New to me RER XR arrived today (with pictures)

[30coupe]

I bought a used XR from Kevin at RER Bows, and it arrived this morning. Neither his pictures nor mine really do it justice, but manlaw dictates pictures, so here are a couple.

 

 

 

Sorry, that last one is a crappy cell phone shot. That one was the first three arrows at 15 yards before any kind of tuning or anything. Kind of hard to see, but the arrows were inside a 2" group centered on the target!

The bow is 58" and 47# at 28". Limbs are yew veneers over a bamboo core. They have some of the nicest yew I've seen. The riser is cocobolo and canary wood. I wasn't familiar with canary wood, but it is similar to myrtle in appearance with a bit more of a reddish cast...very nice.

The first few shots were kind of loud, but I discovered the serving was too big for my ICS Bowhunter nocks. I reserved it with smaller serving, raised the brace height at tad, added the bow bolt quiver, and she quieted right down. And let me tell you, this bow slings an arrow! WOW! I am shooting the same set-up as for my Orion recurve, which is 50#. After fiddling with the nock height for a bit of a nock high issue, I paper tuned it, and it is shooting bullet holes with 550 grain arrows with no loss of speed.    

[ron w]

Good looking bow!!!

[30coupe]

Thanks, Ron.

I made a couple discoveries since I posted. I thought the setup was good until I tried it with broadheads...too much tail wagging. I must not have been getting to full draw with the target points. I have my shafts cut so the back of the broadhead just touches my index finger at full draw.

Back to the paper...and...weak, weak, weak! I went down 25 grains...still weak, but better. Another 25 grains, and yes! So, I pulled the 125 grain adapter out of one of my broadheads and put a long aluminum it in. Back to the target and no more tail wagging! Just a vapor trail to the target!

I'm down to 10 grains per pound of draw and are those arrows getting downrange fast now! The bow is still pretty quiet...might play with the position of the whiskers a bit yet. The best part is the arrows are chewing up the center of the target like little guided missiles!    

[iawoody2]

Nice looking bow, when you get tired of it just send it to LaPorte City,Ia.
thanks, Bob

[owlbait]

Really like those riser combos and designs that Kevin puts out. Lot of RER fans out there for good reason.

[30coupe]

Yup, he has some nice wood combos. The grip really fits my hand well too. That's what attracted me to the RERs in the first place.

[Over&Under]

Hard, real hard to beat an RER XR...nice bow Russ!

[FAV 52]

Nice bow Russ but not as nice as mine ! LOL

[jmrsyrs]

Very nice. Gonna try an RER someday. Good luck with her.

[Sirius Black]

Nice bow! I really like mine. I'm having another set of heavier limbs made for it for next year. Have fun with it!  

[KentuckyTJ]

Great looking bow

[30coupe]

Originally posted by FAV 52:
Nice bow Russ but not as nice as mine ! LOL

You mean this ugly thing?

 

 

 

   

[Jake Diebolt]

Thread highjack: what's the main difference between the RER XR takedown and their new Vital takedown?

[Jim Picarelli]

Congrat's on the new bow. I love my XR....sweet shooter!!!
   

[30coupe]

Originally posted by Jake Diebolt:
Thread highjack: what's the main difference between the RER XR takedown and their new Vital takedown?

The Vital is more like Frank's bow (the waterfall ash one below mine). It has a longer riser than the XR. I think the limb angle is a bit different than the original like Frank's as well. I can tell you that if it is supposed to be an improvement over Frank's, it must be one heck of a bow because his bow is.

Both of these bows are incredibly fast for their draw weight, very stable, and will out-shoot the archer if you know what I mean. In other words, if we miss, we can't blame the bow. I thought my 50# @ 28" Orion was pretty zippy until I got my 47# @ 28" XR and had to take 50 grains off the point to get it to tune with the same shafts! Let me tell you, with 10 grains per pound of draw weight arrows, the XR leaves a vapor trail!

I am impressed. This is the first bow since I got my Kanati that truly impresses me, and I have had a BUNCH.