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From American flat bow to Hungarian horse bows we have owned or shot them all. Doing a lot of archery means we have shot pretty much everything out there, initially on the English long bow and target scene and then later shooting field courses. Here we review the bows everybody is talking about, but we haven't just shot these things once or twice, most of them we have owned and shot reguarly so can give you a better understanding of what these high performance bows are like to live with.

Bowyers Tools

Beiter Workstation 100
Heritage English Longbow Workshop
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Ryoba-Saw Ryoba Japanese Saw
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English Longbow

Aidrian Hayes Longbow
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Bickerstaff re-enactor 46# Bickerstaff Re Enactment Longbow
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Chris Boyton High Performance Longbow
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Boyton Lem/Hic 45# Chris Boyton Traditional English Longbow 45#@28"
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LBmad_1 Heritage Longbow Group test
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Heritage56#- Heritage Longbows 56#@28" Target Bow
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Lee Ankers 80# Warbow Heritage Longbows 80#@32" Warbow
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Medieval Compound 240#@28"
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Neil Harrington Handle Neil Harrington Longbow 72" 50#@28"
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Nick Toy Classic Longbow 64#@30"
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Re enactor45 Re Enactment Longbow
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Palmer 90 Ron Palmer English Longbow 90#@28"
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Ron Palmer 35@28 Ron Palmer Traditional English Longbow 35#@28"
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Roy-King-ELB-1 Roy King Self Yew Traditional English Longbow 65#@28"
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Long Bows

ACS Short Riser Close Up A&H ACS 12" Short Riser 62" 47#@28"
A&H ACS 1pc A&H ACS CX 1pc 56" 47#@28"
ACS 38 close up A&H ACS CX 3 Pc 38#@28"
ACS 40@28 ST 14inch A&H ACS CX 3pc 40#@28"
ACS 45 A&H ACS CX 64" 45#@28"
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Black Swan Full Bow Black Swan Hybrid 66" 45#@28"
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Bob Lee Riser Close up Bob Lee Signature Elite 62" 55#@28"
Centaur 2pc 62" 45@26"
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Decabow Klassic 72" 48#@28"
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Dick Boss Dick Boss Td 60" 45#@28"
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Falco Legend Flatbow 50#@28"
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Firefly close up Firefly Tx Td 62" 55#@29"
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Critter Getter Side View Great Northern Critter Getter 56" 58#@28"
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Pronghorn 61#@28" Herb Meland Butler Flipper Stick 61#@28"
O L Adcock 2pc-46-29 O L Adcock 2pc 46#@29"
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O L Adcock Riser O L Adcock ACS 64" 43#@28"
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Adcock Riser O.L Adcock ACS 1pc 59# @ 28"
Pronghorn 47#@27 Pronghorn 47#@27"
Grizzly Stik Qarbon Nano Grizzly Stik 51#@28"
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Ragim Wolf Flat Bow Ragim Wolf 60" 40#@28"
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Samick SLB II Side Samick SLB II 69" 35#@28"
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Tomahawk SS Diamond Tomahawk Ss Diamond 64" 45#@28"
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White Wolf White Wolf Red Moon Longhunter S4 50#@28"
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Recurve

Addiction in the Kill Anneewakee Addiction 56" 48#@28"
Bearpaw Scythian Style Horsebow
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Black Swan Recurve part of the Black Swan Modular system
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Black Widow PCH Black Widow PCH 3 47#@28"
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Black Widow Prototype Black Widow PTF II 62" 52#@28"
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Widow 38# Black Widow Sa Iii 3828
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Border Black Douglas 1 Pc 42#@28"
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Black Douglas Riser Border Black Douglas 64# 40@28"
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Hoyt Gamemaster 2 Hoyt Gamemaster 2 45#@28"
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Istvan Toth Mongolian Horse Bow 53" 35#@28"
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Martin Hunter 45#@28"
Martin X200
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Morrison Riser Morrison Cheyenne 48#@28"
Predator Classic 53#@28" by Hunters Niche
RER bows Arroyo 57# @ 26"
Super Necedah 50@28 Shakespeare Super Necedah 50#@28" X 30
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Sythian Horse Bow Steve Ralphs Scythian Horse Bows
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Super Shrew Riser Detail Super Shrew Scout 58" 56#@28"
Supernatural archery Supernatural Vaampyre .... 24-40#@28"
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Archers Review

Steve Nicholson and Andy Gilfrin, are real archers interested in the best archery suppliers have to offer. In our search for the very best bow, arrows and equipment we have shot, used and worn pretty much everything on offer.

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Predator Classic 53#@28" by Hunters Niche

Hunters Niche offer just one bow, the Predator. I make the distinction because there are a whole heap of bows out there in one form or another named Predator. ...Read More

Nick Toy Classic Longbow 64#@30"

I am going to sound like an old codger now ( which of course I am not !!) But..... " in the old days " there was hardly a ...Read More

Border Black Douglas 1 Pc 42#@28"

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Adcock Riser O.L Adcock ACS 1pc 59# @ 28"

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Martin Hunter 45#@28"

I just can't help myself, if I see a bow that I have not yet shot I just have to have it. Well that's not strictly true, ...Read More

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