For all you folks out there who haven't tried a Jim Jones' Firefly yet - get your hands on one. I cannot find the superlatives to describe Jim's latest creation.
Just a short history. I Have been searching for one great bow for years now and it has cost me a veritable fortune getting them from the States into Australia. Many were one-piece bows and each cost me nearly $200 just for the postage, plus our wretched sales tax and exchange rate.
I have lost count of the number of bows that I have had and consequently sold off. Some have been good and many I have written good things about on here before. However when I ordered a cheap entry level F/F about six months ago from Jim's stock bows - I knew I was holding something very special.
As time wore on instead of the shine wearing off as it did with all the others - I became more endeared to my F/F and started selling off the other bows. I sold the new Bob Lee Elite, the gorgeous Fox Royal Crown, out went the Black Widow, the Hornes, the Toulkey Whip, the Martins the Renegade the Quest the Swan the Hall ............ I think you get the picture.
The only bows I have now are my little Turkey Creek (the style of handle does not fit me well but a beautiful fun bow to shoot) my original Firefly and the new one that arrived today.
I ordered the new one from Jim about three months ago and it arrived about one month ago. It was nice but there were a couple of things that took the shine off the bow, as far as I was concerned. There was certainly no wrongdoing on Jim's part - mainly because I am a pedantic perfectionist and very hard to please.
The grip was not exactly the same as my first F/F, the poundage was a couple of # too light and I did not like the matt finish.
I told him of my concerns and could not believe his reaction. He told me to shoot it straight back to him and he would make me a brand new bow and pay the postage both ways to Australia. How is that for great service - it does not get any better than that?? Particularly because he really did not do anything wrong and was not obliged to make me a new bow. I would not let him pay the postage both ways but did take up his offer for a new bow.
This one is absolutely awesome - just does not get any better than this. It is deathly quiet, the grip fits me like hot butter, it is very quick (exactly the same as my T/C - and they are well known for their speed), and most of all it satisfies my exacting eye - the finish and attention to detail are perfect.
The riser is Cocobolo, the limbs Tamo Ash with Zebrawood highlights she is 43# @ 28 (my draw is 29 1/2) and the cores are bamboo.
The thing that I really like is what Jim does with his limbs. He has a reverse taper on the end that I have not seen used the same way before. It makes for the smoothest pulling bow I have ever shot - but better than that - it really likes heavy arrows.
My T/C is the same poundage, but it has very delicate tips - more like a whippy fly rod. It shoots fast too but the F/F really comes into its own when shooting heavy arrows. The way Jim has set it up these bows are perfect for hunting. I don't have a chrono to give any figures, but it smokes my heavy hunting arrows out even better than the T/C does.
One final thing - the price. Most of my other top of the line bows were all around the 750-900 dollar mark. This one blows them all away and only cost $579 - awesome value.
Jim has been an absolute delight to deal with and is the very best of the best. The other plethora of companies I dealt with over the years of this pursuit were a mixed bag, some terrible, most fairly ordinary and one or two good ones. However none of them have come close to Jim Jones - he just absolutely bends over backward to make you happy.
Can somebody please put my pics up (Mike??) - I still haven't figured that out!
Sutto
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Topic: New bow - they don't come better than this - pic's (Read 873 times)
