Green Mountain longbows

[dragonheart]

I recieved the Green Mountain longbows yesterday.  Both are Mountain Hunters.  R/D design.  I shot a bit last night. One bow is actually 68". It is red cedar laminations.  The other is bamboo and yew and is 66". The condition is almost new.  There is alot of taper in his laminations. The grip is smaller on both of the bows than my Hills.  It is a straight grip, no overlays. The 68" is smoother on the draw than the 66" with only one pound weight differnce in the bows.

They are cut about a 1/4" from center, so they are almost like a self bow as far as centershot. I like the way he did the shelf as the arrow only contacts in 2 points, kinda like the way Acadian Woods rounds the shelf.

The bows have tip overlays. The bow does have some thump to it upon release.  I am shooting a high nocking point like over 1/2". I do not have the greatest release and the bow does appear to need much less spine than others of this weight (centershot outside).

The bow like 10 grains per pound. I have some fir shafts I will be building for the bow, and I will have a better picture of the shoot-ablility with the new arrows that are closer to spine. The 66" does shoot an arrow with some authority just looking at the penetration I am getting in the dirt bank I shoot into.

The guy who is a recurve shooter and likes to loose grip a bow, probably would not like these.

[ti-guy]

For me the bow shoots smoother with arrow on the heavier side.I've had complete pass thru with maple arrow.Have fun.

[dragonheart]

How much?  Are you shooting more than 10 GPP?  I bet with maple you are more like 12GPP?

[ti-guy]

Oh yea,those mapple were in the 700 grains,I was using the 190 grains grizzly bh.I still have one or two left(lost an broke most of them)when I'll get home I can weight the shaft(arrow) for you if you want.

[LongStick64]

Come on we need more pics please .....

[ti-guy]

All right,I have weighted the maple arrow:520 grains,Bh 160grains for a total of 680 grains @ 28 and half inches long.