I'm almost positive my husband ordered me the longbow model for our anniversary next week, I'll let you know! 😆

 

That's awesome! I hope he did.

 

I'm interested in the longbow as well

 

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Yeah, I saw that the other day. That's what made me want to check them out. Thanks for sharing.

 

Well here it is! Its a little over cast so its difficult to get good pictures, but it is definitely beautiful. Hoping to get by the shop tomorrow so they can tie a nock on for me and I can really see how she shoots. First impressions are definitely good though. Everything looks nice and tight and well made, it's super light. Unstrung the balance seems to tilt towards you at the top. The grip is really comfortable and easy for your hand to fall into the right angle. I also really like that they used a matte finish as opposed to a high sheen. Thats what I know so far.

 

I ended up taking it out to shoot a few times without the nock. Super smooth draw and the arrow flight was very straight despite not having a solid nocking point.

 

very nice...
what a great gift

 

It's a great bow so far. I thought so to!

 

Did you get nock point set up yet? Need to hear how is going

 

Ended up going to a gun show Saturday instead. We live an hour from pretty much everything and leaving my brand new bow in the parking lot seemed like an unnecessary risk. I'm planning on heading that way this afternoon though and I will definitely let y'all know!

 

Ok, got everything set up and was able to get 50 or so arrows through the bow while my toddler napped. I'm a relatively new archer, but I really enjoyed this bow. It does seem to be easier to be consistent and accurate than my cheaper recurve. I've got the brace height set at about 7.5", it feels/sounds pretty good there and the arrows hit the target fast and hard. I do feel like I maybe have to grip the bow just slightly more firmly that I usually do, I'm thinking possibly because of how light it is. He ordered a 35# model and I could shoot it all day. If you have any specific questions let me know and I'll try to answer them. I'm gonna attach a few pics of my groupings at 20yds.

 

 

Goodness that's a beautiful bow

 

That’s a really pretty bow , I love D/R longbows. and nice shooting, enjoy!

 

I am definitely enjoying it, and thanks!

 

CONGRATS
Am looking to buy one soon and yours is a beauty.
Hope i can group well like you and would love to be able to shoot
lots of arrows before i tire out.
have to sell 3 LB first and then will be ordering from 3 RIVERS.
Thank you for the review.

 

Thank you! 25lbs is a great place to start to build muscle and good form!

 

Very nice run through on your new bow. More need to do that. Good advise also on the 25 lb starter bow. I just got back to shooting after a few years off due to injury. This time I started with a 25 lb ilf recurve. Wish I would have done it when I was a kid. We bought the biggest monster we could pull back. Never really did learn good form. I am a much better archer now than I was then thanks to starting light. Have fun and thanks for the show.

 

It's my first time trying to describe a bow, so I'm glad I was able to hit all the points. I started with a 40lb recurve in December, which I could shoot fine but I started having some pain in my bow arm rotator cuff after a couple weeks. I got some 25lb limbs and used those up until getting this 35lb longbow. No shoulder issues so far. The 25lbs definitely helped me get better alignment and really be able to feel what a full draw is.

 

AM SAVING TO BUY THIS LB AT 40 LB
CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GET MY HANDS ON ONE
THANKS FOR THE REVIEW
HAVE A 52 # RECURVE
32# TARGET BOW AND THOUGHT THE 40# LONGBOW WOULD COMPLETE THE STABLE

 

SAW WHERE THE BH WAS 7.5
WHAT WAS THE NH-GUESSING 3/8"

 

JUST HAD HERNIA SURGER THIS PAST WEEK
I AM ON THE DO NOT DRAW ANY BOW FOR 3-4 WEEKS LIST AND I AM GOING NUTS
ONLY OBTAINED A 32# TARGET BOW 2 WEEKS AGO AND WAS HAVING A BLAST SHOOTING IT AT LOCAL ARCHERY SHOP AND JUST ABOUT HAD MY BACKYARD RANGE READY TO GO WHEN A MISHAP RIPPED A STOMACH MUSCLE.
OFF TO SURGERY AND LOTS OF DOWN TIME.
BUT WHEN I GET RELEASED I AM HOPING TO HAVE THE LB IN HAND AND SET TO GO.

 

YOUR REVIEW CONVINENCED ME THAT THE OBERON
IS THE LB THAT I WANT
IT IS SUCH A BEAUTY
CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT IN MY HANDS
THANKS AGAIN

 

A 40lb bow sounds like it would fit right in! I hope your stomach heals well and you can get back to shooting soon. I am hoping to get some 3D targets over the next year or so and set up a 3D course in the back few acres of my property. I'm sure you will enjoy your Oberon very much! It is as nice to shoot as it is to look at.

 

Do you have scale? If so, how true is it to the advertised weight?

 

looks like an old mountain knock off

 

Is the bow made in America?

 

Nah, it's made it China, but it's holding up great and shoots well. I've been shooting it almost daily since this post and it shows no signs of wear.

 

I'm going there today to try out the recurve and longbow but they don't have 45# in stock just 40s

 

 

I'm sure you will enjoy your Oberon very much

 

I want the recurve so bad

 

How is it compared to the Mesa?

 

I ended up getting the 45# oberon longbow because they don't have a 45 or 50# recurve right now, I love this long bow, I've shot at least 300 arrows and it pulls to full draw smooth and has good speed for a long bow. I feel I could be shooting a 50lb just as easy because of the limbs. my other longbow feal harsh compared to this bow

 

The oberon recurve is definatly the bow I want. The 40 lb bow I tried really felt good so I'm waiting for a 50lb to come in.

 

Pretty bow alright. Wish they made the longbow in 64" for us longer draw archers. Has similar shape to the Mesa, which Deerseeker make for 3 Rivers - makes me wonder if they make this too.