I bought a black hunter as a way to get into traditional archery. As a disabled veteran, unfortunately funds are very limited. I am able to pretty consistently to maintain very respectable groups with the black hunter. I really love Great Plains beautifully crafted bows, they are works of art. I am currently saving to purchase a bow from Great Plains.
Wow I watched this whole video before I realized this was Great Plains bow company. I have a Fleetwood Timber ridge longbow that I’m going to send you at the end of this coming hunting season to be reworked.
Great job man, what a cool idea. If I was back in college 25 years ago and this info / cheap bow was available, I’d of done this in a heartbeat! PS- my DeWalt random orbit sander free-spins. Might as well have a power planer in your hand when she spools up at crazy RPM!
Love these videos! Both a right & left hand black hunter longbow arrive today! (Desire to become an ambidextrous shooter to exercise my back muscles evenly☺️) What is that SANDING BLOCK you use to work in that groove area?
@@randystrand908 thanks for watching! Those are just contoured rubber sanding blocks. You can find them online. I believe they call them teardrop rubber sanding blocks on the Internet
Great stuff here. Love the whole series. You can imagine how much more the Black Hunter would be if this type of fit and tiller check was done. I do have to ask as you’ve used the word a lot, are you saying bezel? I’ve never heard of a benzel with an N. No criticism just not sure what I don’t know. Getting back into archery in my late 50s and have a similar shop(tailored to machine work) so these types of improvements are motivating! Thanks!
Man you are a soild badass at making bows and I love your videos. I do worry for you not wearing a respirator when sanding all that glass. Not to be a Karen about it, but I was always told that glass gets in your lungs and stays there, I could be wrong. Anyway keep up the good work, thanks for the knowledge.
Problem with buying a Black Hunter recurve is now there are two versions made by different companies. The original, also sold as "Mandarin Duck", was made by Junxing and called the F171, the longbow version is the F172. The recurve is 60", black Gordon glass and bamboo core limbs, with pointy phenolic limb tips (the very early ones had a maple core with smaller limb bolts). This bow was so popular another chinese manufacturer(TopArchery) copied the design and made their own even cheaper version of the recurve. It's 58", maple core, unknown glass type and different rounder limb tips. They also put the branding disc in the riser and sometimes use 2 limb locator pins for each limb, Junxing have never done either of those things.
Hi Shane, Have a 3 pieces take down long bow and when it is strung up, I could see there is a slight gap where the riser and limb meet. Probably 1/2mm. None of my other take down has that. It doesnt make noise or anything. Should it be a concern? If so, what would you recommend to correct that? Thank you for making these videos.
@@CharlesSwartz-h5s you really don't want to make them shorter. You can get them at 58" and that's plenty short. If you shorten them you'll make em stack and lose performance. A reworked Black Hunter is gonna run you around $400 with shipping included
@@greatplainsbow I can't do 400 for one wife gave me a budget I'm aloud to spend 300 shipping arrows quiver and ready to hunt lol tight budget . But thanks
@@greatplainsbow that’s the price I was thinking and am happy with. I’ll see if I can find one of those and get in touch with you when I’m ready. Thank you.
I bought a black hunter as a way to get into traditional archery. As a disabled veteran, unfortunately funds are very limited. I am able to pretty consistently to maintain very respectable groups with the black hunter. I really love Great Plains beautifully crafted bows, they are works of art. I am currently saving to purchase a bow from Great Plains.
Thanks for watching!
Wow I watched this whole video before I realized this was Great Plains bow company. I have a Fleetwood Timber ridge longbow that I’m going to send you at the end of this coming hunting season to be reworked.
@@garrettramsay16 sounds great! Thanks for watching!
Great video.
Got the first limb tip done, bit wary at first but it came out ok in the end.
Cool!
Using antler crowns for the tops of the limb bolts,look great
I sanded my little finger nail clean off. It didn't hurt at all...... for around 10 seconds then it hurt well enough 😂
Great job man, what a cool idea. If I was back in college 25 years ago and this info / cheap bow was available, I’d of done this in a heartbeat!
PS- my DeWalt random orbit sander free-spins. Might as well have a power planer in your hand when she spools up at crazy RPM!
I hear ya. That's interesting. My dewalt doesn't so I may have a weird one. Thanks for watching!
@@greatplainsbow I bought mine new in 1999, she’s a classic! 🤣
Love these videos!
Both a right & left hand black hunter longbow arrive today! (Desire to become an ambidextrous shooter to exercise my back muscles evenly☺️)
What is that SANDING BLOCK you use to work in that groove area?
@@randystrand908 thanks for watching! Those are just contoured rubber sanding blocks. You can find them online. I believe they call them teardrop rubber sanding blocks on the Internet
@greatplainsbow Found them! THANK YOU
Great stuff here. Love the whole series. You can imagine how much more the Black Hunter would be if this type of fit and tiller check was done. I do have to ask as you’ve used the word a lot, are you saying bezel? I’ve never heard of a benzel with an N. No criticism just not sure what I don’t know. Getting back into archery in my late 50s and have a similar shop(tailored to machine work) so these types of improvements are motivating! Thanks!
Following you on this ,l wonder if as a part of it you could show how you stipple the riser
We probably won't do that with this bow since the owner did not ask for stippling. However, I'm sure we could make a video of that in the future.
Man you are a soild badass at making bows and I love your videos. I do worry for you not wearing a respirator when sanding all that glass. Not to be a Karen about it, but I was always told that glass gets in your lungs and stays there, I could be wrong. Anyway keep up the good work, thanks for the knowledge.
Hey thanks! I'll definitely try to do better with my lungs
Do you offer this on a customers black hunter bow??
@@shawnweddle3332 sure. You can find those services at greatplainsbow.com under accessories and bow reworks
Problem with buying a Black Hunter recurve is now there are two versions made by different companies. The original, also sold as "Mandarin Duck", was made by Junxing and called the F171, the longbow version is the F172. The recurve is 60", black Gordon glass and bamboo core limbs, with pointy phenolic limb tips (the very early ones had a maple core with smaller limb bolts).
This bow was so popular another chinese manufacturer(TopArchery) copied the design and made their own even cheaper version of the recurve. It's 58", maple core, unknown glass type and different rounder limb tips. They also put the branding disc in the riser and sometimes use 2 limb locator pins for each limb, Junxing have never done either of those things.
Interesting stuff. Thanks!
There are over a half dozen mfg's that have a knock off of the original. You have to pay close attention especially if buying off amazon.
Sweet! I got 4 black hunters and my favourite is my mandarin duck longbow 50lbs
@@sierraridgereaper I'm pretty sure they are all just rebranded Junxing or TopArchery bows.
I got a Gurlak now. The limbs are flush and they can be interchanged for lh rh.. will try the tillering from vid one on it soon. Great info!
Hi Shane, Have a 3 pieces take down long bow and when it is strung up, I could see there is a slight gap where the riser and limb meet. Probably 1/2mm. None of my other take down has that. It doesnt make noise or anything. Should it be a concern? If so, what would you recommend to correct that? Thank you for making these videos.
Hey sorry, just seen this comment. It should be fine
What do you want for that black hunter bow or one in 50 or 55 lbs drawl
That one sold many months ago, but I can sell you a reworked one if you're interested
@@CharlesSwartz-h5s you really don't want to make them shorter. You can get them at 58" and that's plenty short. If you shorten them you'll make em stack and lose performance. A reworked Black Hunter is gonna run you around $400 with shipping included
@@greatplainsbow I can't do 400 for one wife gave me a budget I'm aloud to spend 300 shipping arrows quiver and ready to hunt lol tight budget . But thanks
@@CharlesSwartz-h5s yep same problem here. If I sold a complete setup for $300 I'd go in the hole.
Would you do this for someone’s bow they send to you and if so how much would it be?
Yes I do it for other people's black hunters. It's $250 for a full rework
@@greatplainsbow that’s the price I was thinking and am happy with. I’ll see if I can find one of those and get in touch with you when I’m ready. Thank you.
I would be curious how much weight you removed from the tip and how that improves the performance of the bow.
Barely anything 2-4 fps. but those tips are far more fragile. They look cool tho
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M looking 0ne that's 60 poundage
Can u send me Bhutan
I can ship to Bhutan
Great vids, but the word is bezel. There is no "n" in it. LOL