My Little Martin :)

[Boho]

Thanks to Larry Hatfield for getting me these limbs and to Warf for letting me know they existed. :) And to my buddy Chris for giving me the bow. Sweet shooter and a descent looker. Not really any conversion involved but it was challenging for somebody like me. I'll try to post the pics.

[Boho]

More pics.

[tuffshot]

Martin always had a nice wood grip I'll bet it fells good in the hand. Which riser is that?

[Boho]

It's an old Martin Firecat compound riser. I still got the limbs around here somewhere. :)

[Cueball]

I like that Tom. How does she shoot?

....................................Roby.......... ..........................

[Boho]

Thanks Roby. It shoots pretty dog gone good. Not quite as good as Smokey though. But I'm enjoying it.

[the other DWS]

Hey Tom that looks like a cousin to my Hyper-kit'n, the Gazelle riser and some limbs Larry also "found" for me. It's kind of like they are Larry's illegitimate Wraf-children. How long is the f-cat riser and what weight limbs did you wind up with? on the 16" Gazell the 58# (lynx) limbs Larry located for me wind up at 65# more or less. over all its an inch or two longer than a bear KM and will shoot rings around'em
The other DWS

[Boho]

Wayne, The bow ended up coming out at 62" tip to tip and the limbs say 35#@28 but I put them on a scale and they are 45@28 and 50@30. It isn't the best shooting bow I have ever shot but it shoots pretty well. I'm flat tickled to say the least. Oh, the riser is 19 3/8 from center of limb bolt to center of limb bolt.

[the other DWS]

Tom, on mine I found that it really performed better with a little heavier and stiffer arrow than I ouwld normally use. I have several other martins and they also seem to do better with arrows on the heavier side of the range. I give up some sheer velocity but it really smoothed out and the increased weight probably balanced out the KE

[Boho]

I shoot PSE 100's from it now with 100 grain points. Full length. I am gonna try some full length 1918's soon. Just fun to fool around with different stuff. Now to find a good 100 grain broadhead. Thinking about that new Wasp, but that's another topic. ;)

[the other DWS]

Tom, Take a look at the Razorcap, it is a really well-made 3-blade with a neat system of interchangable center shafts. By changing the center shaft you can adjust the weight in 25 grain increments. You can have a head as light as 100 gr, or as heavy as 200 without changing the blade configuration. It looks about like the WenselWoodsman, or a stainless steel screw-in 3to1 ratio Snuffer if you prefer.
I'm thinking about trying them out on a hoghunt later this summer. I'm starting to see them in a lot of local shops and I know that KustomKing carries them (I got mine from them) so I assume most of the other mailorder places do to

[Chris wilson]

That sure is a sweet looking bow. Love the wood grip.

[Boho]

Thanks Chris. She's a good bow for the money I got in her. :)
Wayne, I have thought about the Razorcaps but I think that shooting a bow thats this light,especially a trad bow, I need a smaller cutting broadhead so I won't have to try to cut a big hole. I'm gonna look at a 1 inch diameter max head. For this set up anyway. :shooting:

[the other DWS]

Tom, your comment about the size of the head made me curious, so I went out to the car and got my tackle bag out of the trunk, My razorcaps are in it. They don;t say what the cutting diameter is, so I pushed a head through a piece of paper and laid a quarter on the 3-cornered cut. Each of the cuts extended just a little bit, 1/8 or so past the circle of the quarter. So I'd guess that they are an inch or so cutting diameter--of course that is a 3-blade. I just noticed on the package that they have a website, www.razorcaps.com {edit: according to the website the are 1 1/8" cutting diameter}
Frankly if you want a smaller 2-blade from everything I have heard from a lot of local hunters the Magnus Stinger is an incredible head that way-outperforms it size. broadhead-wise its clearly a "best buy"

[Boho]

Most heads made I think are either 1 1/8 or 1 1/4 cutting diameter. I think that little Wasp is 1 or 1 1/8. It's 100 grains and I just like the looks of it. Blades are thick and should be a tough little head. IMO the Stinger would be the ultimate broadhead if the bleeders were bigger. Just too much like shooting a 2 blade for me. I've lost too many with a 2 blade head. Promised myself I won't ever shoot another deer with a 2 blade.

[Chris wilson]

HMMMM, I've used 2 blade magnus for several years now with great success. I've lost 2 deer in the last 6 seasons. Those deer were lost due to poor shot placement, not the broadhead. I would like to use a good 3 or 4 blade, but I tend to shoot on the lighter side of the poundage spectrum. Have you looked at Phantom broadheads? The "bleeder" blades on those are fairly large, much larger than the standard bleeder blades I normally see.

[Boho]

I'm not gonna say how many I have lost. 1 or 2 was due to a bad shot but I don't shoot unless the deer is inside my zone. Mine were mostly lost due to lack of blood to follow or a lack of direction to follow. I just gave up on 2 bladers a few years ago. Sometimes now I don't even use a broadhead. :shooting:

[Boho]

Looks like I might get to draw blood with the Martin sometime in the next few weeks. I gotta get some 1" broadheads. Any suggestions? :)