Hi tradgang,
Been around here way too long before I actually decided its time I own a bow. So I here is my quest for my first bow.
I was browsing the net, finding nice bows to ogle at. Saw some pretty ones like Robertson Fatalstyks, Morrisons, Acadian, y'know what I mean. So I happen to see blackswan bows and coming from an engineering background, it was a perfect excuse to own one. So I starting scraping my dough together.
I posted a buying thread on the classifieds and took about a month or two before I had any headwind of a blackswan, and boy I was excited.
Dave came along with a pm and we talked in detail regarding the bow. Now I must admit I was a little disappointed to hear that I won't be getting any carbons in this bow since only the riser is blackswan. But it was a deal I couldn't pass on, in terms of price and the urge to own it. I simply love that riser that blackswan stopped producing.
The next blow to my urge to own the bow came when Dave scaled the bow.
It came in much too heavy for my short draw, 39# @ 24". I was only able to do target so a comfortable lower 30 was what I wanted. I asked Dave if I could trap it to drop the weight and he said he'd help me with it although he don't recommend it. That said, I decided to proceed with the deal. Hey, I can build up my draw weight right?
Dave had the bow refinished to matte black as he had it sprayed camo for a pig hunt a few days before our deal, and great news came along too. I was prepared to trap the now myself to a lower 36# @ 24" but Dave went all the way to help me even though it wasn't what I asked of him! He actually brought the bow down to an amazing 33#! Man, how blessed I felt!
A few days after the now was refinished, I sent Dave the payment he had it shipped that evening. Waiting time was stated 3 to 4 weeks since I'm way out in Singapore.
Another surprise came last week on Friday when I received a letter from my post registry. They asked me to collect my package from Dave from the post office! And all that shipment only took a week to reach me! Wow!
Bow specs:
15.5" Blackswan riser (first gen?)
Tonkin boo and black glass hybrid longbow limbs
66" NTN, 33# @ 24"
56# @ 30", 171 fps with 515gr arrow before dropping poundage
48# @ 30", 194 fps with 500gr arrow after dropping poundage
I managed to string up the bow using a makeshift stringer made of just paracord. Gotta make a better one soon. I was too short to use the push-pull method properly. :(
Topic: Half a blackswan bow (Read 355 times)
