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JACKALOPE Zircon - Explorer - 60-64 inch - 22-60 lbs - ILF - Take Down Recurve Bow
The Zircon EXPLORER riser is the next level riser from Jackalope Archery. The slightly shorter and lighter riser, when combined with the C20 or C55 ILF limbs, makes a great hunting recurve with a perfect balance of shooting comfort and excellent throwing performance best suited for the course.
Made from a CNC-machined aluminium-magnesium alloy, the 19 inch riser features much softer, more curved lines than the other Zircon models. The design of the riser is deliberately kept slim to enable an optimal, i.e. neutral weight distribution and to achieve an ideal balance at the pivot point with a perfect pressure point when shooting. The slim shape is also the result of a well-balanced geometry that allows fast shots and is absolutely forgiving. By the way, the slim grip made of Dymondwood also fits perfectly in smaller hands. Finally, the material of the riser guarantees high torsional stiffness and does not allow any vibrations or hand shock.
Equipped with sockets for stabilisers, button, arrow rest and sight, the Zircon Explorer riser is already technically well equipped, but also has a removable aluminium shelf, fixable tillerscrews and lateral adjustability of the limb mountings.
Key facts about the EXPLORER riser from Jackalope
- 19 inch length: perfect balance between smooth shooting and performance
- CNC-machined aluminium-magnesium alloy - perfect for ambitious shooters who like it a little lighter or for teenagers and more petite women.
- ILF limb mountings, laterally adjustable via adjustment screws
- Handle made of Dymondwood
- Arrow rest: separate, removable aluminium shelf
- Numerous sockets for stabilisers, sights, clicker, button and weights
- Weight: 970g
- 6 high quality anodised Colours
ILF-System - Innovative and flexible
The limbs themselves are attached to the riser using the International Limb Fitting System (ILF). They are simply inserted into the worm arm holders on the riser and not screwed. This innovative, standardised system allows the use of limb fittings from different manufacturers and does not tie the shooter to one manufacturer or the manufacturer of the riser. This means that the limbs can be easily and quickly fitted or exchanged for other draw weights or models.
JACKALOPE - The innovative brand in archery
Modern, high-quality materials and the simple elegance of archery. - That is JACKALOPE, the innovative brand in archery. High-quality workmanship and manufacturing, Jackalope stands for a whole range of beautifully crafted long, recurve and hybrid bows, as well as various protective goods and accessories.
At JACKALOPE you will find everything you need for this, your sport. And all this in a sophisticated look, whose design is not limited to the bows, but is continued in all products.
Technical data:
Bow length: 60, 62 or 64 inches
Draw weight (depending on the limbs selected): 22-60 lbs
length of riser: 19 inch
recommended brace height: 8,5-9,5 inch
Material riser: aluminium/magnesium
System: ILF
Weight (riser): 970g
Hand: right or left hand
Scope of delivery:
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