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Riser | DRAKE ARCHERY ELITE Timber Wolf - 17 inch - ILF
DRAKE's Timber Wolf recurve bow comes with a traditional riser in a classic wooden look. The different shades of brown, ranging from light ochre to cinnamon and dark brown, are reminiscent of the fur colours of the Timber Wolf and give the riser a warm look. At the same time, however, they emphasise the modern material Dymondwood from which it is made. Dymondwood is a highly stable compound made of several layers of wood, which are bonded together with epoxy resin and high pressure and as a result have the ideal property for archery of absorbing vibrations excellently. As a visual contrast and for more stability and weight in the middle piece, a strip of Micarta is also built into the middle piece, which is bordered by thin layers of bamboo.
The FastFlight-ready JACKALOPE Zircon limbs are made of black fibreglass laminate with a core of high-quality maple and mako wood and offer everything you would expect from ILF limbs: good stability, excellent performance and a wide range of draw weights and bow lengths.
ILF - Full flexibility!
While traditional wooden centrepieces usually only have the option of using special screw-in limbs, things are different here: The DRAKE Timber Wolf riser is equipped with the ILF plug-in system. ILF stands for the "International Limb Fitting" system, which is a standardised fitting system where the limbs are not screwed to the riser, but simply plugged in. This system gives you full flexibility in the choice of limbs and you are not limited to one brand.
For optimal adjustability of the riser and the limbs, the DRAKE Timber Wolf riser is equipped with Tiller screws, which can be fixed from below via a hexagon socket screw, and lateral adjustment screws for the alignment of the limbs.
ELITE - The best from DRAKE Archery
Good things can be made even better! - DRAKE Archery follows this claim and brings with the ELITE series bows, limbs and riser on the market, which are unparalleled in their price segment. High-quality workmanship as well as modern materials and an appealing look come together to create recurve and hybrid bows with a high quality standard without losing sight of the price-performance ratio.
As an expression of confidence in its own quality, DRAKE Archery offers a 10-year warranty* on all its bows from the ELITE series. What are you waiting for? Convince yourself of DRAKE Archery.
Available as a right- or left-handed model.
Technical data:
Bow length: 58, 60 or 62 inches
Draw weight: 24-48 lbs (in 2 lbs steps)
Brace height: 7.5 - 8 inches
System: ILF - International limb fitting system
Length (riser): 17 inch
Weight (riser): approx. 610g
Material: Dymondwood, Bamboo, Micarta
Scope of delivery:
1 bow with string
*Warranty conditions: To the original purchaser, DRAKE Archery grants a 10-year warranty against breakage and delamination. The warranty applies to all first-time buyers who are resident within the EU. Parts subject to wear and tear and damage due to incorrect use are excluded from the guarantee. Warranty service is provided by replacement or repair of the bow. The legal warranty rights remain unaffected by this guarantee and apply independently of it.
The guarantor is BSW Handels GmbH | Drake Archery | Demminer Str. 32 | 17389 Anklam.
Characteristics
| Hand: | Right Hand |
| Fast-Flight: | Fast-Flight suitable |
| Riser Material: | Wood |
| Screw on or ILF Limbs: | ILF Limbs |
| Riser Length: | 17 Inch |
Right-handed or left-handed?
Determination of the draw hand
The draw hand is the hand that pulls the string. This means that a right-handed bow is held in the left hand and drawn with the right hand.
Determining your personal draw hand has far less to do with whether you are left-handed or right-handed than you might initially assume. It is much more about determining the dominant eye. The dominant eye is used for aiming. This then automatically results in the draw hand.
The term dominant eye refers to the eye whose visual information is superimposed on everything. If a shooter tried to aim with the other eye, he would have to close the dominant eye.
There are two ways of determining the dominant eye: On the one hand, it is the eye that is generally favoured, for example when looking through the viewfinder of a camera, through the peephole or similar situations. On the other hand, there is a small exercise that can be used to determine the dominant eye beyond doubt:
- The arms are stretched out and a triangle is formed with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands.
- A small target is aimed at through the triangle, for example a socket or a cupboard knob. Focus on this object.
- The hands are now slowly brought towards the face without taking the target object out of focus.
- The triangle of thumb and index fingers will involuntarily tend towards one side of the face and this is where the dominant eye is located.
If the dominance of the eye and hand do not match, the bow should still be selected according to eye dominance. The arms can be easily retrained for the new draw hand, but not the eye.
More information on choosing the right type of bow, the right draw weight and the right arrows can be found here: A brief introduction to archery
