You just made my day asking about the red elm cores!!!!!!!!! You will know why I'm so floored when you talk to James, and he WILL blame me lol
Yes he does, but you have to twist it out of him. My vixen, Misty dawn, and Morningstar are all red elm. My taipan has red elm also.
He is only building the Argos and Taipan duo-flex (r/d) models as far as duo-flex goes.
The Argos is a sweet sweet shooter and very quick, stable, quiet. It is the standard riser and the classic look.
The taipan is his reverse model, also quick , stable , and very quiet.
My taipan is my most accurate shooter for me, and I literally have not found an arrow it won't shoot at my house . Everything from 40-70 spine. My other bows tune easy and shoot great but the taipan just eats all arrows. It is also extremely point able and falls on target by itself it seems.
The taipan is what I'll be shooting in the Worlds.
James does locator, but he makes his grips narrow and the locators are minimal SO make sure your clear on what your wanting for sure. Personally I love the grips he puts on.