RE: Long Bow Purchase - Which One????
I have shot all three and have owned a chinook and a crusader. Ric anderson is a real class act. He does exceptionally pretty bows with lots of custom touches. I have shot three of his chinooks and they all shot very well. Like LBR mentioned they are not speed demons but they shoot right in the middle of the pack and shoot quiet and smooth and hit where you are looking. I got my chinook in the beginning of my trad shooting and sold it in a fit of insanity. I also have a t/d Crusader and it is probably the best performance wise longbow that I have ever shot. It loses very little to 90% of the recurves out there in the speed department, is very smooth, very quiet, and shoots very consistantly for me. My only complain about my crusader is that being the t/d comes only with black glass on the back, and I happen to HATE black glass. This will be fixed soon though because I am going to put a snake skin on it. Once the snake skin is on it it will be perfect. I also have another crusader on order this one the 1 peice with curly/birdseye maple limbs and cocobolo riser, should be a real looker. I didn't really care for the bob lee stick that I shot because it wasn't very attractive and had a lot of thump in the hand. I would say either the chinook or crusader would be your best bet.