im starting to look for a new bow and have been leaning tward a longbow. i want the R/D design preferably. with a center shot riser. want the center shot cause i only shoot 45-50lbs and its very hard to find carbon and alum arrows that shoot well from a longbow of that poundage thats not center shot. fast flight compatible would be nice to lol. ;) just need some bowyers so i can start looking without going through them all. i will be keeping my eyes on the bow classifieds. thanks guys
Lots, if you have one custom made most bowyers will get it to center for you and probably cut past center if that is what you want depending on their riser design. Shawn
Check with Sixby.
Look into the Annawaekee Addiction Longbow a smoking 56" r/d bow! My boy shoots one and I am very impressed with it.
Jason at JK Traditions makes his longbows cut to center. My specs are in there with yours and I get great arrow flight with my carbons from my Kanati. High performance string included.
I would venture to say that all of todays R/D longbows are center cut and past.
beeler is center cut and a pretty nice shooter. think most can make you a center shot riser if you request it
I believe most of your more classic looking longbows with narrow/deep core limbs and narrow risers are cut to about 1/16th-1/8th of center in general.Some are center shot
I think you will find most any of the more Moderate to radical R and D bows.Sometimes called hybrids can be cut to center and most are probably?All of mine have been.So it should not be a problem to find one thats center shot second hand.
Most of the more Mild R and D bows I have have had and reflex and straight limb have been cut shy of center.Like Great Northern Critter Gitters,Berrys,Robertson,Liberty etc.
I cut all of my bows 1/8 to 3/16 past center . I will cut wherever a customer wants it though. My onepiece bows are a medium heavy d and r.
There are some really great bowyers on this site so be sure to check them all out.
God bless you, steve
Jim Jones Firefly is cut 3/16th past and is a great shooter.
QuoteOriginally posted by Bjorn:
I would venture to say that all of todays R/D longbows are center cut and past.
Shrews are NOT cut to center.
Hill Country R/D bows are cut 1/8 past center.
Bob Sarrels bows, (Sarrels Archery) are cut to center..
I'll second Jim Jones Firefly bows, I only shoot carbons out of mine. It is cut to center and has a 8 strand D-10 string on it. Easy to tune, fast and quiet. Worth a look.
You could go with a metal or wood ILF riser say from Bob Morrison and a set of acs ilf limbs from Dryad. You can adjust center shot to whatever you want.
QuoteOriginally posted by Shawn Leonard:
Lots, if you have one custom made most bowyers will get it to center for you and probably cut past center if that is what you want depending on their riser design. Shawn
I agree. Alot of bowyers will cut it to or past center upon request.
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Our 3 pc risers are now all cut 3/16 past center. That includes the Epic ILF series and the Orion bolt down bows. The ILF has two longbow limbs available Epic and Legend ACS.
Mike
St. Joe River Bows.
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QuoteOriginally posted by ishoot4thrills:
QuoteOriginally posted by Bjorn:
I would venture to say that all of todays R/D longbows are center cut and past.
Shrews are NOT cut to center. [/b]
They will if you ask. :D
I don't think it's correct to say that all modern R/D bows are cut past center-- some cannot be due to riser design and other factors. I also don't agree that it's hard to get a carbon or aluminum arrow to fly well out of a bow that is not center-shot. You just have to find the right spine and the arrow will fly as it should. I know that the Bob Lee bows are cut past center, and they are good shooters, maybe because of that. I own one now (3 pc longbow) and have owned several over the years. My Pronghorn is also a good shooter, not center shot. One design feature does not make a bow shoot well or not. More often , it is the marriage of the shooter and a particular bow. My 2 cents.
I agree with Susan. I have-had'em cut before center, too center and past center and arrow flight is not an issue here. Some take a little more tinkering with than others but there's an arrow (that shoots great) for very bow.
another 2cents here :thumbsup:
Take a look at Cari-Bow by Abe Penner. His three piece takedown (Silver Fox) is cut past center. Don't know about the various one piece models.
Acadian Woods is another good hybrid (his treestick model). Cut past center actually with a radius shelf. Google him, he makes a beautiful bow.
Thunderstick M.O.A.B. is another very popular model.
Lost Creek bows are cut to center, easy to tune.
Leon Stewart Slammer is cut to center.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but center-cut and center shot are two different things, right?
Center shot, means that the arrow shelf is cut past center, allowing the center of the arrow to be the mid-point, not the shelf as is the case in center-cut.
Which also means that the arrows spine-thickness must be double of the negative shelf cut dimension to get centered correctly. (or less if a strike plate is installed)..
Jim Neaves of Centaur will cut the arrow-shelves past center if Dymondwood or Micarta is the main riser material..
thanks for the replys guys!
Just to clarify-- I think for most people, the meaning and purpose of cutting a bow past center is to achieve center shot, making the tuning process a bit easier and probably correcting the paradox somewhat.
Sorry Mike forgot about your Epic ILF riser for the ACS ILF limbs you make.
cut to center and centershot are different... a bow would have to be cut past center (1/2 the diameter of your arrow )to be centershot...
RedShaft,
One of our newest sponsors, Liberty Bows, cuts his longbows to center, on request.
I'll do it at 7 Lakes (depending on riser wood)but I disagree that finding a arrow shaft that is spined correctly is difficult.
Just got my hill country k2. It is awesome!!!!!!!!