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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Dalebow on November 16, 2006, 12:25:00 PM
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Hey you guys/gals that own one how do you like them? Looks like there are lots of options and can be really dressed up. What lenght and weight did you get and what do you think overall?
Thanks
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I love mine. I bought a 60" Vision Falcon (long riser) all Myrtlewood with Bamboo cores (standard w/Vision) and Pronghorn tips. It is the smoothest drawing recurve I have ever shot. Mine is 49#@28 and I'm shooting Beman MFX Classic 500's cut to 28" w/200 gr heads. I draw about 27.5". Quiet too.
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Truly works of art or working art if you will. Mine shoot well, are very smooth and durable. I have 2 vision falcon recurves and 1 longbow. The longbow is scary accurate. It seems to see for me and put the arrow where I'm looking. Top quality folks .
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I have a Vision Falcon IV that is a real rocket fire but I have to shoot a pretty heavy arrow to quiet it down and consequently it slows down. The riser is large and kind of heavy, ebony/bacote.
A peregrine that I may request is buried with me,along with my Dwyer Defiant, what more can I say? And a Mystical that I like to get out a wrestle with. All are very well made pieces of equipment. Rusty
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Dale, you are just full of questions this week :saywhat:
I don't own one, but if I did, it would have Juniper Limb Vaneers...I think I read they are harvested on his ranch. I don't know if that is true, but the ones I have seen have been STUNNING.
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I have a Vision Falcon II 58" short riser on order. Myrtle/Cocobolo riser with Bamboo/Juniper limbs...53#@26in.
Hey Greg how about a pic of that Myrtle?
Chris
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Chris, here you go. It's even prettier up close!
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c92/gpence66/LRV-613robertson.jpg)
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Beauty. I think mine should be ready in March. Anyone else with one on order know or if you just got one how long was the wait?
I'll let you know how mine does up against grizz this spring.
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Wow that myrtlewoos is beautiful!!
Dick emailed me that the wait was about 5 months!
Not bad even if he got behind....
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I ordered mine about 3 weeks ago and that's what Vicki told me...so yeah looks like sometime in March for me.
Chris
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I really like my Robertson Stykbow! I have been shooting a 58" Gozhawk 65#@28" and 60#@28" for two years now. For me it seems to be the perfect fit of grip, mass, length, beauty, speed, and quiet. It does well with 720 gr. arrows off of a flemish twist dacron string, and lighter arrows are even better if speed and flat are priorities. I have a short riser takedown recurve on order right now and I am anxious for its arrival.
Go ahead and get one for yourself. If it's not the one for you it will still have been worth the detour. The Robertsons are great to work with and have been great supporters of bowhunting.
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my robertson is an older one. non ff limbs and made before dick started serializing them. it's the baseline that i use to compared other bows with. mine is 62" 50# @ 28"
i would love to have a new short riser out of cocobolo and bamboo/juniper limbs
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/joevt/Robertsonriserphoto.jpg)
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I'd like to order another one and probably will eventually when I decide to buy another bow. Just for something different, I'm thinking of a 58" short riser this time, which should shoot very similar to my 60" long riser. I'll order the Juniper limbs as well. I think Dick's Juniper is the nicest limb veneer I've ever seen.
I demo'd a Peregrine with Juniper limbs and Cocobolo/Bocote riser a few months ago and when I took it out of the box, my wife said "that's the prettiest bow I've ever seen". She'd never made an [unsolicited] comment about one of my bows before (usually just rolls her eyes)! The picture of the same bow from the website didn't begin to do it justice either.
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Bows N Labs, How did you like the Peregrine?
Eric
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I got a Fusion in June, took 4 months. I would suppose their production slows a little during hunting season, mine would.
Eric
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Wow are very good looking bows on the site. A little too many $ for my taste.
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West, I liked the Peregrine. It didn't draw as smooth as the recurves though. But I like longbows a lot too and thought it might be a good combination of them both. It's a nice bow and I'd like to own one with the connexion t/d system. I was surprised at the performance - it seemed to shoot as hard as my recurve and it was only 2 lbs heavier draw.
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I'd like to reopen this thread with a question which I can't find the answer to after searching what's already available here and on the LW.
Is anyone with a 30+" draw length shooting a Robertson Vision Falcon T/D with the short riser at either 58" or 60"?
I've been considering a test drive, but thought I'd throw it out there and see if there's anyone already doing it. If so, is there any stacking or how do you find the the shorter Vision Falcons at the longer draw lengths?
Thanks for any input.
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58" didn't work very well for me at 29+.
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I've owned 5 or 6 of them. Very nice bows. They draw smoothly, are quiet, and reasonably fast. They can be had as fancy or as plain as you want them. They are, however, on the high end of the high dollar market. If you can afford it, it's one of the best bows out there, IMHO. Paul.
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I can't speak to a 30 inch draw, I have a 28.5 inch draw and a 58 inch bow and have no problem at all, as smooth as can be. I was testing it some today and it is 53@28 and is wisper quiet, I am shooting 11 grains per pound and getting about 163 fps, not a speed deamon but a very shootable bow. I think I am going to order another soon.
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P.S.- I have a fairly long draw (29-29.5"), and I loved the 58" Vision I had, but with the short riser. If it had been 46lbs instead of 56, I would still have it. In fact, other than poundage, I prefered it to the long riser 62" Visions I had. Seemed to be even quieter, and had less shock. I would definitely get the short riser if you go that short, though.
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Thanks very much for your input. I'm falling for this thing and will probably go ahead and do a test drive, it's 60", 51@28 (probably about 56# at my 30" draw length).
I think I'll start a new thread for this question and try to get some additional info.
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Have A vision perigrine and absolutily love the bow,It has the juniper limbs with ebony riser. the bow is such A joy to shoot and too look at.
I must add its one tough bow,it can stop A mountain bike in its tracks, if accidently droped into the front spokes while riding to a hunting spot....
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Just call and ask Yote, he will tell ya all ya need to know. I have owned two and they are great bows, I kind of prefer the longer riser and a shorter working limb, but owned both. I think at your draw that 60"s on the short riser would be about the best ya could do, the 58"er starts to stack and pinch a bit after 29"s, not much but I agree with vermonster. Shawn
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Good grief, Joe. That's a painful testimony to the hardiness of the Robertson bow. Your bow sounds like a beauty. Thanks for sharing.