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HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

Started by Rob DiStefano, September 18, 2013, 09:27:00 PM

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jeffg

#4440
May 05, 2017, 07:25:00 AM
Ok Chuck now that you teased us Where are the pictures.
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Ray Lyon

#4441
May 05, 2017, 12:38:00 PM
OK, HH Bug thread page 296 has no pictures. Should almost be a rule that that can't happen!    ;)
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nineworlds9

#4442
May 05, 2017, 03:14:00 PM
Been at work guys!  Soon!!!
52" Texas Recurve
58" Two Tracks Ogemaw
60" Toelke Chinook
62" Tall Tines Stickflinger
64" Big Jim Mountain Monarch
64" Poison Dart LB
66" Wes Wallace Royal
            
Horse Creek TAC, GA
TBOF

#4443
May 05, 2017, 04:18:00 PM
I would like to see a pic with the bow at full draw.  When someone has a bow that shoots nice for them, I like to see what it looks like in action.

Learner

#4444
May 05, 2017, 04:26:00 PM
I thought that it already WAS a rule: "no pictures, it didn't happen", is what I've read around here!     :)
- Hill Big 5 ASL, 66", 45# @ 27"
- Hill Halfbreed ASL, 66", 45# @ 27"

- Cabela's Warden 62" recurves:
-- 40# @ 28"
-- 50# @ 28"

Proverbs 16:3
"Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established."

Learner

#4445
May 05, 2017, 04:30:00 PM
On another note:

I went to the HHA site yesterday, and they only had ONE pre-built bow for sale.  That put me in a panic, since I want to order another custom one in a couple of months.  I was hoping that they weren't going out of business!

So I called them, and they chuckled at my concern (either Jason or Craig, I think....they were on speaker phone, so I couldn't tell) and said that they have SO many orders right now, that they don't have time to build spares!  That's a good thing for them.

They also told me that their turn around time is very long right now, due to the demand, at 7-8 weeks.
- Hill Big 5 ASL, 66", 45# @ 27"
- Hill Halfbreed ASL, 66", 45# @ 27"

- Cabela's Warden 62" recurves:
-- 40# @ 28"
-- 50# @ 28"

Proverbs 16:3
"Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established."

nineworlds9

#4446
May 05, 2017, 10:10:00 PM
Ok folks, I am delivering as promised!  Here are my initial pics taken indoors of HHA Black Mamba #46!  If you look closely at the second pic you can see the carbon layer under the green glass.  The layers belly to back are:  gray glass, two blonde boo, Cocobolo, two caramel boo, carbon, green glass.  Macassar riser and tip overlays.

 
 
 
 
52" Texas Recurve
58" Two Tracks Ogemaw
60" Toelke Chinook
62" Tall Tines Stickflinger
64" Big Jim Mountain Monarch
64" Poison Dart LB
66" Wes Wallace Royal
            
Horse Creek TAC, GA
TBOF

nineworlds9

#4447
May 05, 2017, 10:12:00 PM
and some more...

I had Allen Shafer @ Tenring Strings make a special color coordinated Fury string for the bow that matches perfectly.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
52" Texas Recurve
58" Two Tracks Ogemaw
60" Toelke Chinook
62" Tall Tines Stickflinger
64" Big Jim Mountain Monarch
64" Poison Dart LB
66" Wes Wallace Royal
            
Horse Creek TAC, GA
TBOF

DesertDude

#4449
May 05, 2017, 11:47:00 PM
sexy
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Learner

#4450
May 06, 2017, 08:42:00 AM
Beautiful, Chuck.  Nice photos, also.

Does it have a little backset?  I understand that is the "normal" way that Craig builds his bows, unless string follow is specifically requested.

So how does it compare performance-wise to your Big 5?

Congratulations!
- Hill Big 5 ASL, 66", 45# @ 27"
- Hill Halfbreed ASL, 66", 45# @ 27"

- Cabela's Warden 62" recurves:
-- 40# @ 28"
-- 50# @ 28"

Proverbs 16:3
"Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established."

nineworlds9

#4451
May 06, 2017, 10:27:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Learner:
Beautiful, Chuck.  Nice photos, also.

Does it have a little backset?  I understand that is the "normal" way that Craig builds his bows, unless string follow is specifically requested.

So how does it compare performance-wise to your Big 5?

Congratulations!
It does have  some backset.  I originally asked Craig to do it in a string follow profile, but I think he may have done a little paternal overruling on my behalf, which I have no problem with since he had something very specific in mind with this edition and the bow shoots perfectly.

The starkest difference between it and my 45@28 Big5 is the measurements on the limbs/tips:

Big5 1 1/8" at the fades, 1/2" at the top nock

Mamba 1" at the fades, 7/16" at top nock

again the Mamba is 55@29 so maybe 7# heavier than the Big5

The limb cross section of the Big5 is also slightly thicker and 4 lams, the Mamba is 6 lams if you count the thin carbon layer and it's not as thick as the Big5 but a heavier bow.  Neat stuff.  

I can't really say that the Mamba is decidedly different in draw feel other than being heavier. Both are butter smooth.  Both shoot great.  The Mamba is quite zippy, and I had Craig cut it as close to center as he was comfortable doing...this is another difference vs the Big5.  Side by side the shelf on the Mamba appears at minimum another 1/2 or more arrow diameter closer to center than the Big5.
52" Texas Recurve
58" Two Tracks Ogemaw
60" Toelke Chinook
62" Tall Tines Stickflinger
64" Big Jim Mountain Monarch
64" Poison Dart LB
66" Wes Wallace Royal
            
Horse Creek TAC, GA
TBOF

Tradcat

#4452
May 06, 2017, 10:41:00 AM
What a beauty !

ron w

#4453
May 06, 2017, 11:14:00 AM
What stunning bow!!!!!
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

DesertDude

#4454
May 06, 2017, 04:39:00 PM
Just traded for a Hill Redman 68" 45@29  clear glass with horn tips and silver whitetail deer inlay. I'll get pictures up later, this will be a perfect bow while i'm recovering from quadruple bypass later this month....
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1978-1998

FITTER

#4455
May 06, 2017, 10:02:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by nineworlds9:
Ok folks, I am delivering as promised!  Here are my initial pics taken indoors of HHA Black Mamba #46!  If you look closely at the second pic you can see the carbon layer under the green glass.  The layers belly to back are:  gray glass, two blonde boo, Cocobolo, two caramel boo, carbon, green glass.  Macassar riser and tip overlays.

 
 
 
   
That is a handsome bow
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matt steed

#4456
May 06, 2017, 11:09:00 PM
Very Very nice.

Looks great. Congratulations.
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jeffg

#4457
May 07, 2017, 10:51:00 AM
Cool.
66" Dave Miller Sage
64" Fox Triple crown
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Scott E. Thomas

#4458
May 09, 2017, 02:31:00 AM
Gorgeous bow. Hey DesertDude, I will keep you in prayer for a great outcome with your surgery. God bless, Scott.
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. Charles Spurgeon

CHENRYIV

#4459
May 09, 2017, 04:34:00 PM
It's been a long Turkey season. On opening morning back on March 25th, I had a pretty nice bird come in on a silent trip and caught me taking a snooze. Since then I've been batting a big ZERO. I called James Berry on my way out to the property last Tuesday, to ask him to take the pin out of the voodoo doll, so I could get a bird to come to me. Well it must have worked, because around 6:15pm this guy came strutting in.  The Magnus Bullhead did the job






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