Miller longbow - all wood vs glassed?

[Rossco7002]

I have a Half Breed with some tempered bamboo and yew in the limbs. Snakewood riser and silver elk inlay. It's a looker and a shooter too.... But the extra weight in the Cheetah really is addictive.

Can't get enough of your Expedition pics Ralphie, very handsome bow!

[arrow flynn]

If I was to buy a miller longbow it would be with glass and abit of backset like my wesley special. I do not see any advantage in going back to the old days before fiberglass remember Howard hill jacked up the weight on his bows to get the cast up and when glass came along he never looked back.

[Ralphie]

Can't get enough ? ...    here's some more then

 
 
 
 

[Ralphie]

I agree with arrow flynn.
At least, ...  my first Miller was the Old Tom with a bit of backset.
But I have made a concession to taking a "step backwards". That is, I will begin to use Dacron b-50 on my Old Tom, backing off from the FF.
I don't know how long that will last..............  ..
My reason is to try and find some consistency from bow to bow. From a glass to a wood is change enough. If they both have B-50 maybe changing is not so different ?
Hey what do I know ?...

[lefty4]

Awesome pictures Ralphie. You should become a photographer!

LOL

Very nice bow.

[cahaba]

Originally posted by pavan:
Arrow_f, I have a couple of Hill style bows that will shoot right with anything on the market regardless of how many bends there are in the limbs, with the added advantages of forgiveness of chunky releases and deadly quiet. Regardless of what a bow has for an outside skin, accurate and deathly quiet is always more deadly than fast and loud. Many people do not use the proper form with Hill style bows and thus think that they are inferior, when in reality it the shooter that is not taking advantage of the qualities of the bow. It really is still no sweat, use what works for you, hybrids are fun to play with as well.

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[Rossco7002]

Given the discussion between glassed or all bamboo is the original intent of this post I thought it might be pertinent to mention that I recently had the good fortune of another member who owns several of Dave's glassed and non-glassed bows to pass on his chrono results to me.

End result was that the Hawk shot right with Dave's other bows and even out performed some other Hill style builders.

Resultantly, I'm definately leaning towards the Hawk but Ralphie and Danny have really made it a hard choice with the pics of their Expeditions....

[Ralphie]

Ross
 thank you for the chrono info. My next Miller will be a Hawk, rather than a Split Bamboo.

and to make your "wood versus glass" choice even more difficult, ...
 I offer you some pictures of my Sage,           I guarantee this will really do a number.....
   
   
   
   
   

[Shinken]

Beautiful Ralphie!  Pure beauty....

I'll be she shoots as good as she looks!

Keep the wind in your face!

Shoot straight, Shinken

   

[cahaba]

That is absolutly one of the best looking bows I have ever seen. I talked with David Miller today. Now choices......  

[Ric O'Shay]

Ralphie -
I need you to take some pictures of my Expedition for me. The ones I take have quite a bit of gravity attached to them.