[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: centaur bows #132665

Wahoo

Great choices – those will be beautiful, easy shooting bows. Jim is a gentleman, easy to deal with, and will build you a fine bow/s

Happy shooting

Scout

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Tradbow App #132637

Mr Gonzalez

All the above – any of the arrows mentioned, if matched to your bow would work fine. Wood might be preferred, as it was the standard in Ben Pearsons heyday. The more traditional choice, so too speak.

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Tradbow App #132635

Dwc

Yes , ” Splice the mainbrace ” is not common parlance anymore. Mostly, Naval Service personal will recognize it – older ones anyway – haha.

I hope everybody here has a great – extended to the weekend- Holiday

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: centaur bows #132625

Wahoo

Some pics of a few of my Centaurs

Upper pix –  back bow is the ” Copperhead ” bow – 56″ 51lb @25 – snakeskin on bow and eagles flite quiver – avatar pix bow.

Close bow- takedown – 56″ 55 lb@ 25 elk antler – juniper in limbs

I like juniper ( good shot of it here) – I end up hunting in and around it a lot, in NM. If you expand this pix you can see the thumbrest and golf ball stippling I like.

Same bows above

Below is a 54 ” 53lb @ 26 – this is one of my 2 regular shooters  – bow is mostly carbon

Last 2 pics are of the ” Copperhead” – last one shows the grey glass.

Light to carry and they shoot just fine. One has to practice continually and ” stay in the zone” as these bows are light and short. More difficult to be consistent with than heavier / longer bows of course.

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Tradbow App #132613

You bet dwc

I hope some tradbow techie comes up with a solution.

Ken burns Vietnam is well done. Good to remember all the great folks who fought for  our freedoms over the years . Thanks to all the veterans out there – past – present and future- Siempre-

Love that pork bbq. Wish I was with friends in Texas- I would be feral hog hunting and if successful, having same for supper – always a hoot — Eh R2 ?

“Splice the Mainbrace” !

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: centaur bows #132611

Yes, my snake skin bow is dark, can’t see it well in avatar . It is a very smooth shooting bow. A lot of good pics on the website. I don’t think you will be disappointed with any of his bow variations. I have been happy with all mine. I found one of Jim’s early bows used, tried it, liked it so much I ordered one from him – been doing that periodically ever since -haha.

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Tradbow App #132609

David

Sorry I can’t help. I read my tradbow on a Samsung galaxy. Works good there.

Maybe one of the other folks who have I phone will chime in with a suggestion, or the final answer- Webmom.

Good luck and have a great independence day —

Scout

 

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: centaur bows #132608

Wahoo

My avatar is a Centaur 56″ 51lb @ 25( with Javelina) . It is, i believe one of the few Jim built with grey Glass – snakeskin on it also. I have a no# of his bows, including a takedown. I like his work a lot. Builds a beautiful and fast bow. Especially enjoy the way he fits them to my hand ( I like his thumbrest option). I prefer R/D ” short” longbows haha.  Unfortunately not mentioned in the recent tradbow article on bow types.

I  will try to take some pix and post them later today, if I fail I will see if webmom will do it tomorrow ( holiday )

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #132605

Happy Independence Day to all !

Have a great day ! Limited fireworks around here in the Southwest.  Too much fire danger.

Splice the mainbrace!

Cyberscout aka Ray

 

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: The best hunting stool #132593

Mr Ester

Interesting stools shown in the review.  Some of them look very comfortable, but heavy / bulky. For my hunting style here in the Southwest I like the hammock seat ( light, easy to carry, although in some areas it is unusable due to lack of trees). Don’t do cross leg sitting much anymore due to a knee issue – always good to practice from though. Thanks for the link. I enjoyed seeing some of the current type of packable hunting seats.

Cyberscout

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #132387

Mr Ek

Congrats to your wife on retirement. Good luck on the move.

Way Cool, bringing the old bow home — enjoy the shoot.

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Yet another disruptive issue of TBM #132357

What Mr Ek said –

Tradbow seems to continuously improve imho.  I am especially enjoying the ” To skin a Cat column “.  well done !

Thanks to everybody at tradbow —-

Scout.

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Sharpening single bevel heads ? #132162

DWC

Great idea. Thanks for bringing this back up. Always good to review.

I was just thinking about starting to sort out all my broadheads for the fall- early this season (older I get the longer it takes me to get ready it seems -). I use a vise also. Especially for reforming a badly beat up broadhead. I normally use a new head for big game. Due to the nature of small game hunting and broadhead practice, the older heads get refurbished and used in descending order.

I always enjoy ” king would be” posts. I Started pig hunting in CA. Would love to go where he does. He hunts up some large hogs! —Love hunting pigs —-  always fun.

Thanks again

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Two Day Buck #132136

Yes

Congrats to Brian on an excellent article. I especially commend his patience and perseverance on his follow up. He turned a difficult situation into a successful hunt. It is a very well written account of solving a problem most folks tend to avoid writing about – but happens to all sooner or later. Lessons there- and a good reminder-

Well done !

Scout.

 

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Noisy Bow #132078

Jimmie

Nice post anyway

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