What limbs are they? I went by Border and met Sid when I was in Scotland a few months ago. Cool shop and it got me curious to try some of their limbs one day...
I got the 7.2's, 44#'s.
Heres my comments on them after playing around for a few days;
Fwiw, Im going to chime in here with my limited experience. I bought a set of Border 7.2s and have been playing with them For the last 3 days.
They are easier to tune and set up than I thought. They do require a longer string, my 19” riser with longs typically use a 60 3/4” string, these require a 62 3/4” string.
(BTW, thanks to Draven O for his advice on setting these up- he made it a breeze)
They run at a lower BH Than a conventional recurve.
The draw on these is the smoothest of any trad bow I’ve ever tried- its amazing. The front loading is greatly exaggerated…I barely noticed- super smooth.
These limbs are rocket ships compared to anything else…and I have Uukha 80%- these are noticeably faster…and by that you can’t help but say- wow.
They need a heavier arrow spine- the same arrow as my hot shot Uukhas was borderline weak.
They are much more draw length dependent…that said, mine felt great at FD…not light or mushy….but not a lot more pressure on your fingers like conventional limbs. Instead of building up pressure ( stacking) like a conventional limb…..its an even pressure. I like it.
I shot mine with multiple arrows and no limb savers or string puffs; light 8.7 gpp arrow 435g, a 499g -10gpp, and my old 600g arrow, 12gpp.
These limbs love heavier arrows. I was getting a fairly loud twang after the shot with the 9gpp arrows on a riser that is darn quiet with conventional limbs and the same arrow nothing on the string. It was significant. The 10gpp arow was better, tolerable but not quiet. The 12gpp arrow was quiet enough to hunt with…and I will be doing further testing later after hunt season adding string silencers and such.
In a nutshell….I was blown Away