Picked Up a Nice Bill Stewart MCTD Recurve/Longbow

[WildmanSC]

I've sold and shipped the 68", 60#@28" MCTD longbow limbs.  And I've purchased a set of 66", 47#@28" MCTD longbow limbs.  I shot the bow with the limbs several weeks ago.  They, too, love the Alaska Bowhunting Supply Grizzly Stik Sitka arrows.  This is going to be a great shooting bow for hunting and 3-D.

Bill

[WildmanSC]

I haven't posted on this thread in about 7 weeks.  In the interim, I've received the 66", 47#@28 longbow limbs, shipped the riser and recurve and longbow limbs to Chuck at Two Tracks.  Chuck sealed the crack on the lower limb of the recurve set of limbs, installed Black Micarta limb bolt pads on both sets of limbs and refinished the limbs.  I received the limbs last week and shot both sets last Saturday at The Archery Shop.

I'm shooting my 29" BOP Alaska Bowhunting Supply Grizzlystik Sitka arrows out of both sets of limbs.  The 62", 45#@28" recurve are quite fast, dead in the hand and quiet.  The 66", 47#@28" longbow limbs aren't quite as fast as the recurve limbs, are super smooth, ultra quiet and more accurate shooting for me on a consistent basis.

I might note that I have put any silencing material on the limbs as of yet and they both are quiet, the longbow limbs even more so than the recurve limbs.

Chuck,

Thanks for the excellent craftsmanship you did on the limbs!                

Bill

[2treks]

You are more than welcome Bill, I really enjoyed working on the bow as it was my first multi-cam. I echo what you say, smooth,quiet and pretty darn fast for a mid-40's bow. That little project was nearly respnsible for me picking up a Stewart MCTD this past weekend. They are nice shooting bows.
Thanks again Bill,
Chuck

[joe skipp]

Couldn't resist Bill....my original 56". I had the riser darkened to offset the Yew limbs. 58# at 27", built in '93. Many deer have fallen to this bow.

[JV Rooster]

Not to change the subject but just wondering how does roy coursey's recurve shoot? I have one of his Elpuma's and its a great longbow.

[2treks]

Bill Had one but it grew to heavy I think, I will bump this up so he can see it.

[WildmanSC]

I had one built by Roy.  It was too heavy for me at 53#@28".  I also had a 56", 53#@28" MCTD built by Mr. Stewart.  They were both great shooting bows, just too heavy for my old shoulders.

Joe,

That's a sharp looking bow.  I may have to sand my riser down and stain it.

Bill

[Bill Kissner]

Wildman. I believe you might be mistaken about Bill passing away. I am in my camp in Colorado and a friend from Aztec,NM has a cabin nearby. We were just talking about Mister Stewart a few days ago. He is living in Aztec and goes to the same church as my friend.

[WildmanSC]

Mr. Kissner,

No sir, Bill Stewart the bowyer did pass away at least 4 or 5 years ago.  His website is still active, however, the links are inactive.  His son ran the business long enough to ship out bows and/or complete and ship out bows for customers in waiting at the time of his passing away.  Mr. Stewart lived in Yakima, WA.

Bill

[WildmanSC]

Mr. Kissner,

Go to the following thread and you will see that Mr. Stewart the bowyer did pass away.

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=052523#000000

Go to the following link and you can see his old website.

http://www.w4wc.org/bill_stewart/home.htm

Bill

[WildmanSC]

Mr. Kissner,

You have a PM.

Bill

[WildmanSC]

Below is a link to a thread containing some pics of the MCTD Roy Coursey of Cook's Mountain Archery built for me.  Now that I re-read the thread I don't know why I got rid of that bow.  It wasn't 53#@28", it was 49#@28".  The only way it could have been better for me is if I had Roy build it 62" and 45-47#@28".  It was surely a beautiful and great shooting bow.

http://***********.bowsite.com/TF/lw/thread2.cfm?threadid=160226&category=88#1947762

Bill

[Bill Kissner]

Thanks for the information Wildman. I am mistaken. I will talk again with my friend from Aztec this coming weekend. He was telling earlier me about A Bill Stewart that lived in his town that used to be a bowyer. I just assumed it was THE Bill Stewart. Sorry for the misinformation.

[WildmanSC]

I took my 62", 45#@28" Stewart MCTD recurve to The Archery Shop today and shot it through the chrony.  It shot my 485 gr Grizzlystik Sitka arrows at an average of 177 fps. That's not too bad for 10.8 gpp arrows at my 28" draw length.

Bill