Hello gang!
I've had some time to play with my new bow and though now I finally could make a short review of it.
As some have already seen on another thread, this is 62" Bigfoot Sasquatch SS.
Riser is bocote and zebra with cocobolo overlays and limbs are actionboo with zebra veneers and cocobolo tip veneers. This cocobolo is very hard to catch on a photo, it changes color from almost orange to vine red in different light conditions.
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This bow is 60#@29.5" but it has more power that one could expect..... I had hard time tuning my arrows and eventually they were too weak.
I started with CE 250s shafts with 100gr brass inserts and 125gr field points cut to 31" and thought this might be very close guess.
Boy I was wrong, my arrows were noodles and they wobbled so badly they flew like fluflus. I started to shorten these bit by bit and ended up at 29.5" which is the shortest I can go. Still they are too weak for this bow and I have to order some 350s.
I'm getting "adequate" arrow flight now but this beast gives too much punch for these poor shafts :D
These arrows are about 550gr (~9gpp) so I'm getting some serious arrow speeds, way over 200fps. I have been shooting too high all the time because this is really flat shooting bow and I'm not used to it yet. I think my arrows start to drop after 25-30 yards or so. I wouldn't shoot any game farther than maybe 30 yards so this is going to make things very easy once I'm dialed in!
One other funny things is that I'm used to shoot bows between 45-54 pounds but the draw with this bow is sooooo smooth and linear that even I feel the extra pounds the draw is so different it's not demanding any extra effort.
It's hard to explain but it's like drawing a compound, first inches are pretty heavy but once I reach my anchor it's like locked in place. Last few inches are little lighter and it acts like an indicator which allows me to hold it very effortlessly.
Also the mass of this bow makes miracles to my shooting; like a counterweight that helps me to maintain the alignment and perfectly shaped grip with enough flat surface keeps my hand in the correct place. No hassle needed. I jsut draw and if my release is good enough, this shoots just where I look.
All these features makes my other bows look and feel like toys. Not that my other bows aren't good shooters but this SS has all the things I could hope for in the same beautiful package. Totally worth the wait time and every cent.
Two of my other bows is in sale right now, I don't think I'm going to spend enough time with them anymore......
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This arrow was shot from 35 yards. The penetration I got with quite light arrows is amazing. That "foam" is about 18 layers of 1/2" camping underlays glued together. Other arrows went thru the 3D deer and still pushed additional inch into foam behind it.
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Truly amazing bow, thank you for building me this, Kirk!
Topic: Sasquatch SS review (Read 507 times)
