I had bought some wool boot insoles from Chris and Chuck at
http://www.twotracksbow.com/ back about a month ago at the Great Lakes Longbow Invitational, and like everyone does, I love to window shop. Chuck had a nice supply of his Longwalker and Ambush bows on hand, but one just kept my attention. It was a walnut with purpleheart I-beam riser with walnut burl limbs under clear glass. Now what kept my attention is the fact that the bow was 50" tip to tip and 49# @ 28". The bow looked like something my 6 year old would be carrying around due to it's size, but how would this thing work at the weight it says? That question kept popping into my head the 4 days I was there, and I ended up going home without the Ambush I was window shopping.
Fast forward a month, and I see a thread title about Two Tracks being on TV, so I visit the thread and see he has a new website. I click on the new site and low and behold that very same bow is not sold yet. Well, I'm one to listen to fate, so I called Chuck and told him I'll take the "Little" Ambush bow.
I drove up there yesterday with my sons and spent a wonderful day on the Deshler farm shooting bows, and swapping hunting stories. I only took one shot with the Ambush before I was reaching in my pocket to pay the asking price before someone else showed up to take this gem away from me. It took me 3 arrows before I was stacking arrows from 7 yards out to 20 yards.
Chuck told me it's a good thing I make arrows, because I sure was putting a hurt on the ones I brought. I know it's a little close to hunting season to change bows, but I have a funny feeling this bow is going to find a spot at the top of my go to list, even edging out my RER LXR.
I'm 6'3" 220 pounds and have a true 28" draw. I shoot 3 fingers under, and I can honestly say that I felt little if any finger pinch. Using a fast flight string, there was a very noticeable twang to the string when the arrow was loosed, so chuck went into his shop and came out with a couple of his prototype silencers. We unstrung the bow (using a recurve stringer) and inserted the silencers. One shot with the bow and all you could hear was a click then thunk. Twang was gone, but what was the click? A dozen more shots revealed that the click was from the arrow nock coming off the string, and the thunk was from the arrow hitting the target with full on authority. Why Chuck has not marketed his silencers yet is beyond me, but I can honestly say when he does, you all would simply be amazed at the quietness your bow is capable of.
Chuck and Chris make quality products at a very reasonable price. I would not hesitate to buy anything from them in the future.
Just a couple pics of my new Ambush bow.
Topic: New Ambush bow, well worth the $$$ (Read 213 times)
