My First Bow Review - The Farmington Atlas ILF Recurve Bow (Part 1)

[@ZealotChemist]

Thanks for this review! I was looking to get this bow. Seems to be one of the few reviews on this bow out there.

[@TheBackyardJedi-nv5ib]

You're welcome. I know I still owe one more video showing the bow in action, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I have though been shooting it almost daily since I bought it. I would say that this is a good starter bow if you want to try out an ILF hunting set up. In terms of price point, it's affordable, and it's not really that bad if you get it set up correctly. A few things I should warn you about it though though. Don't trust the poundage. I ordered a 40 pound bow, and although it says 40 pounds on the limbs, it's actually only 35.5 at 28 inches. I switched to a fast flight string and only got an added pound or 2. The other thing is that the sight window on the riser is small, almost comparable to the site window of a black hunter, so even though you can mount a site on a Farmington Atlas, there comes a point where your site pins will be covered up by the top part of the riser if you're target shooting at close distances, so the best way to shoot it is really to just use the tip of the arrow. And it does vibrate to the point that the stabilizer it came with comes lose. I'm not sure about hand shock because I use a finger sling and a I let it catch the bow when I release. Other than that, it's a fun bow to shoot. I wish you well on your purchase.