Okay...They are HERE!!!
My Wife was kind enough to pick up the bows today while I had to take care of some things around the house. She didn't even get a chance to get them into the house because I met her in the driveway and opened the box right there in the garage. Here's what I found (again, sorry for the lousy pictures)...
SPECS:
Shelton - 68" #46@30" Stabilized Pacific Yew Riser, Red Elm cores and Gambel Oak Tip Overlays (Satin)
Huron - 63" #35@28" Osage Riser & Yew Cores (Matte)
Sorry... no more pics...had to shoot them both real quick. AND... this review is by no means thorough, so please keep that in mind. I only had a quick window this afternoon to try and do a quick tune on both of them and probably won't get a chance to shoot them again until later into next week.
Initial impressions: They are NICE! The Osage was a shocker at first since it's sooo yellow right now, but man is it gonna look WARM with that Yew once it ages a little. Finish on the Shelton is nice and I kinda wish I had gone satin or gloss on the Huron since the clear glass is a little frosty with the matte finish, but I wanted a more natural look once the Osage and Yew start to get closer in color to one another, so "Mission Accomplished" there. The handles have a palm swell that my current Huron doesn't have, so that was a surprise....another surprise...BOTH Bows came wrapped in really nice polar fleece bow socks!!!
Shooting: The Huron and I hit it off fantastic right away. It seems to like full length Genesis shafts with 100gr combo points. That is a nice coincidence since these 1820's are relatively inexpensive and the orange shaft color and red feathers mate up nicely with the colors of the bow!!! The Shelton was a little more "moody" with me, but I think that's because I haven't had a chance to find out what shaft it's going to like and the slight difference in the grip. The Shelton grip has more of a wedge shape than the Huron and I think I'm getting a more consistent grip with the Huron. That is probably in large part due to the fact the Huron grip is closer to the grip on my older Huron. I just grabbed my quiver with some 2117's, 1918's, 1820's and 2016's and hit the home range. Being so excited to get the bows, I'm sure I wasn't on my a game either. That string follow does pull nicely!!! I had to raise the brace on each bow to about 7" to get them to quiet down for me, but once there and with a good release, they were VERY quiet even with these aluminums and NO string silencers. I'm sure they'll be a whisper once I put some wool on 'em and try finding the right spined carbons or woody's.
Overall, I'm pretty excited about these bows and the work I'm going to have to put into them to "Learn" them. Every bow I've owned, has had it's own "personality" and each one of them require certain "inputs" that they like from the shooter, so learning each of their nuances should be fun! One day I may decide to master 1 bow, but that day is NOT today and I'm going to experience as many of them as I can right now. As my soon to be 71 year old Father likes to say... "Keep it FUN!"
THANK YOU STEVE FOR BUILDING THESE UP FOR ME!!! GREAT JOB!!!
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