Hybrid bows

[S.C. Hunter]

What is your hybrid bow of choice for a draw of 29" or longer? Best qualities of that bow would be nice also.

[nineworlds9]

64" Zipper 3 piece with carbon/foam limbs-  quiet, accurate, no stack, just enough mass weight and faaaaaast!

[atatarpm]

Qarbon Nano, no stacking ,no weather problems, tough, dead in the hand, tuneable, and lifetime warrenty, and good people to deal with.

[JohnnyWayne]

64" Bob Lee Takedown with longbow limbs, same reasons as nineworlds listed  

[jeffg]

Pronghorn shots just about anything and where your looking
Very smooth and quite,  fast and very affordable.

[SS Snuffer]

You will hear from alot of Kanait owners!

[katman]

Bigfoot Sasquatch take down. Kirk builds a awesome bow that performs very well. He adjusts butt and tip wedges to maximize the bow for your draw length and a truly custom grip. Smooth to draw and stable on release without handshock.

[ssoden]

Centaur .. 62" is smooth for as far as you would like to pull it    60" is good out to 30"

[Sixby]

Centaur does not fit the definition of a hybrid. It is a d and r longbow; Very good one.
In hybrids I have shot and built a lot of them myself. I loved the origonal Eaglewing hybrid but quit making them as several other bowyers at the time declared them as unstable. Funny thing is none of the owners ever complained about stability and they shot fantastic. They were basicaly the same design as the Aand H is now. Kirks bow , Sasquatch and A and H are my two favorites. Both are blinding fast and pull wonderfully and both are very accurate bows with virtually no handshock at all. like I said A H is like my origonal Eagle Wing in profile, Kirks is a completely different design . You couldn't go wrong either way although the Squatch is my personal choice simply because I know how Kirk really understands fine tillering and timing which is critical in these bows for stability. I would imagine from Bjorns fealty to them that he feels ssme about A and H . I know both are really great to work with and command great respect from their customer base.

God bless, Steve

[Nativestranger]

How do you classify between a hybrid and a RD longbow?

[Sixby]

A hybrid is best destribed as almost a recurve. the string just barely misses hitting the limb. A d and r shows a lot less deflex when strung. Even a heavy d and r shows a lot less reflex when braced. I can make the same limb either a d and r or a hybrid limb simply by putting a fairly long tip wedge in the limb or leaving it out. By doing that I will have a fairly stable hybrid. However if my design is such that it has no tip wedge and forms a hybrid it will generally be less stable verticaly. This means that you can grab the string in the middle and easily move it up and down toward the tips and many times even bring the string clear to the tips by doing that.
A and H eliminates that to a great degree by the cross section making a very stable limb. Kirk by the overall design of the limb. The Sasquatch limb design is IMHO possibly the best Hybrid design ever made. I know that mine is smoking fast, Stable and as shock free as any bow I have ever shot.

God bless you all, Steve

[Orion]

Pretty hard to beat a 3-piece A&H ACS.  With your draw length, I'd recommend a 14-inch riser and 66-inch limbs, or 16-inch riser and 64-inch limbs.  Each makes a 66-inch bow.   Good luck.

[joe vt]

I guess there are different definitions of a 'Hybrid'.....at least for me.  


Kerry,

I have found that the grip of any bow (recurve, longbow, hybrid, D/R, and the such) is almost the single most important thing. It has made or broke the deal with it staying with me.  

As far as drawing 29"; the bow design defines the 'shootability' in comparision to it's length.

There are plenty of bows to choose from in our days; just take a look at the sponors list.

You asked for individuals choices.......here are some of my recommendations.....in no order.

Thunderhorn 3pc
RER LX 3pc
Hummingbird 3pc
Tolke Lynx 3pc
Caribow Peregrine 1pc
Crow Creek Black Feather 3pc
ACS 3pc
Thunderhorn 1pc

[BWD]

58" Kanati draws to 29".
Don't recall the suggested max.draw length on 60" or 62" versions.

[damascusdave]

Originally posted by joe vt:
I guess there are different definitions of a 'Hybrid'.....at least for me.  


Kerry,

I have found that the grip of any bow (recurve, longbow, hybrid, D/R, and the such) is almost the single most important thing. It has made or broke the deal with it staying with me.  

As far as drawing 29"; the bow design defines the 'shootability' in comparision to it's length.

There are plenty of bows to choose from in our days; just take a look at the sponors list.

You asked for individuals choices.......here are some of my recommendations.....in no order.

Thunderhorn 3pc
RER LX 3pc
Hummingbird 3pc
Tolke Lynx 3pc
Caribow Peregrine 1pc
Crow Creek Black Feather 3pc
ACS 3pc
Thunderhorn 1pc

I traded my ACS CX for my RER LXR so I have shot both...both are great bows...the thing is you can buy an LXR with the two sets of limbs for considerably less money than you can get any ACS  CX...my RER has the 62 inch recurve limbs and the 64 inch longbow limbs and I shoot them at 30 inches with absolutely no hint of stacking

[Frenchymanny]

I like my Thunderchilds.
These bows have a 56" length, I draw 27 by my friends (including Drewsbow and the bowyer himself) both draw past 30" with the same length bows



F-Manny
PS. Hopefully the picture will show 640X480 as in Photoshop properties

[T-Bowhunter]

Manny how is the finger pinch on the ThunderChild.

[Leland]

The Dwyer Endeavor is a great bow.
Leland

[Frenchymanny]

William, no finger pinch at all.
It looks comfortable for my friends at 30"++ draw in the same configuration too.

F-Manny

[Shawn Leonard]

I will throw my name in the hat for the RER LXR, I really like the way they perform and can switch out limbs and shoot the grip I like with both LB and recurve limbs. Also for the best mild R/D longbow out there look at 7 Lakes, absolutely silent at the shot and very quick for having such a mild/R/D, although D/R is more the correct term but everyone says R/D. Shawn