Border Super Reiver ? my personal experience
First a short introduction to my history with Border Bows
Border is well known to me for its premium Bows/Limbs. My first contact with Border has
been with a aprox. 25 years old Mirage MK2/34lbs@28?
Really impressive to me has been the handling. Nothing keeps you from focussing on the point of aim.
The arrows flew like pulled by a string, at high but not extreme speed
When the possibility to get hold of a Border product occurred, I got myself
Talisman Gold TX40 (Serial Nr. 3394LSF od 339415F ??) 38lbs@28? limbs.
The combination with an average ILF-Riser is quite functional and well working
I have no idea if this 70? bow is the best for my drawlength of 28?, nevertheless
he is forgiving and non spine-sensitive.
This experiences led me to buy a Super Reiver 62? 54lbs@28? Hex5W. Thanks to (one or both?) Sid(s) for the help and for guiding me
to the right bow
As assumed the bow has a perfect smooth surface finish and a fantastic shape, even unstringed.
No picture of mine can come up to the real impression of this bow.
Next steps were nocking point and tuning the arrows as usual. I found two arrow combinations working for me.
Resume: a phantastic piece of craftmenship, you can almost feel the know how in your hand. The bow helps aiming and even finding the anchor.
This is not quite usual with 54lbs Bows. The wide possible range of spines, no vibrations and the trajectory is quite similar to
my ILF Bow and SF Carbon Foam limbs (42lbs@28?) with light weighted arrows for distances up to 30 metres, even with the heavy arrow.
To complete the picture: Border Super Reiver Hex5W is the Audi A6 allroad 3.0 TDI within the Bows I know.
But a new question arises: this is Hex5, so how much better will the Hex6 (HexX -
) work?
HEX-5 W all Shedua
54#@28"
BL 62"
Sehne 60" 16 String fl?misch FF
BH 7,25-8" now 7,75"
Arrow#1
Carbon Express Mayhem Hunter 250 L= 29"
Vanes 5" Shield
Nocke und Collar original
Insert 40gn Top Hat
Spitze 125gn Top Hat
454gn
Arrow#2
Carbon Express Mayhem Hunter 550 L= 29"
Vanes 5,5" Saubuckel
Nocke und Collar original
Insert 80gn (Brass handmade) +15gn
Spitze 100gn Top Hat
513gn