marksman riser

[HELLCAT]

No-one seems to have much info nor experience with these .
If anyone has inclusive of what they have found , in their experience , to improve the performance , please post here ( I hope this is the right place ! ) .
Many thanks ,
Warren

[Shirt]

That would be because Marksman went bankrupt around 1999...

If you're talking about the Ikon, it's a fairly good bow - Ian Crowther shot a pair of 1300s with it, and so did a fair few other people. It's like any other, set the tiller to something sensible (between zero and a positive number), get the bareshaft flying right, and concentrate on your shooting.

[Medoc]

The KG1 was the most popular Marksman riser, this is a pretty solid bow, however altering the tiller requires shimming the limbs, but most of the Marksman risesr were pretty goog for tiller.

Bracing heights are important you must check them before and during shooting, plus 90% if not all Marksman risers were not international limb fitting so finding spare limbs is a problem.

However as shirt says once the bow is set up just shoot and concentrate on your form.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by HELLCAT

No-one seems to have much info nor experience with these .
If anyone has inclusive of what they have found , in their experience , to improve the performance , please post here ( I hope this is the right place ! ) .
Many thanks ,
Warren

Depends what you mean. There's lots of people with plenty of experience of Marksman bows (there was a time when you couldn't move without tripping over a KG1 on the shooting line, and there's still a fair number around).

I seem to recall (from another post) that you've got an Ikon handle with FX limbs?

The Ikon was (I may be wrong on this) Marksman's only bow which took Hoyt fitting limbs. It was fairly late on in the company's history, and I don't think there are a great many of them around.

In general, when people talk about improving performance, they seem to mean getting more arrow speed. Is this what you mean? If so, it would help if you told us more about your setup; limb weight and length, what your actual draw weight is, what arrows you use, what string material you use... That sort of thing.

[HELLCAT]

At present ( until I increase poundage ) I have 34 lb @ 28" Hoyt FX limbs on a Marksman Ikon riser . I am looking at Petron G2 sights . Long rod etc I will wait for a while . Arrow wise I am looking at ACC / ACE to use for indoor and outdoor on fast flite . Once I feel I have gone past this basic set up , then I will look at long rods , doinkers , changing arrows , increasing poundage etc .
My arm length breastbone to finger tip is 27.5" , so looking at 28.5" arrows .

[Shirt]

Don't bother with that Petron sight - you can get a Cartel K-sight for under 20 quid and it's infinitely nicer.

Also, don't bother with arrows of that quality if you're not going to use a longrod. Your accuracy will suffer and you won't get the most out of them.

Finally, arrow length isn't directly related to fingertip-breastbone. That's commonly used by people doing beginner courses because it means that everyone should get arrows that they can't pull off the bow, but actual arrow length can only be determined on the bow.

[Bald Eagle]

I agree with shirt, if you take your gear to your local archery dealer, they will measure you up for arrow length, set your bow up, show you some sights far superior to the petron, give you a cup of coffee or tea and spend time with you so you make the right choice, it's a mine field out there, especially ebay if you don't know what you want.

[HELLCAT]

Cool , thanks guys almost went for the petron ( saw one going for circa 10 quid ) .
Cheers