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Modern and Traditional - The JACKALOPE Tourmaline Longbow
Do you love modern bows with a traditional design and want more colour for the handle? Then perhaps the JACKALOPE Tourmaline is exactly what you are looking for! A longbow which in its form and the most important characteristics are in no way inferior to the classic longbows, but in its design brings modern design to the oldest of all types of bows. The grip area, for example, is made of state-of-the-art Teknowood, an innovative material consisting of several layers of wood and epoxy resin bonded together to form a highly stable workpiece that minimises hand shocks and promises high stability. This gives it its unmistakable character.
With the 2021 model year, the grip area has been revised and now offers even more comfort. It is somewhat flatter and narrower and thus lies much better in the hand. The shelf has also been redesigned, with a more pronounced curve and a steeper slope towards the front. This means that it offers the arrow less contact surface and yet optimal guidance when shooting.
The limbs are strongly reflex-deflex shaped to optimize the performance and make the bow more forgiving and consist of bamboo and clear glass, whose light wood tones represent a beautiful complement to the handle. The finest European handcrafted materials work together to ensure optimum speeds, very good throwing performance and a buttery-soft pull-out. Important notice: The JACKALOPE longbows are IFAA compliant and therefore suitable for competitions!
Inimitably colourful like his name sponsor! The Tourmaline's handle combines a coordinated play of colours of warm brown and earth tones with accents of silver grey and emerald green. Each bow is unique and underlines the personal individuality of each shooter. The eponym Tourmaline stands for smoothing the way to your goal, it not only has an uplifting and invigorating effect but also has a positive effect on the spiritual level.
SPEED - Carbon for even more speed
In the speed versions, the JACKALOPE Tourmaline is now even faster! An additional layer of carbon improves the already good-natured characteristics of the bow. It makes the bow more forgiving and provides a narrower more accurate hit pattern when shooting. But how does it achieve this? Quite simple: By the carbon inlay, the limbs are not only lighter and more distortion-resistant but also about 10fps faster.
JACKALOPE - The innovative brand in archery
Modern, high-quality materials and the simple elegance of archery. - This is JACKALOPE, the new, innovative brand in archery. Jackalope stands for a whole range of beautifully crafted long, recurve and hybrid bows, as well as various safety articles and accessories. With JACKALOPE you will find everything you need for this sport. Its design is not only limited to the bows, but is also pursued in all accessory articles Where else can you choose your accessories to match the colour of your bow? Only with Jackalope!
As an expression of confidence in its own craftsmanship, the JACKALOPE brand offers a 30-year guarantee on all its registered bows. What are you waiting for? Convince yourself of the quality of JACKALOPE.
Characteristics:
- Bow length: 68"
- Draw weight: 25-50 lbs (selectable in 5 lbs steps)
- recommended brace height: 8"
- recommended arrow weight (pro lbs draw weight): 8-9gr (min. 7gr)
- Riser: Teknowood
- Limbs:
- Bamboo and clear glass
- Bamboo and clear glass with carbon inlay in the SPEED variants
- String: Dacron
- Tips: Micarta, Fast Flight fit
- Hand: Right hand or Left hand
Delivery include:
1x bow with string
Characteristics
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
Warranty information
This item comes with a manufacturer's warranty. Information on the warranty period and its conditions can be found here:
Overview - Manufacturer warranties