Well I have been a little delinquent on my comments. This last week has been jamb packed, and because of it I only got to really shoot the bow Friday and Saturday. I did get a fair amount of shooting in on Friday.
I strung her up, steeped out the door of the barn and launched three arrows at 22 yd. 1.5" group! My 18 n 1 is on some slick hard packed snow and with the warm up it rotates on the impacts so it is tighter than it looks. I thought WOW the holy grail of bows! Then I shot a bare shaft, and I realized it was a really stiff arrow. My next couple of groups were not as tight, but still good. I always seem to be able to shoot a bow I have never touched well at first. I got centered up and then of course sent the bare shaft off the side and into the snow not to be found Friday. I should have changed up point weight faster. I upped that and kept shooting.
Not the greatest pic's, but I just had my phone out with me and the bow in my hand and not in the photo's.
The bow shot very stable and consistent for a short light bow. I did get some sensation of the string angle at 29 1/4" draw. I wouldn't say pinch, but I noticed it closing in more than my 60" bows, but not all that much more than my 60" TD LB. It was very tolerable.
The two things I noticed right off other than the accuracy was the thump in the hand and the way the bow loved to hit my arm. It had a lot of forward jump that didn't bother me at all. It seemed to jump right at the target and not flip around or bother my hand or elbow. I turned up the brace from the 7" it was at to 7 1/2". That as better, but it still got my arm. I would have liked to go up to 8", but the string was a little wound compared to what I am used to on strings, and I was not sure what the brace range was.
The grip is very slim. My other bows have more of a flat or large radius section for me to push my base of thumb into. This grip is very narrow. I tried a few different grips and found three to work fine. One was more of an off the side suitcase grip, one was three fingers tucked into the riser, and the other was a medium grip pressure controlling grip that worked well.
My groups were not the best with the unknown arrow spine so I switched over to some 400's I had. They were longer with 100 gr. brass. I played with a few points in the afternoon on Friday. I got a combo a little stiff, but it was shooting a bare shaft like a bullet. I was having fun shooting that 25-30 yd. and watching that shaft just disappear in flight when all of a sudden OOCH! there goes a new arrow. That was my first ever robin hood with a bare shaft. Typically they are not going so straight that they will do more than damage a nock.
I had fun shooting the bow. It was very light and compact all around. I am not sure it is really 54" as reported. Has to be at least 56". I think someone is just pulling my leg. I should have taken a tap to it. It is real stable and accurate for such a little bow. I have not shot a curve much in a while so I thought it was very quiet. I loved how smooth it was on the draw. I wish it was 5-7# heavier to better feel how it was drawings. It had very good cast for the weight. It sure sparked my interest in the static limb bows. I don't know if it is for me, but 2" longer, a little grip shape adjustment, and a few more pounds could have gotten it lost in the mail.
Thanks for the chance to shoot it!
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