Say hello to Old Painless MK2

Renegade_Archer

It arrived today. Wont get to shoot it till the weekend though

trig

Its quite nice I have to say. The only PSE bow I've shot is the Intrepid and if its anything like that you'll be laughing. Very solid feeling to the riser and not as harsh as some of the newer Hoyt bows.

One question though, have you put on your limb guages and checked the straightness yet?

Renegade_Archer

Alas, all my archery gear is at home, so have to wait till the weekend to set stuff up

madrab

i gotta ask, how many bows is that now?

Renegade_Archer

Lets see:


1st wooden bow (Junior Royal TD or something) (1997 I think)
2nd wooden bow, heavier limbs(later in 1997 I think)
Samick Pro II(1998)(aka The Bow I Beat Bolger With, the Christmas Cracker)
CarboFast Emerald Star 1(1999, The Pig)
CarboFast Emerald Star 2(2000 - gave it back after a fortnight, The Massive Pig)
Wooden bow that belonged to Colton(shot a 563 portsmouth with it, The Miracle)
Hoyt GM, PSE Wood/Glass Limbs (2000 Junior EuroNations, 573 FITA18 Practise(!), The Grown Up Bow)
Hoyt GM, W&W WinAct Carbon Limbs (2001 Junior EuroNations)
Spig 2001 VBS, W&W WinAct Carbon Limbs(2001, Intervarsities Champion, 2nd National Indoors, 557 Fita18, 1138 Mens FITA etc, Old Painless)
Dal-monte Spiga crack-smoking green riser, Colton's shonky 66" W&W wood/glass limbs(feck all, The Incredible Hulk)(2005)
Spig 2001 VBS, Samick Extreme Limbs(feck all, Older Painless)(2005)
PSE X-Factor, Samick Extreme Limbs(I just strung the thing for the first time, and the whole thing lines up perfectly, yay!)(Yet to be named)


So if you count a bow as a paticular pairing of riser and limbs, thats... 12 bows in 8 years. Jaysus.

madrab

ive had 2 in 10 years

trig

Chalk, meet Cheese.

How is the new riser anyways. Better/worse/different to the Spig?

Renegade_Archer

I like the grip better, but it being a Loesch, Im not suprised at that. Usually light risers piss me off, but this one is well balanced, and jumps out of the hand very nicely. Very stable, feels easy to execute good shots. In short, I'm happy with it. If I could get a Loesch grip for the Spig and I was training more, I'd probably hang onto the Spig as a backup.