Becoming more intrigued with bows with rear mounted limbs.
I'd be interested in any input about pros or cons of such a set-up.
Have always wondered about rear mounted limbs myself.....
I had a lovely Habu V'kahn for a while. My take is that the rear mounted limb/forward riser setup is supposed to be less prone to torque/ unwanted input to the riser, I.e. more forgiving, and allows for a higher brace height without excessive preload on the limbs...and I must say it was an extremely accurate bow. Also, it allows a friendlier/smoother draw for a shorter length bow.
Black Widow has tried it.......it may catch on!! :dunno:
I will say that while the V'kahn was an extremely accurate bow and pleasant to shoot, I just didnt end up liking the configuration enough to make it a keeper. Call me old school but I preferred my Stewart Slammer 3pc. I think the main reason its been catching on such as in Timberghosts or HC Bobcats etc is that like I said the design gives those forgiving qualities to a short bow which can otherwise be hard to shoot.
Eagle Wing and Sasquatch both make belly mounts and are sponsors here. There may be others; those are the two I know about. :campfire:
Has there ever been a rear mounted limb ILF design?
I am a believer in rear mounted limbs for various reasons. My next custom bow will be an Eagle Wing. Maybe Sixby and Kirk will chime in on this thread. Both are great fellers and fantastic bowyers.
Friend
Holy smokes-now that's a rack! Is there a story and pics someplace?
Bjorn.....Thank you!
Thread is titled "Friend is in New Zealand!"
Brutha Steve (Sixby)builds a lot of belly mount bows, but i've never got into building them myself.
I can say that i love the one Steve built for me.
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Rainy Day Bows
I to have a Vyperkahn from Habu bows. It's the easiest bow to shoot accurately w/ that I ever owned or shot. Bow shoots extremely hard. My 63lbs @28'' VK requires a 2219 w/ a 125gr point to bareshaft tune.
Thanks fellas! Appreciate the input!
Anyone else have good (or unpleasant) experience with belly mounted limb set-up?
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Originally posted by ron w:
Black Widow has tried it.......it may catch on!! :clapper:
I had a Black Widow model MAB takedown back in the '90s. I killed my first trad buck and trad doe with it. Great bows, as if nobody knew that!
Nowadays, I prefer the lighter weight, one piece bows.
I have shot my that are available and seem to always go back to them.
TimberGhost is a great bow with the rear mounted limbs. I really like the way a rear mount feels and looks.
No cons except riser design for looks. you are limited by having to have the bolt close to the front of the riser end. This makes the appearance thick looking.
I have a new limb developed called the Steppe Eagle that will give you a foreward riser with either top mount or belly mount and still shoot the same. The key is shootability and control that a foreward riser position has over a (conventional) top mount riser ./ Thankfully I am anything but conventional. (grin)
I just finished two bows ., One with a top mount and one with a belly mount. I cannot tell the difference in how they shoot. Both are elk antler bows and physical weight ect is very close.
In a case like this it is completely a matter of the look that you like.
God bless, Steve
Love my Hill Country Wildcat. I was put off by the looks at first and then I got one. Now I just smile as the arrows go exactly where I look. Only drawback/ benefit is the weight. The only other bows I have are 1 piece longbows. It gets a little heavy sometimes. On a sidenote I draw 31" and mine is 62" and its smooth all the way. Most other bows I have shot stack an inch or two before my face.
QuoteOriginally posted by Big Ed:
I have shot pretty much all that are available and seem to always go back to them.
have been shooting rear mounted bows for over twenty years, I love them. I do hear some say that they feel they are too heavy but I like the mass weight in the riser. The VyperKhans I now have are lighter than the older recurves I used to shoot.
I like them. I'm mostly a Habu shooter. I've got a Vyperkhan and I love it, but I still love my old Habu recurve. The only thing I like better about the old recurve is the mass weight is higher. I want the mass weight to be as heavy as possible (within reason) I shoot heavy mass weight bows better. I'd like to find a recurve that weighs 6 or 7 pounds if I could. But then again 99.9 percent of my hunting is done out of a treestand. If I were elk hunting I would not want anything that heavy, but I just notice a drop in accuracy for me if I use lighter weight bows.
I really don't have any experience outside of belly limbs bows so I am not qualified to compare them against any other type. I can, however, say that for nearly 40 years of shooting widows that they have served me well. I just ordered new PSA to replace my 18 year old SA that has been around the world with me.
Y'all don't forget the Hill styles too. My JD Berry Morningstar.....quick, quiet, forgiving, and gorgeous.
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Nor the Taipan from JD Berry,
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Well, I gotta say it's a look that has grown on me.... My Jack Kempf Kwyk Styk is now glued up and I'll finally get it next month. I've owned one briefly in the past and found it very forgiving and easy to shoot. Really, I would expect any forward riser design to be that way.
Come on Bob! Go for it!
I gave you my 2 cents on 'em the other day. You'll like it. LOL
I don't know of any negstives. I enjoyed the Habu I had very much. I would simply decide if you like how they look Bob. If you do, just do it. If you don't, oh well.
I make them for a hobby, nowhere near what Sixby does with wood and glass, but I'm proud of my feeble attempts nonetheless. I love the belly mount limbs bc the bow when balanced seems to want to point to target. The weight forward design really lends itself to stability at full draw.
Dave
I've owned a Stillwaters Aberdeen, belly-mount recurve. Beautiful, great-shooting bow.
As of right now, "reverse-riser" bows are all I'm interested in. Timberghost, Eagle Wing, Java Man, just to name a few.
homebru
When I talked to Toby at Black Widow about this very subject he said the reason they build their bows with belly mounts is that with their limb designs they find that a forward riser reduces the chance of torquing the bow by nearly 50%.