I was givin a longbow and only markings on bow is other than length and weight is ML-10 ang below that is 7134 its a 68" bow D shaped 55#@28" i bought a generic 64" string but id love to find out more about the bow n best tuning and brace height for it , i seen online that brace should be 1/12th of the overal length n that like 5 5/8" brace just seems low and also when strung it looks like upper limb has more bend than bottoms is this ok r bad i have it set rt now at 6 3/4 im gonna try to put some pics on here of the bow but not sure how to , well i guess not i cant figure out how to post a pic in the topic any help lol on that too i ges
There are no trad bow shops near me so i have no where to go to see if im even doing it rt
Also any advise for best string options for this longbow i want to tune and have it shooting best i can its really a nice old bow love to see it come back to life
Trust me... it "will" come to life.
I had a ML 10 and a ML 14 several years ago. Don't recall for sure but they may have been made about the time Martin Archery was buying Howatt. I think the guy that developed the bow was Dale Mercy. They sold those in the mid-90's.
It's been so long ago, but I think I settled on a BH of about 6 1/2"
Don't quote me on any of that. It's been a long time. The only thing I remember for sure is that the darn things kicked like a mule.
Edit: I just remembered... the ML 10 had brown glass and the ML 14 had clear glass. I assume the ML stands for, Martin Longbow.
I agree with Jim. It's probably a Martin ML-10. Never owned one, but have shot one, or maybe it was the ML-14. Regardless, it did have a lot of hand shock, more than any other straight bow I've shot.
Your 6 3/4 brace height should be pretty close.
Yes it does !!! U definitely kno you shot it thank you for the info shud that bend issue be a concern i let it out to bout 6 5/8 n it took some of it out so im thinking its a bh issue but still just guessing
Ml-10 was the Martin pioneer
I found one at a garage sale in the late 90's for cheap...and after shooting it, I figured out why. OUCH! That piece of CR@P was down the road immediately. Super heavy arrows did not help.
I had a martin ML-10 must of been about 28yrs ago but I bought it out of Gander mtn catalog and it was listed as a Martin.
I remember there was two models with the ML10 being the cheapest with the bubinga riser and the 2nd bow was the zebrawood riser, both straight limbed.
I think I shot a flemish string only because it was easier getting the wood arrows to fly good out of it. I remember it had alot of shock,,,,, but I'm almost positive the arrows were too light and wish i could go back and try some 650-700 grain arrows from it.
QuoteOriginally posted by Tajue17:
... wish i could go back and try some 650-700 grain arrows from it.
Trust me... it wouldn't have helped. :D
QuoteOriginally posted by Jim Casto Jr:
QuoteOriginally posted by Tajue17:
... wish i could go back and try some 650-700 grain arrows from it.
Trust me... it wouldn't have helped. :D [/b]
X2 :eek:
Seems to me I remember Larry Hatfield saying how he designed that bow because one of the Martin executives wanted to try a longbow...I also think Larry admitted it was not a very good design...my Venom, his last design, is a great bow
DDave
DDave,
I'm not about to disagree because I honestly don't remember that far back about a bow that didn't interest me in the first place. :^)
BUT.... I can't imagine Larry Hatfield designing a slug like the ML-10 and ML-14. lol lol
Now... it would be interesting to find out. Does he visit here? Maybe he'll see this thread.
Jim I can never remember Larry visiting this site...when he does post on our other favourite site he does not say a whole lot...lots of people in their 80's do not ever even go near a computer
DDave
I just did a little digging and found a post where Larry says the ML10 is "mulish if you know what I mean"...I think you would be right about him not designing either the 10 or the 14...I think his first effort was the ML18 Bushmaster...it is interesting how perceptions of what is a good bow change over time...I found more than one post where people were telling what a great shooting bow the ML10 was
DDave
QuoteOriginally posted by Jim Casto Jr:
QuoteOriginally posted by Tajue17:
... wish i could go back and try some 650-700 grain arrows from it.
Trust me... it wouldn't have helped. :D [/b]
there was a time when I shot that bow and wasn't holding the grip tight enough I remember it I had 1916 aluminums with 125' and right upon release the bow bounced right out of my hand and the bow landed on the ground 5' in front of me with a husband and wife compound shooters just looking and laughing,,,,as god is my witness thats a true story!
it was my first ever hill style bow and I thought that was normal for them,,,,,and yes I talked trash about ALL hill type bows for years after that until I shot a real Howard hill and felt there was a difference now I own 5 other correctly made ASL's.... I needed this :knothead: ...
I bought an old 50 pounder back in the late 80s for $50... killed a lot of grass grizzlies with it. Don't remember about the hand shock though. :thumbsup: