ACS and Alpine quivers

[Lefty]

Seen on A&H's webpage, the limbbolt mount system for the Alpine quivers.  Was looking for some feedback if anyone has used one.  I had an Alpine quiver (5 arrow model) on another bow and it seemed very well made.  I really like the quiver.  The only thing I didn't like was with the additional shaft grabber at the bottom of the quiver, it keep the arrows much more parallel to one another, so the feathers didn't spread out so much and I had a heck of a time keepeing them from contacting one another.  I don't use that big of feathers, standard 5" shields.  Any tricks to spread them out any?  With the mounts fitting under the limbs bolts, do you need longer bolts to use?  Thanks!
Chris

[Orion]

I'm not familiar with the Alpine quiver, but I do use an EFA limb bolt quiver on my ACS.  Works great.  The leather covered bracket is a strong 1/8 inch thick.  I did not use longer limb bolts.  If the bracket were any thicker, I would look for longer bolts.

[Pruneemac]

I use the soft lock and love it. I have the rubber part on all my bows plus the holster. I do have both types of quivers the straight and spread. I like the spread better. the 7 arrow has the spread the 5 is straight.

hope that helps

[John Havard]

Chris, I used a modified version of what you're talking about during my moose hunt in Alaska this September.  If you saw the photo of me with that ugly wolverine a while ago you also saw the highly-modified quiver I had on my experimental ACS recurve.

I own and have used about every brand of bow quiver you can name but in my opinion this option is by far the best.  The soft lock feature enables the archer to easily and quietly remove the quiver from the bow if so desired.  It's the way to go IMHO.  The limb bolts we provide should be long enough but we can always get you a couple of longer ones if you want.

[John Havard]

Let me add that 5-arrow model held my 4" 4-fletch sufficiently far apart to prevent them from interfering with one another.

For hunting in the back 40 and not going out all day away from a remote camp (where 4 arrows should be more than sufficient) I sometimes use some of the smaller velcro-attached quivers on my lighter longbows.  But for an all-day hike in remote country I really like the Alpine system.  I especially like the extension I put on my jury-rigged version to hide and protect the fletch.  I covered the molded chicken wire with camo fleece and used camo duct tape to cover the open ends of the fletching shield.  My fletch stayed protected and hidden through some pretty wild brush busting episodes.

[Lefty]

Thanks for the replies everyone!

 John I did see that picture and read the story of your wolverine.  That was great!
 After using an alpine quiver on another bow, I thought that it was about the quietest and most solid mounting quiver I had used.  When I was checking out your site yesterday and saw the adapter, I thought now that is the way to go.  I will go back and check out your picture again and pay closer attention to the quiver.  Thanks!

[foudarme]

the custom mount from A&H doesn't fit the 16" riser, a detail that must be known...

[John Havard]

Actually the mount does fit any length riser - you just need to mount the rubber grippers at a slightly different angle.  But that raises a good point.  One of these days we'll need to make the aluminum mounting tabs for each riser shape/length.