or I have a really nice shooting bow does not mean that  that particular bow is the one that wins in reality. To answer this question definitively the science has to be applies with real stats. This is a question that does have a quantative answer. I am surprised that more bowyers tout the bows speed and not the smoothness and quietness. A real great bow has it all. Speed, smoothness and quietness . All of which can be proven scientifically.

God bless you all, Steve