Is Black Widow Woth The Price ????
#21
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
Posts: 15,296
RE: Is Black Widow Woth The Price ????
Mind, did you ever shoot one of the old style longbows? Not a lot of mass, andat least one of theone-piece recurves didn't have much either. I had one of the recurves with a smaller riser--it wasn't shocky though. The two longbows I shot--both older models--rattled me to the bones. One was only 40-45# at my draw, and even with 600+ grain arrows it jarred my teeth. The fellow that owned it was no beginner--he's been shooting longer than I've been alive, and knows how to tune a bow. He didn't keep it long.
Again though, with the recurves I think it was a fluke--I've shot a lot of them, and none were bad with shock. And most people I've talked to say the new longbows are a big improvement over the old ones, especially in the hand shock department.
Chad
Again though, with the recurves I think it was a fluke--I've shot a lot of them, and none were bad with shock. And most people I've talked to say the new longbows are a big improvement over the old ones, especially in the hand shock department.
Chad
#22
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 597
RE: Is Black Widow Woth The Price ????
no, I though he was talking recurve Widows instead of the longbows
I suppose the SAG and those short 50's style recurves Widow makes/made could be less mass and shocky ......... I'm stuck on the SA and MA riser styles as the template for all Widows to be talked about I suppose.
I suppose the SAG and those short 50's style recurves Widow makes/made could be less mass and shocky ......... I'm stuck on the SA and MA riser styles as the template for all Widows to be talked about I suppose.
#23
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hopkinsville, Ky USA
Posts: 811
RE: Is Black Widow Woth The Price ????
Odd...I've owned 2 BW LAG's (the older model longbow), have shot prolly a dozen or so others, & there was no notable handshock in any of em. They weren't great performing bows, & the grip didn't fit me too good, so that's prolly a couple reasons why I don't still have em. A budd of mine shot an LAG (75# @ 28") for several yrs &won the Ky IBO State Championship 3 years running w/it. About the same time I had a run of wins at the same shoot in the recurve division w/my MA II. We both killed lots of game w/our BW'stoo, so I reckon you could say that BW bows have been very very good to us two yahoos.
Maybe my history w/ BW bows is partly why they'll always be very dear to me.
Maybe my history w/ BW bows is partly why they'll always be very dear to me.
#24
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
Posts: 15,296
RE: Is Black Widow Woth The Price ????
No idea Vic--with my luck, it's possible I got ahold of two "lemons". I never even wanted to shoot another one--my elbow just won't tolerate much hand shock anymore--even a few shots from a shocky bow gets it sore now(gettin old I reckon). One of them was 40-45 at my draw, theother was 65-70 at my draw, same arrows, and I honestly don't know that the light one wasn't worse. Kind of a moot point, since the design changed--just trying to figure it out.
Chad
Chad
#25
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Inverness, MS
Posts: 3,982
RE: Is Black Widow Woth The Price ????
I didn't care for the broomstick handle in my PLX..... I'm sure there are different grip designs, but that one was horrible.... I also noticed a tad bit of hand shock.. Nothing big, but definitely more than my Schafer and Adcock, both of which are similar weights, etc....
Don't get me wrong, it's a great bow.... Just wasn't for me...... Of course I'm shooting a new bow every week, so my input is basically meaningless
Don't get me wrong, it's a great bow.... Just wasn't for me...... Of course I'm shooting a new bow every week, so my input is basically meaningless
#30
Join Date: Apr 2006
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RE: Is Black Widow Woth The Price ????
Gregory, Black widow has been a greatcompany(BUSINESS) to deal with,for me anyway(Very Professional)a few could learn,Sure you will be pleased.Good Luck on your testing ,let us know how you make out!