Greetings to all,
I am new to this forum but not to the great sport of traditional archery, I am in my late 50's now and have been shooting off and on since my pre teen years. Back into it now with a passion .
At this time I shoot a custom Frank SanMarco longbow, 69" long 80# at 28". Love this bow but think that I want a shorter longbow as well.
So with that in mind I thought to ask you fellow shooters for a bit of feedback to help in my decision on a new bow purchase.
The two bows that strike my fancy are the Saxon Archery Hawk series longbow and the Ron LaClair's Shrew gold series .
Would love to hear your thoughts on these two fine bows. I have held nor shot neither , would love to view each and shoot if possible before I purchase either as they are not inexpensive bows.
But if this is not possible I suppose that I shall have to rely on advice of others and my own gut feelings on them.
Thank you in advance for your response.
All the best to all,
Oberon
Welcome!
I have not used the Hawk, however I have been the owner of two of the Saxon bows. I really enjoyed shooting both the Selkirk, which is a recurve, and the Mongoose, which was a 64 inch longbow. LaClair's Shrew, by word of guys I have met that shoot them, have no equal.
I can't see that you would have any problems with either. If you are looking to go really short, the Shrew is the way to go.
I can speak for the Shrew. It is an awesome bow and Ron is a gentleman to deal with. Ask anyone who shoots a Shrew.
I own a Shrew and it shoots great. It is 58 inches and 51 lbs @28". Great shooting bow!
I own a Super Shrew.It seems the more I shoot it the better it gets.If you want to see what one can do do a POWWOW Search-"My name is Shrew How Do You Do" by me bentpole.
I live in Oregon a bit South of Eugene, is there anyone near me that has a Shrew longbow that I could see and perchance shoot?
Thanx,
Oberon
If you shoot a SanMarco, you will be disappointed I think with most any other bow. Frank made one of the finest bows ever.
Yes I love my SanMarco just wanted a shorter bow as well. Is Frank still making bows? My longbow is a beautiful piece of work. perchance I should do a review of it? Does anyone else out there shoot a SanMarco bow? I have never heard of them from anyone else.
Best regards,
Oberon
Herb Meland of Pronghorn Custom Bows makes a sweet 56" R/D longbow.I've got one on order.
get a 56" centaur
You will not find a better short longbow then the Shrew Classic Hunter. It's smooth fast accurate, silent and fits your hand like a glove. Both of my bows are 55lbs at 29 inch draws and are the best bows I have ever owned. Won't find a better bowyer then Greg or a finer gentleman then Ron. Top notch boy and guys!
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I had a SanMarco 10 or so years ago and thought a shorter bow was better and sold it. Mistake on my part. Pretty rare to find one these day. Sorry to get off subject.