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Title: New to me zipper longbow!!!!
Post by: Matthew Bolton on September 21, 2011, 02:58:00 PM
(http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i433/matthewbolton1/Mobile%20Uploads/0921111414.jpg)

(http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i433/matthewbolton1/Mobile%20Uploads/0921111414a.jpg)

Just wanted to show off my new to me Zipper. I was looking around the big auction site and ran across this little gem. 62 inches and 55lb at 28 inches which come to 56 or 57 lb at my draw. The wood is cocobolo and zebrawood in the riser(which is an SXT) and the limbs are curly maple. This bow is SWEET!   :bigsmyl:
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Post by: joe ashton on September 21, 2011, 03:18:00 PM
she is a beauty.  A real widow maker...
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Post by: Longbowlogan on September 21, 2011, 03:19:00 PM
SEXY!
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Post by: RLA on September 21, 2011, 04:16:00 PM
Pretty Bow! & those Zipper flat shoot!

Congrats
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Post by: Friend on September 21, 2011, 04:43:00 PM
Quite nice looking bow and excellent shooters also.
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Post by: Jwilliam on September 21, 2011, 04:49:00 PM
You can't beat a Zipper.   :thumbsup:    Great buy !!!   :clapper:


Bill
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Post by: 1/4 away on September 21, 2011, 04:58:00 PM
Very nice! Congrats on a great find.
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Post by: Gen273 on September 21, 2011, 04:58:00 PM
Congrats!!! That is a great looking bow! You have to love a Zipper!!!
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Post by: emt137 on September 21, 2011, 06:26:00 PM
I'm a sucker for curly maple....
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Post by: JimL on September 21, 2011, 07:04:00 PM
What a nice looking bow.  I would be showing it off too.
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Post by: Sirius Black on September 21, 2011, 07:38:00 PM
Very nice bow! I'm a bit of a sucker for cocobolo.  :wavey:
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Post by: DannyBows on September 21, 2011, 07:48:00 PM
Very Nice!    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Bernie B. on September 21, 2011, 07:50:00 PM
Great looking bow!  I like the wood choices.

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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Post by: billy shipp on September 21, 2011, 08:43:00 PM
I've yet to see an ugly Zipper, but that is one of the prettiest I've seen.  :clapper:
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Post by: Claym on September 21, 2011, 09:08:00 PM
Man that is one nice looking bow!    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Matthew Bolton on September 21, 2011, 09:35:00 PM
Most of the time my luck is absolute garbage but it finally turned out right. It doesn't seem right that i got this bow today and can shoot it as good if not better than my Pearson hunter i have been shooting for 2 years. I reckon its just one of those bows.
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on September 21, 2011, 09:40:00 PM
Fantastic bows, congrats.
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Post by: LimBender on September 21, 2011, 09:42:00 PM
Can't believe that was on the big auction site!  Good luck, it is an easy bow to get dialed in.  Check the website for brace height info if you need it.
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Post by: Matthew Bolton on September 21, 2011, 09:54:00 PM
I do have one question about it. I have always read that if you nock an arrow and it sits straight on the shelf when the string is lined up on it the limbs aren't twisted. This bow does that but for some reason on this bow the string doesn't look like it directly sits over the middle of the limbs on both sides. The bow shoots fine and i strung it with a recurve stringer. Are the limbs twisted?
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Post by: LimBender on September 21, 2011, 10:07:00 PM
Can you take a picture of what looks like it isn't centered?
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Post by: ti-guy on September 21, 2011, 10:17:00 PM
Nice bow!
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Post by: Matthew Bolton on September 21, 2011, 10:32:00 PM
first pic is top limb second pic is bottom limb and the 3rd is a picture of the arrow sitting straight on the shelf like i alway read it should go. On the arrow pic it may look a bit off to the side because i was trying to take a cell phone picture while avoiding slamming the limb of the bow into my ceiling fan.
(http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i433/matthewbolton1/Mobile%20Uploads/0921112222.jpg)
(http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i433/matthewbolton1/Mobile%20Uploads/0921112223.jpg)
(http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i433/matthewbolton1/Mobile%20Uploads/0921112224.jpg)
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Post by: Matthew Bolton on September 21, 2011, 10:33:00 PM
It may be a bit exagerated due to the fact of me trying to avoid the fan and take a cell phone pic for all of the pictures not just the last.
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Post by: Matthew Bolton on September 22, 2011, 05:46:00 PM
Does anyone know why it looks that way?
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Post by: LimBender on September 22, 2011, 05:53:00 PM
I would ask Bill at Zipper.  You can pm him, he is a user here with the handle Zipper Bowss
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Post by: Matthew Bolton on September 22, 2011, 10:47:00 PM
Well found the problem...had the limbs on upside down.
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Post by: Over&Under on September 22, 2011, 11:00:00 PM
Great find for sure!  A beauty and if its a zipper it is definitely a shooter.
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Post by: cacciatore on September 23, 2011, 10:11:00 AM
The Zipper SXT are some of the best bow you can have.