The best or what? i only have a late model pit viper right now but it still shoots GREAT and it wasnt even made for me and its heavy poundage and about 4" to short for me. Ive shot newer ones and O MY GOSH, shoots way better than any widow ive ever laid my hands on, im proud to say i have a taipan accuracy coming and a rennasaince to follow shortly after ;) let me what you think about berry bows
They are some very nice bows. Works of art.
I like em... The vixen is next on my list
most definetly works of art, i dont think anybody puts as much craftsmanship in their bows as james does. and also i didnt know this until a couple weeks ago but did yall know that james is the one that invented trapezoided limbs? that was pretty much revolutionary for trad bows when trap'd limbs started came out. and then guess what happened? shortly after this black widow came out with trap'd limbs but they did it on the other side of their limbs :nono: and one more thing, i was talking to james the other day and he said he's never owned a black widow bow but the head person of black widows (i dont remember the name) has ordered james' bows before :D
I had one of his recurves and I just didn't care for it at all.
My friend has had 3 of his longbows and likes them. The last one he had was the rennasaince and he had it hanging in his garage by the string. It fell on the bow tip and broke the limb. One of his others was an older viper I think and it blew up on him as he pulled it back. It gave him a warning a few days earlier it made a slight cracking noise.
He should be on anybodys list of the top 10 bowyers.James made some kids bows for me that are being shot and treasured by a new generation of young archers .one of my most memorable hunts was w a jd berry bow.
I usually shoot mod 60s for hunting and i just recently started started shooting low 50s for 3D.. I cant believe how much cast the berry bows have for their weight.
James makes some awesome looking bows. I shot a couple for a few years, but quit after beaking the 3rd one. At one point I had 5 of them.
as far as the recurve goes james doesnt even like them lol, he just makes 1 model of recurve cause alot of people shoot them. im a longbow man myself, and dang ive never heard of em blowin up like that, i have a friend that has had a taipan hes shot almost every single day for over 5 years now and its still one of the best bows ive ever shot. and the cast is absolutely ridiculous lol, i shot an argos that was only 46 or so lbs and it shot on almost a flatline at 40+ yardage. i love em and the performance/craftsmanship is just amazing. james stands by his work too, if somthin happened to one of your bows im sure he'd be willing to help you out any way he could
o yeah and as far as that pit viper goes i dont know if anybody owned your freinds before he did but it could be as old as 30 years, james started making those in the 80's
Love em!Beautiful, fast, quiet, smooth, lightweight. What more could you ask for?
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When i recently called James about ordering a bow he told me i should really order an Argos....he could have tried to sell me on one of his top end bows but he was more concerned with what would fit my needs instead!
That tells you allot about a bowyer!!!
i gotta admitt im kinda partial to em myself lol
i only have 4 er so :) nah in all honesty therye amazing bows. like Midd was saying the cast for poundage is awesome.
They shoot good because of the cricket, they bring good luck.
Its actually a Berry Bug.Thats what the insiders call it,I heard.
Some of the unique and original features of the Berry bows have been incorperated by other bowyers.The arrow inlays and the trapped limbs.They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Very elegant bows for sure!
thats a pretty bow! viper right? and yeah james is definetely all about selling a bow thats gonna make you happy, not hurt ur wallet lol. and you just wait shawn, im workin on my collection, it will b amazing one day. and by the way its a roach on the bow lol, jus thought id let you know :p
I have 3 JD Berry longbows-Renaissance, Yahewa, Taipan (James told me he thinks it was it was his first Taipan). It's hard to find a better shooting bow!!!!