Does anyone use one of those trad adapters to mount a AMS reel onto a recurve or longbow? I want to put a AMS reel on a Bear grizzly and my sons longbow, his I want to go with the adapter but I'm kind of in the middle of the road on what to do with mine. Do those adapters work good or am I better off with inserts?

Never tried the adapter.  I used the inserts, clean looking but they are permanant and some people can't bring themselves to drill holes in their bow.

I tried mounting one on an old 76er.  I could not get it to mount up very good. I then put in on a PSE Coyote and it works great.

I use an adaptor on my Howatt Hunter. Never had a problem with it.



Bill

I use the adapter on my Bingham kit longbow...works great!!! Pull those straps nice and snug, you'll be fine.

the adapter works great used it on two longbows and works great

Use the adapter it works great! Shawn

Thanks guy's    I'm going to buy one for me and one for Joe.

Here is mine on a 76er.

Nice    now I have to work on a boat.

I think it works the best to have the inserts in the bow.

But if you don't want to drill holes in your bow the adapter works great.

I used the adaptor last summer and it worked well.  My only gripe is that it holds the reel out from the riser a bit more than I liked and thus I had to reach out with my finger more to engage the lever to reel in.  Plus, depending on your bow the rubber straps can impede your sight window.  This fall I put the brass inserts in that 3 Rivers sells and it's much more comfortable to use now

Never had any problems with the adaptor on my bear super kodiak

Dale,  If the trigger for the retriever is too far away take acouple pliers or vise-grips and bend the bottom part towards the bow a little. You can also put a small piece of pvc tubing on the trigger for an extension.