Could not help but overhear that conversation - from 3 rooms away!!
Although engaged in a project of sorts, everything got dropped, and into the Rig in a Mad Scramble!! SMOKED right through town and am damn lucky I didn't induce a ticket or two!!
Upon arrival, we were presented with a rather tiny box to be holding a bow... but the label read Excalibur, and my already Pounding Heart kicked up a notch or two. Want to show it off to the Boss she asked with a coy smile? NOPE! There will be plenty of time for that down the road!
Even Faster Tracks on the way back home, had the Big Dawg's jowls just a flappin' in the wind!
Before any assembly I went over the entire rig extremely carefully. Some of the naysayers actually had me a little concerned (Oh Foolish Me!). Not a single blemish to be found ANYWHERE! Limbs are as perfect as they could possibly be, same with the rail, stock, every single accessory, and even as far as every single bolt! Excellent!!
Even though I've put the odd one of these together, I took a moment or two (as much to stop the "quivers" as anything else!) to review the procedure. Assembly was easy, like the various pieces WANTED to join, and within but a short time she stood in all her Beauty! Awesome to me!
Now at Last Light, I wandered outside (my neighbors are used to this kind of thing) and to my delight, the scope was Blistering clear, had Good Eye relief, and was damn near begging for me to use it for it's intended purpose right then and there!!
Back inside, I immediately switched out the factory string for one of Boo's Marvelous Creations! aYup! THAT well suits the bow!
A few First Impressions:
- Incredibly small for such Awesome Power! I stood her back to back with the Exomax, and trembled at the comparison! SO much Narrower, SO much Shorter, and SO much Lighter it wasn't to me even fair to compare!
- She comes to the shoulder as light as a feather - Oh what a FIT!
- The scope's picture is immediately clear. Even intentionally out of alignment, I had NO problem centering it's crosshairs! The two types of illumination are both good, and the crosshairs without them are very easy to read!
- When cocking and changing strings I was more than Pleasantly Surprised! Yes, i can do extended periods at the range with this one methinks!
- Love the grips fore and aft! The balance is Perfect, and these fairly help. VERY very stable bow for offhand shooting methinks!
Overall I'd rate it as a 10.6 out of 10. Couldn't be Happier at this present moment! Well worth the month and change wait!
Big John: I hope you're recoverin' and are feelin' quite Fit! I'll be needin' some missiles to launch out of it! Be touching base over the next little while, got some plans for this Baby, and I just know you'll help us Smile!!
Although impressed with the scope (not so much the rings) I'll be swapping that out sometime this spring. Gonna go to an HHA and a rifle scope for the summer's Fun. For huntin' this fall - Jury's still out on just which one...
Only a tad better than half way on the sausage makin', and now have a Lamb hanging that I've got to deal with in the next day or two. New target makings have long been ignored, guess I know what tomorrow for me has in store...
And thinking those last runs of sausage can sit a bit more!
Really Pleased, so Damn Happy - my tail is waggin' so hard my eyeballs are wigglin'!
Simply can not wait to get the new Baby out for a stroll!!
Thanks Excalibur! You've just Made my spring!
Cheers!
Nog
