Help identifying a hunter/recurve

[Raedwald]

It's been suggested that I might get some success inquiring on this forum, so, just wondered if someone could help me identify a one-piece hunter/recurve, and perhaps point out where I might find any relevent info about it.

The Internet has so far been lacking in any information.....

The identification markings on the lower limb say "Eagle" and "Great Lakes" and gives the AMO and # as 60"/45#

The bow is what I'd call "medium" in its wood colour, and looks like it has clear glass laminate (not 100% sure on that).

It was bought new relatively recently, but came with no information.

ALl that considered, it shoots very well/very smoothly.

I've a couple of small pictures which I can post (if that's acceptible).

Any help would be much appreciated.

[d. ward]

I would love to see some pics...maybe we can help ID it...bowdoc

[Raedwald]

Hope these help....

[bbassi]

No help on the ID but I love the design. Real nice profile. It does look like the brace height is really high. Are you sure you have the right length string on it?

[Raedwald]

Thanks.

THe Bracing is one of the issues. Not sure what the brace height should be, but agree it seems high at the moment (just under 9" and the string is fully unwound).

Profiling it (unstrung) against my X-200 (which I have set at 7 1/2" or thereabouts) the grip is cut in about 1/2" further and the reflex/deflex is more pronounced. So I'd have expected it to brace around 8", not 9".

The string supplied with it was 54", which I'd say is a little short for a 60" bow (the X-200 string is 56")

[George D. Stout]

When you take photos of bows, or anything, do not use a white background...it makes the camera misread the light and shuts down the f-stop.  That's why it's so hard to see a bows color or feature on a bright background.  

Here's a better picture...adjusted.  It looks to me like an imported model...Samick/Internature, very much like the Volcano that I had owned.  That may not be the case though since there are bowyers out there everywhere nowadays.

 
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[Raedwald]

Thanks for the photo advice - much appreciated (hopefully the attached shows things a little better). And for the advice so far.

Samick had been put forward as a suggestion, but the markings confused things a little, Don't think it's a Volcano (that's a 58" rather than 60" I think) but it could be something similar "badged" for a supplier.

Regarding the bracing height, I've strung it with the X-200 string (56") and that isn't right. It braces at 7" and the string lays around the limbs. Takes a lot of twists to get up to 8" and it still isn't properly clear of the limbs. I recon the minimum would be 8 1/2" so perhaps 9" isn't actually that far out.

This shows the "unknown" (top) against the X-200 (bottom).



Ahthough the "literal" tip to tip length is the same, the reflex curve on the "unknown" is much greater, giving probably a 2" "straight line tip to tip" difference (if that makes sense!). The riser is also smaller, giving much longer actual limbs.