American Longbow by AF Archery

A great entry level reflex deflex longbow by AF Archery.
You get quite some performance out of this bow for the price!
Draws very smooth (up to 32”) is just a bit loud and has a little hand shock (maybe 8.5gpp is a bit too light) Great bow!
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[@j.s.partin6107]

Excellent video. Thanks to you, my 13 year old son and I have discovered (rediscovered for me) a new love for archery. Coming from a compound bow back years ago, I’ve really gotten into the traditional/instinctive style of shooting. Bows like this longbow have made my old shoulders and elbows much less painful. We are both enjoying the Snake 60" 18# for him, 26# for me. By next spring I will be ready to move on to something else. Your videos make that so much easier to do now. The only hard choice is picking just one. Thank you for doing all of these reviews. We appreciate your work very much.

[@ArminHirmer]

thank you Shawn and please say hello to your son :)

[@Kurtdog63]

String silencers and soft arrow shelf and sight window material will greatly quiet any bow down. I use leather turned rough side out so there is no slick leather "squeak" as you draw the arrow back. Recurves are faster, but they tend to be much louder than longbow or reflex style limbs. Also recurve limbs can be less forgiving on sloppy arrow release. You can put layers of leather against the side plate to move the arrow away from the sight windoe and raise your point weight. Heavier arrow setups are slower but more stable in flight with finger release. I went from 460 grain arrows and a 125 grain point to heavier spine 540 grain arrow with 175 grain point. Both were spine properly for the bow but my accuracy was much better with the heavier arrow. Bow also shoots quieter with heavier arrow. Thanks for the review.

[@vvendetta6656]

Just ordered this bow from Amazon based on your very thorough review. Thanks.

[@MagnusWendt]

That was the bow that i started my archery journey with 4-5 years ago.

[@l.ashleygarr6537]

I love AF Archery’s bows. I have a Takedown Recurve I purchased from the Amazon store years ago. Only paid $100! It’s beautiful and hasn’t given my any issues. Love it. Now I also have one of their Takedown Tartar bows. I’ll have to add this one to my growing collection.

[@Dan-ro6nj]

always enjoy your video reviews, consistently high quality 👍

[@blairhayden8955]

That's a beautiful bow. Great video.

[@willywantoknow2563]

I got a bear montana #60 and not only quiet, but a dream to shoot.

[@ldohrebl]

Thanks for the review. I ordered mine today.

[@grantmiller6570]

I enjoy watching your reviews.

[@jake4194]

AF doesn't sell this bow on their site for some reason but they do have it on Amazon.

[@benandsylvia]

I only found the AF Turkish bow on Amazon. Could you please send me a link? Maybe because I'm from Canada, eh?

[@ianbruce6515]

I have a general question. The American lowbrow like this, and Olympic style bows tend to have a deep and flat arrow shelf, both in the vertical and horizontal directions. It seems to me that if you do side khatra with this type of shelf, even if the shelf were to be on the right side of the bow for thumb release, the twist to the side moves the front of the arrow shelf to the away from the arrow-- but brings the back of the shelf towards the arrow. And if you do down khatra, when the front of the shelf drops to clear the arrow, the back of the shelf would rise to meet the arrow. To me--this explains why Asian bows designed for khatra never developed the western style arrow shelf. The depth of the western arrow shelf makes it easier to achieve a near-center shot arrow pass without weakening the handle area. I suspect that is why many bows designed for khatra have a somewhat somewhat wider arrow pass. If the part of the bow where the arrow passes is at it's widest at the front (towards the back of the bow--a very small amount of khatra moves the arrow pass away from the arrow. If the arrow pass is deep from front to back and is as wide at the front (back of the bow) as it is at the back--more khatra would be needed to move both the front and back of arrow pass away from the arrow. The Pacific Northwest bows are quite flat and wide--but narrow-- even in the arrow pass area--and the use of torque easily twitches the bow clear of the arrow. Armin--does this seems reasonable to you?

[@ArminHirmer]

yes, a deep shelf will have a negative impact on bow rotations

[@sigmanarchery54]

Not bad looks like a pretty decent bow thank you again for another great review 👍🏼 God Bless my friend.

[@daveware4117]

Hey sig man, i love sig firearms as well. Ive owned more than a few over the years. I see your comments in almost all the archery channels. Your obviously serious about trad archery. Im wonder if we both came to archery from the gun world for similar reasons. Anyway, always look for your coments in the archery videos that i watch. Cheers

[@sigmanarchery54]

@@daveware4117 thank you sir for your kind words. And yes I love my lead but too expensive to just plink any more. I can shoot the same arrows thousands of times as long as I don’t Robin Hood, or cut them in half lol. Take care my friend God Bless.

[@UTxTheArchangel]

Seems like a solid budget bow, rather for a beginner or someone in between that can't really buy the higher priced ones. Looks like a nice bow as well, so didn't sacrifice visuals in the price. Badge on the opposite side of the rest, at first glance makes it look like a Fred Bear bow. I'd buy it if I wanted an American Longbow. I don't since I already have an American style Longbow. But if I was looking into one and needed a review, this review would sell me on this bow. Great as always.

[@johncuthbertson2565]

Awesome as always 😃. They don't make a left handed version ☹️, I use string twist so thinking I would clear the large shelf without Khatra on thumb release but 🤷🏻‍♂️. Nice looking American bow for sure . AF do some really well crafted bows 👍 🙏

[@Leverguns50]

Very interesting looking bow

[@danielruprecht8932]

Got it. Not disappointed👍

[@tiobi6633]

American Longbow review: ... the bow performs good, looks good, well made... only thing i wish it would be a little bit shorter... 😆 As a hun/türk style bow person it made me smile. Tho i understood the reasoning, out of context it sounded really funny 😄

[@peacemama4957]

you should do a bow count. great vid

[@dominator146]

That bows American AF

[@turtleh]

Order a D97 flemish string from your favourite custom stringmaker and that will quiet down all these flatbows. I've come to realize that all mass produced trad bows might as well not come with a factory string as they all do a disservice to the bow itself. Once you get a custom string it shows the actual potential of the bow.

[@Daylon91]

A flemish string isn't more silent. Armin did a test with a flemish string and a d97 on his Kheshig and the flemish was much louder. This bow needs string silencers. That'll make her shoot nicer and quieter

[@colleenparsons51]

ARMIN, WITH Those flat bows how do you know which end to put your string on the bow, I know there's a top and bottom end but with the type of string, there isn't much different in loop size, I have to take a guess with mine

[@ArminHirmer]

usually when you hold the center serving horizontal, one hanging down string part is longer than the other. The longer one is the bottom one. If not then it does not matter :)

[@colleenparsons51]

@@ArminHirmer I honestly thought thar did matter,

[@davisstellman]

Very neat bow. What is your drawlength by the way? Mine is 29" so I'm watching and wondering how comfortable it would be to draw back. Always a great review by you, have a great day.

[@ArminHirmer]

I had 29" too, but after an accident and a broken clavicle I ended up now at 28 :) this bow is smooth up to 30" then it gets a bit thight

[@jannikkimjensen1433]

Hi armin! Have you ever had strain in your bow arm? like in the upper arm, i have taken a long break but it does not seem to get that much better. I most likely overstrained when shooting too much for a long period. I love your videos and your a big help to everyone!

[@ArminHirmer]

nope, just problems with my shoulder after an accident. take care and get well, maybe shoot a low poundage for a while

[@danielruprecht8932]

Love it ! How did you end up with 37# ? Was it supposed to be a 35 or a 40 ?

[@ArminHirmer]

every bow is kind of in a range of draw weight. this one is between 35 and 40 and has 37#. Fine by me

[@danielruprecht8932]

@@ArminHirmer they offer 5# increments on Amazon. Just wondering if they run heavy or light. I only have a 27" draw, so maybe i go with 40#🤔

[@ArminHirmer]

@@danielruprecht8932 usually it was never the "mentioned" draw weight. They wrote 40 and the bow had 38 or so. So yes take a bit more :)

[@terricolawer8008]

hello armin, one question, it is clear that the less number of threads, the more speed, but when you are shooting a korean bow with a heavy arrow, 12 gpp will push better a string with more number of threads?

[@laroexmod1106]

hello Armin , I have now the oak ridge ASH 35lbs for 3 weeks and it shoots excellent . If you have the chance to test one out ..... we'd love to hear your findings ... I make groups at 15 meters like never before ... which is very nice for a production bow from china .

[@robertschweppenhauser9891]

I shoot 500grain arrows and my bow is quite .. Also have rabbit string silencers.

[@randomguy-dy3uy]

im 32 inch draw to the corner of my mouth lol, hard to find something that doesn't stack.

[@richardquick826]

What's the best horse bow u would buy?

[@ArminHirmer]

depends what you consider as the best

[@randomguy-dy3uy]

Does AF actually make that bow or is it a rebranded Chinese mass produced one?

[@dasMoto]

Thinking of longbow, what happened to Peter O. He sick or just couldn't handle the bow comparison? Would love to see a norther broadcast...

[@ArminHirmer]

we just paused the podcast for a while

[@dasMoto]

@@ArminHirmer polite answer. 😉 Good to hear. Hope everything is fine and we see him (you both together) soon.

[@colleenparsons51]

And I sometimes notice that you don't have nocking points on your string for the arrows

[@ArminHirmer]

yeah, when the bows come like this :D mostly I leave them like this :D

[@richmondlandersenfells2238]

The sound it makes whenever it is shot, kinda concerns me! It looks like the bow requires a silencer. Double tufts.

[@alekseylebed4945]

Отличное видео. Как всегда. 👍

[@VladMcMerlin]

Impressive price-performance ratio.

[@Daylon91]

Another "pretty good review" lol I say great review too often lol 😆 but I think AF should sell this bow with string silencers and that twang would be gone. It would make the bow shoot nicer and quieter. Less vibration too but that's the silencers job. Cheers 🍻

[@ArminHirmer]

agree

[@HotBoxTheCoupe]

Can anyone recommend a good hunting recurve bow?

[@HotBoxTheCoupe]

@David Munir thank you 🙏

[@jimmyhaley727]

LOUD

[@peterxyz3541]

139.00🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀?!?!