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in reply to: Bow Limb Paint – Need Advice #32458
Some late advise. Paints that are geared toward plastics would be better than general purpose spray paints. Also surface prep is crital. Might want to etch the surface with steel wool and then wipe down with what ever is recommended by the paint manufacturer. Usually mineral spirits. Paints for plastics also take about 1 week to fully harden. Hope this helps.
in reply to: Sad News about Martin Archery #32450They can’t catch a break can they! First recievership and now this.
in reply to: bodnik bows #41861Yes, the KK Black Forest is made for KK by Bodnik. Check out Pete Wards traditional archery website for reviews on alot of the Bodnik bows. Since Bodnik is a German company, they don’t have much of a presence here in the US. KK and Lancaster are the main retailers. Bodnik makes a variety of trad archery stuff and they usually get very good to excellent reviews. The Bodnik Kiowa recurve is the best recurve I’ve shot to date. Put my Predator, Buffalo, and my DAS to shame in terms of speed, feel and shot noise/vibration. All 4 recurves were of the same draw weight (+/- 3#). I no longer own the DAS, Buffalo, or Predator and the Kiowa was not mine. If I had not gotten into longbows and if I ever decide to go back to ‘curves, the Kiowa is on the top of a very short list.
in reply to: bodnik bows #38253They have a finish on them that sometimes looks ‘odd’ to Americans. Other than that they are well made and fine shooting bows.
in reply to: What would you do???? #50840I say get your deposit back. Period. Enough of this ‘artist’ nonsense. The man builds bows. The two of you agreed to a price and a timeline, either in a written or verbal contract. The bowyer needs to live up to his end of the contract. Too many of these ‘artists’ play fast and loose with other folks money and time. It’s time that these shysters pay a price. Some bowyers actually still do EXACTLY or BETTER than what they say they will do. Reward those bowyers and ignore the rest. Case in point, I ordered a Lil’ Creep with non standard riser wood from Great Northern Bow Co late last year. The big ice storm that hammered the upper Great Lakes area effected his shop. Bow was still done before his stated due date which was 8-10 weeks. Some bowyers say they have a 2 year or longer backlog. Sorry but I’m not sending one red cent to anyone for something that I have to wait two years to see. This is not rocket science, it’s building bows.
in reply to: What bow to buy #55009Can’t help with the Cabelas points but if you have $300 in cash I would STRONGLY recommend a Great Northern Field Bow. They sell for $325 on the GNBC website. In my opinion this is the BEST low budget longbow on the market.
in reply to: Best way to tune for wood arrows? #127435/16″ weights- 70, 100, 125
11/32 weights- 100, 125, 145, 160, 190, 200, 225, 300
The ones listed are the easily obtained weights, there are others. Don’t forget about WoodyWeights either. You can easily add FOC to any 11/32″ arrow with these and a FP or BH.
I STRONGLY recommend a little gizmo called the BowTrainer, not a stretch band or some other training device but an actual BowTrainer. It simulates the actual drawing of a bow. I’m not into gadgets and gizmos much but this thing really does work. I’ve added over 40# to my max pull in just a few months. Follow the instructions, make sure you actually do have a day of rest between training sessions, and eat a good diet high in protein. Best of all the BowTrainer is inexpensive.
in reply to: field bow by great northern #54567Critter Getter is no longer availible. Has been replaced by the Lil Creep.
in reply to: field bow by great northern #51239Sorry, have no way of posting pics. No digital camera and my cell is most certainly not a ‘smart phone’.
in reply to: field bow by great northern #42415Yes I own one. It’s 46# @ 28″. Craftsmanship is first rate. Shoots where I look. Quiet. No more, no less handshock than any other mild R/D long/flat bow. Old fashioned straight grip took some getting used to, but now I prefer it to locator grips on longbows or high wrist grips on recurves. That said grip preference is HIGHLY subjective. Speed with heavy arrows is good considering my short draw length. GNBC is a very well established and well respected bow company. It is a very ‘plain jane’ type of bow, but that’s what I like. Made here in the good ole USA with domestically produced woods and glass. I don’t believe it can be beat for the money spent, assuming one is comparing apples to apples. Can’t say enough good about it. Like it so much I ordered a 52# @ 28″ GNBC Lil Creep at Christmas. Should have it in a few weeks. Won’t be selling the Fieldbow though. Do a search on other forums. You won’t find much bad said about this bow or GNBC in general if you find anything bad said at all. Solid dependable bows. I have no connection to GNBC, period. I just like the bows and the company’s philosophy that much!
in reply to: Need assistance with arrow spine. #40985Figured it out last night. It was the idiot pulling the string not the equipment. 1916 bare shafts and fletched shafts with field points and two different broadheads fly perfectly out to 20 yards. Problem solved once I got my head out of my……well you know!:D
in reply to: Pulling my hair out over quivers. #40984I will be making a version of the side quiver Duncan made.
in reply to: Just a thought (on technology)… #40214Just to stir the pot-
It would be 100% legal to hunt coyotes, during certain times of the year, at night with NVG/FLIR and any weapon here in Illinois. So to say that hunting with NVG is illegal is not correct. States vary greatly in what they deem legal weapons, methods of take, season dates, hunting times, etc.
For the record I am OPPOSED to hunting or using in the field in any way shape or form NVG/FLIR.
in reply to: Need assistance with arrow spine. #40052Anyone else have any ideas??
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