After years of using crossbows as back up to other legally hold weapons I got into archery bows about a year ago , my oh and kids have also caught the bug too, so I spent a small fortune kitting us out with compound bows but they are rather obvious when walking around so I wanted something that could pack into a back pack and easily be assembled for use .
After looking for several weeks I found the compact folding survival bow http://www.merlinarchery.co.uk/compact- ... ow-50.html it looks pretty good but was thinking if anyone has got one and what its like to use before I buy one , it folds downs to as small as 26" and has draw weights of 40lb at 26" 45lb at 27" and 50lb at 28"
very nice.. at £120 a reasonable prep, only prob bow hunting is ilegal so would have to make do with targets till the shtf. look at duel survival (all wet) they use a survival bow
An interesting bow, and rather powerful upto 50lb draw. Very light, and folds down to under 2ft..Brilliant. I couldnt justify it myself as I already have a couple of recurve bows. However this seems to tick most of the boxes. Should you obtain one, I would like to hear how you get on with it; including how robust it actually is. As we know there is a great force applied to the limbs, and curious how it holds up.
Hi all, im a relative newby to prepping and this forum, searching for this particular bow brought me here! i now own one of these and its a great peice of kit, its not going to win me any tournaments but for what its designed for its just the job! having acess to a field target club with targets from 5 yards to 70 yards has given me a chance to put this bow through its paces, using an easton powerflight arrow at 28" in a 500 spine i can hit the majority of the targets out there, not allways with my first shot! grouping on a field target paper face of a deer i can group all six of my arrows within the vitals at 20 yards. Hope this mini review is of use to you.
Halfrodo wrote:Hi all, im a relative newby to prepping and this forum, searching for this particular bow brought me here! i now own one of these and its a great peice of kit, its not going to win me any tournaments but for what its designed for its just the job! having acess to a field target club with targets from 5 yards to 70 yards has given me a chance to put this bow through its paces, using an easton powerflight arrow at 28" in a 500 spine i can hit the majority of the targets out there, not allways with my first shot! grouping on a field target paper face of a deer i can group all six of my arrows within the vitals at 20 yards. Hope this mini review is of use to you.
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Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
Exactly a Mr Bowman says, go for a takedown recurve, you can find plenty of ilf risers & limbs on Evilbay, probably much better quality. Just get a string or two, some of the cheap fibreglass arrows & you're away, for about the same money
Slightly off topic but maybe some of you will find the link as interesting as I did. While looking for traditional bows I came across 'The Ancient Silver Arrow' competition. If I become skilled enough with my bow I would love to enter a competition. I'm not particular fond of Olympic Archery due to their restrictions on bows. The Ancient Silver Arrow use traditional longbows, although recurve bows are accepted and has been going for over 300 years! Just thought I would share with you guys. I am going to consider joining the competition over the next year or two.
