Got my "new to me" Quinn Stallion last night and so before work this morning, I just had to shoot a few arrows through it. Well I grabbed a few scraps of velcro out of the tackle box, put one on the shelf and used two pieces for a strike plate(small piece under larger piece). This had my Beman MFX500 lined up just outside left of my string. Then I got out the bow square and put the nocking point slightly above horizontal, didn't measure, I just "eyeballed it". Checked my brace height(8") and went shooting. Total setup time, about 2 minutes.
Well I couldn't believe how easy this was. After a couple warm up shots, I was shooting some really good groups out to 25yds. Now for me, a relative newbie, good 25yd groups is something to jump about.
I know I have new-bowitis, but my first impression of the Stallion is every bit as good as everything that I have read about this bow. Very smooth draw and the grip is PERFECT. I still have to fine tune and make sure that my broadheads fly true, but I am really excited about my potential with this bow. If you have considered a metal-riser bow, you owe it to yourself to check these out. Great bow at a bargain price.
I plan on taking the bow with me to my parents home this weekend and taking advantage of my dad's airbrush to put a sweet camo job on it. Once the camo is complete, I'll post some pics.
Mark
Good luck, have heard good things about them.
pseman, congratulations on your Quinn Stallion! It's one of two bows I can shoot, and its less expensive than the Widow. I would like to try the wooden handled Longhorn sometime.
The handle is such a comfortable fit and it is much lighter than I expected. It is 45#@28in which is around 48# at my 29in draw. The Bemans that I shot today are 460gr but I am gonna also set up some lighter weight arrows around 375-400gr just to see how they perform.
Mark
I recently picked up a used Quinn XL target bow (66" 35#@28).
I have nothing bad to say about Quinn bows. For the money I think they are some of the best around. Their quality exceeds their price tag. Their limbs are as smooth as those costing a lot more.
I've been wanting to try the Stallion.
I agree with you MikeD., great bows for the money, quality exceeds price.
I just received a Christmas card from the Quinns. Great bow and great people!
"less then a Widow". I should say so ! You can buy 3 or 4 Stallions for what you pay for a Widow.
Quinns are great shooting bows !!!!
I've had mine for a little over a year and I really like it. Shoots better than many of the higher end recurves I have tried. Mine has 64 inch limbs and it is very smooth. Have fun with yours.
Got to shoot the Bemans some more today and I don't know if I need to fool with any lighter arrows. This bow really smokes these arrows(460gr - 9.5gr/lb). Very nice flat trajectory. I'll probably try some lighter ones just to experiment, but certainly don't "need" to.
Mark