For those watching and considering this bow. I'm writing three years after this video was made. I've owned the 45 pound model of this for three weeks, approaching a month. I've put in an hour a day with it over that time, barring weather. Mine measured spot on at 45 pounds. I did it twice and I got exactly 45 each time. I was shooting a forty pound, 62 inch take down recurve prior to this. That extra five pounds isn't noticeable shot to shot. You notice it in how exhausted you are after an hour of range time. You can't grip this like a recurve. A longbow grip, similar to holding a hammer is much more effective. Folks with big hands are probably not gonna like this bow, the handle is pretty short. For reference, I'm five foot, ten, with a 27 inch draw. I consider my hands average for my size. Any smaller and I'd be complaining about the grip. It will take some adjustment if you're used to a recurve, but not much and the benefits in terms of size and weight easily outweigh an afternoon of figuring it out in my opinion. In terms of feel of draw and release, I kinda like the smooth continuous pull and authoritative release of a recurve. The pull on this is different somehow, I don't know how to describe it. Not something you can't adapt to, but something you will have to adjust too. The release is underwhelming. Just a quiet twang and not a lot of shock, just a thump and a shaft sticking out of the target. So not as much fun on the range, but definitely the qualities you want for hunting. Quiet and maneuverable. I don't get branches and leaves stuck under the string at the tips like I do with a recurve. That's true for any longbow/deflex/deflex-reflex where the string doesn't rest on the back of the limb. That alone saves a lot of frustration in my experience. I did ask and this will accept fast flight. The stock string is a 14 strand B55. The loop ends are wrapped for durability. The serving area is adequate. Not the smallest I've seen, but I prefer a good inch above the knock point and three or more below what it has. That said, once I got my technique dialed, I found i wasn't hitting my bracer nearly as much. So it probably doesn't matter as much.
The English longbowmen had skeletal changes from drawing those extremely heavy longbow, like literally they could tell by skeleton if they were professional archers or not
I'm most convinced by the small-game/archery practice argument. You won't sink these into the ground and make them unrecoverable. They go through and bounce off the surface of the soil or trees.
Hey Jack, I'm also from Canada and I was wondering if you ever had any issues with shipping from Alibow or AF Archery? If so, curious which one has a better experience or better shipping costs? Thanks!
I’ve had some issues with quality but I’m also fortunate enough to be a RU-vidr for them to care to send one if damaged. I’m not sure if a normal customer has that leverage
@@HistoricalWeapons 😜very cool thanks for sharing, I’d only ever seen poor illustrations in books, and they just looked like fire works, the gun you’re showing, looks like a weapon.
Yeah, you know what other problems the armor had? NOT BEING ABLE TO WITHSTAND BULLETS! No matter how old the gun is, if it shoots little pieces of metal SUUUUUUUUUUPER faster then they don't need to aim for the face......................
@@HistoricalWeapons Reaaaaaaaaaaalllly doesn't matter when you're using bits of shrapnel to Maime your enemies at range. Anyone who knows weapons would know that which makes it rather sad that you don't. Do you need history lessons on firearms? I can look a few up for you since you clearly don't know what you are talking about when it comes to guns. Even early ones.
I can’t imagine how horrifying it had to be for the dudes in battle hearing gunpowder explode for the first time and then seeing whatever the hell got fired at them lol
This video also shows another combat advantage of such behemoths. When the arrow shatters on impact, the schrapnel is able to deal additional damage. Also, this prevents the enemy from reusing your arrows against you.
You mentioned some atlatl being used as a melee weapon. Do you have a source for that? I couldn't really find a source and most atlatl pictures I saw where really skinny.
Watched most of the video before I realized what I was seeing. You shoot left handed. I was trying to figure out how you were shooting like you were until I wrapped my head around it. Another thing you must have some serious calluses on your fingers to shoot without a glove.
