I have quite a few older Bracks, including two that Jim built for me in 1984 and 1987. They are great bows and virtually the same as the ones Wes Wallace builds. In fact, I am sure that a couple of my old Bracks were made by Wes when he was working for Brackenbury. I did have one Wallace recurve but sold it to a friend who needed it more than I did. I also have given two older Brackenburys to a couple of my best friends. One of them is taking the 64" 75#@31" (his draw length) Drifter I gave him to Australia in June when we hunt Asiatic Buffalo there with Andy Ivy and Mick Baker. Those older Bracks can still do the job and do it as well as just about any bow being made today. That said, I will be taking my 60" 68#@29.5" Super Shrew on the buff hunt, and I prefer the newer Brack designs that Bill Howland has created -- the Quest, Non-Typical and Peerless -- to the older design that Jim created. That is certainly not a slight on Jim who designed his bows almost 30 years ago and produced some of the absolute best shooting bows of their time. Like I said, those older Bracks still hold their own pretty well with any bow built today.
Paul, enjoy your Brack. Try it with a new, custom-made Dacron string from one of the TradGang members who builds great strings if you want to get the most out of it. Just don't use a Fast Flight type string or you will soon be sorry!
Allan
Topic: Broke Out An Old Brakenbury The Other Day (Read 288 times)
