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My favorite longbow

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Bigfoot522

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Many bows are called longbows these days and they just are not.
This is a Best Zenit 25” riser with #52 7.2 longs.
Anodized orange camoed with Mueller sports tape and Lizard skin grip wrap.

My other longbow is an ACS which I wish was one of my old 21st Century's by Jim and Buddy instead.
Not a calloway.

Back to my Zenit, this is a long bow!
 

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That was once known as a hybrid longbow, a longbow to be sure.

Mine looks just like yours! I been holding on to the riser thinking I might make limbs for it someday.
A limb tip broke and I let a bowyer pike them and he ruined them, no charge.

My long bow above identifies as an SR.
 
Phopkins said:
The modern definition of a longbow is that string only touches the limb at the string nock. I'm sure some guys shooting straight Hill style bows might have some reservations about that.
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I was just giving Bigfoot a hard time. But asl guys probably do have different definitions.

josh9284 said:
She be perrrrtyyy! Love the riser
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Yessir. AH ACS made by south cox. We both lived in the same small town in California about 10-11 years ago. Neighbors. He had that wood from up there, redwood Burl. I went to Colorado in August and stopped by his new place. Came across that riser and knew I was going to get it.

Shoots good. 59@29 and 64 inches. It won’t ever leave.
 
Werk said:
I was just giving Bigfoot a hard time. But asl guys probably do have different definitions.


Yessir. AH ACS made by south cox. We both lived in the same small town in California about 10-11 years ago. Neighbors. He had that wood from up there, redwood Burl. I went to Colorado in August and stopped by his new place. Came across that riser and knew I was going to get it.

Shoots good. 59@29 and 64 inches. It won’t ever leave.
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59@29 I bet has great cast out of that bow.
 
Werk said:
I was just giving Bigfoot a hard time. But asl guys probably do have different definitions.


Yessir. AH ACS made by south cox. We both lived in the same small town in California about 10-11 years ago. Neighbors. He had that wood from up there, redwood Burl. I went to Colorado in August and stopped by his new place. Came across that riser and knew I was going to get it.

Shoots good. 59@29 and 64 inches. It won’t ever leave.
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I have a longbow from south and I love it. It has ACS limbs, 60@28, I draw about 27.5 and you are not joking about how they shoot. When I am out shooting at 3d shoots or walk by someone with it In the woods or trailhead it’s like I have a purdy girl with me. Everyone stops and stares and some even ask to hold her which I am ok with because I know who she is going home with at the end of the night.

There is just something about a longbow that makes them ageless. Never saw anyone go out of their way to ask someone about their compound or crossbow let alone ask to touch it… just saying.
 
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