striker bows anyone

flightmedic · January 22, 2007, 05:34:00 PM

considering a striker bow, and a tomahawk woodland hunter and am strugling on which one to buy i like to suport the local guy but am unsure, so if anybody can give me some feedback on striker bows.

rabbitman · January 22, 2007, 07:13:00 PM

I shoot Striker bows and I believe they are as good as any bow out there. Where you located in Ohio? You can go to the Striker shop and shoot all his different models.

cjones · January 22, 2007, 11:25:00 PM

The ones i have shot were very well made and had good speed. I would have one of Rick's t/d longbows if i didn't love my zippers so much.

Panzer I · January 23, 2007, 05:15:00 AM

I shoot a 49# Striker "Stinger" Longbow and it shoots great. Rick is a good guy to deal with aswell.

barebow · January 23, 2007, 05:26:00 AM

I have a Striker SlapStik bow. I love it! The bow shoots very smooth, quiet and fast. Rick is a very talented bowyer and is great to do business with. You can get contact information and see the events he will be attending from his web site at http://www.strikerbows.com

LBOW · January 23, 2007, 05:42:00 AM

You can't beat a striker Rick and Julie are great people. I have two of Ricks bows a 66" long bow and a T/D long bow. Rick is trully a custom bowery he will custom build and fit a bow to your satisfaction.

Joe Subler · January 23, 2007, 06:22:00 PM

Flight, not sure where you are coming from but if you'd like to take a run up to Striker maybe we could get a couple of guys (Dick??) together for a cup of coffee and a drive up north (I live in Dayton). Dick has been telling me how good the bows are and I'd like to drive up myself.

Joe

flightmedic · January 23, 2007, 06:46:00 PM

i went down and met rick today, i am sold a super nice guy and makes a quality product, i shot multiple bows today, and spent a couple hours with him, and placed a order today, good turn around time to boot, and even helped me with some form issues, guys check out this boyer, you wont be disapointed and he stands behind his product, class act

Terry Green · January 23, 2007, 06:50:00 PM

I'm going to get the oportunity to shoot one soon.....looking forward to it.

rabbitman · January 23, 2007, 06:57:00 PM

Joe...Anytime except this weekend. Rick's going to be set up at the Kzoo show.

Joe Subler · January 23, 2007, 09:05:00 PM

Dick,
I'll give you a yell in a couple of weeks.

Joe

Harry J Truman · January 24, 2007, 12:25:00 PM

I am with everyone on this one. A fine lineup of bows and you cant find a better person to deal with.

pacopperhead · February 14, 2009, 08:38:00 AM

i thought rick was great also and purchased a stinger t/d to start traditional archery

JoeM · February 14, 2009, 10:42:00 AM

I shoot a Striker Select. The two things I like the most is the grip and lack of hand shock. Rick is a hell of a nice guy I met him last year at Harrisburg and purchased mine. Joe

DngrsDan · February 14, 2009, 11:22:00 AM

For my .02 worth-when I met with some of the guys in here to try out some different longbows I had a chance to shoot a striker that was 42#. I was surprised at the speed it fired an arrow out.

darb · February 14, 2009, 01:38:00 PM

I bought a used slapstick, 56" #58 @ 28 off a guy from the LW and love it. I recently shot every hybrid LB at the KZOO show I could lay my hands on just to see if there was something that I liked better. While there were several that looked prettier and that I would gladly own, I can say that (IMO) there wasn't anything that outperformed it. It is ABSOLUTELY dead in your hand and seems fast as the others of its design. The best $275 I ever spent!
Brad

Mojostick · February 14, 2009, 02:05:00 PM

Rick offers not only a great quality product but great qualiity service.
As in any business, you'll find some that are not so pleasant to deal with, many that are pleasant and some that are great to deal with. Rick is one of those who's great to deal with.

There's a few bowyers out there that go above and beyond with service, that come to mind. Rick is one of the greats to deal with. Same with Dan Toelke and JD from Whisperstik.

pacopperhead · February 14, 2009, 02:22:00 PM

good to hear all these great comments from people who own one,im glad to have picked his bow to be my 1st

davidbeidler · February 14, 2009, 03:14:00 PM

I shot Ricks bows at a sportsmans show here in VT. After three shots from Rick's personal bow, a three piece longbow I was hooked. Loved it Wish I could buy one. Rick is very personable I think he would be a great guy to deal with. The bows are very nice to look at also.

Dave

ilarcher · February 14, 2009, 06:12:00 PM

Rick is a great guy to deal with. I ordered a stringer from him last year at the IL deer and turkey classic. I shot every bow he brought with him on saturday evening last year when it was slowing down. After shooting them all I was set on the stringer for my first long bow.

Went back the next day to order one and Rick walked me threw everything because I wasn't totally for sure of what I wanted. Which grip style I wanted, draw weight, which woods to use and so on.

Rick's bows are great, feel great in your hand and are shooters for sure. I can't wait to order another one when the boss will let me.

BTW, I have a 58" stringer,50lbs, with bocote riser and bocote limbs with bamboo upgrade on the limbs and osage stripe in riser and on the limb tips.

I love this bow so much that I have not got my compound out of the case this year since hunting season was over for me.

Rick gets 2 thumbs from me.