I had never shot a static tip recurve before and with all the recent posts about this design from several bowyers I was anxious to give one a try. My current hunting bow for comparison is a Blacktail Elite VL 50# @ 28 ... the Hitman was 48# @ 28 and both bows 62".
I shoot CE 150's out of my Blacktail with 145 grn field points, those did not shoot out of the Hitman too well and I finally settled in on some 530 grn 60/65 woodies that flew very nicely.
The grip was what I call a medium as opposed to the high of my Blacktail. It fit me very well, I like a smaller grip, and soon my arrows were flying right where I was looking.
The draw was smooth, no hand shock, and was quiet. I did add some cushioning to the string grooves that helped a bit. Dave had put whiskers on and I did not play with changing them since others will be getting a chance to tinker with her too.
The speed was comparable to my Blacktail at 50#, I do not have any measuring equipment so this was a feel observation. I have shot perhaps 300 arrows through this bow and feel very comfortable with it. I may have had too much of an expectation on speed and quiet but this bow for me is a definate shooter and I do not have any negatives to report other than it took me awhile to get a good arrow match up. I did not try broad heads on the final arrow match, maybe I can do that tomorrow before I ship her off to New York. I have some Tree Sharks that are glue on's.
Topic: Hitman static tip recurve pass around review (Read 836 times)
