hornes archery ridge runner

[M P Clark]

I have an opportunity to get a hold of a Horne’s Archery Ridge Runner with three sets of limbs.  46 @ 26 (58 AMO), 56 @ 28 (58 AMO), and 56 @ 28 (56 AMO)

I am not familiar with this bow and understand that the bowyer is no longer making them.

I’d like to hear opinions / impressions from people that own, have owned, or have a good bit of time shooting one of these bows.  What are you impressions with balance, stability, hand shock, stacking, etc?

I have seen a couple postings talking about the ridge runner being a static or semi-static recurve.  Is the design an actual static tip recurve and can someone explain the concept of a “semi-static.”

I haven’t seen the bow personally but judging by the pics the limbs use a reverse wedge in the tip.  (just based on the pics)  That would lead me to believe that the limb design is an actual static recurve.  Any thoughts

I'm hoping it would be a hard hitting well mannered recurve.

Thanks,

[Chez12]

I've shot a few of his bows at different shoots in the 90's, I recall liking them.

He and his wife were good people, sorry to hear they are no longer in business

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

Great bows ......

,,,Sam,,,

[doubleo]

I had a Ridge Runner a while ago. The limbs were definitely not static, but more of a semi static. They had a little bit of a bend in the middle. If you ever say a Wipiti limb,they were very similar. It was a smooth shooting accurate bow,with a nice grip. Horne's makes some very good bows!

[mookie]

I haven't shot a ridge runner but have used a Horne' combo for the last 5 years very nice bow

[M P Clark]

Update:

I made the trade and so far very pleased.  I’ve only played around the with 56@28 (58 AMO) limbs.  After playing with the brace height (ending at 8” from smallest part of the grip to the back edge of the string) and adding silencers, it is a very quiet bow.  My arrow weights just over 500 grains, so I’m right in the 9 gpp range.  My draw length is 28 inches.  I haven’t chrono’d it and usually don’t, but it sure seems send it with authority.  I’ve only had to the chance to shoot at 10 yards, but can stack the arrows on top of each other.

It really caught me off guard on how narrow (back to belly) the riser is, which makes for a very short arrow self.  The other thing is the arrow self sits right on top of the knuckle.  My fletchings put a couple little cuts on my hand.  Not a hard hit, just enough to scratch the skin.  The self and window appear to be radius cut and cut just past center (the thickness of the side plate).

It appears that the limbs (that I’m using right now) are cocobolo, but not entirely sure.  The riser is heavy and is mainly the same wood as the limbs.

The other limbs 56@28 / 56 AMO and 46@26 / 58 AMO are not the same wood.  I think one set is Elm and have no idea of the other set.

The curve section does have a wedge to stiffen them and the limb design puts almost no deflex off of the riser.  Unstrung the limb tips a several inches infront of the riser.  The recurve bend itself is pretty aggressive.  Not so much a radius but more of a steeper angle.

This bow was made specifically from someone else and has their name on it.  When I get home from work today, I’ll post his name and see if it is familiar to anyone.  I’d love to learn more about the wood and find out if they had all the other limbs made or if someone down the line picked them up.