Received my new Lost Creek longbow yesterday. It arrived nicely packed in a carpet tube, no damage to the container. I unpacked it with much anticipation, as this is my first custom bow. It's 60 inches, 48 @ 29. Tried and true hard rock maple limb cores, quilted bubinga veneers and charcoal dymondwood riser. Chad worked with me on the grip, made it a little more of a high wrist to accomodate my slightly bum wrist from an old break. The grip is the most comfortable of any bow I've ever held. Positive placement every time without thinking about it.
The craftsmanship is top notch, beautiful overlays of dymondwood and bamboo stained a rich amber color. The finish has just enough gloss to show off the woods, but not so much that it would concern me from a hunting standpoint.
Strung it up to about a 7 1/2 brace height, and gave her a pull. Smooth all the way back, even in that last inch of back tension to put my thumb joint behind my jaw. The draw feels much lighter than my other longbow (soon to be sold to finance a back up LC!), which is one pound heavier.
After much fondling, I packed her up in my hard case and off to the range. After a couple rounds to get the feel, I put 6 arrows in a 3 inch group at 10 yards, then stepped back to 20 and got equally satisfying results. Had the fellers get the chrony out. Now, this bow is 48 lbs and I'm shooting a 515 grain carbon arrow, which is almost 11 gpp. The chrono results amazed me, came in at 182 fps! That's what I call performance. Here's the promised pics, they really don't do the bow justice. Beautiful!
I'll tell ya, dealing with Chad was a real pleasure. Had good suggestions regarding my wood choices and seemed almost as enthusiastic as I was about my new bow. Really great guy. This bow really is The One for me. Now I need to convince my lovely wife that I need a back up!
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My son says the bow actually belongs to him, and he's agreed to let me shoot it for the next 16 years or so.
Chad is the man! You can't go wrong with a Lost Creek bow...
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