Oct Mtn Prod Smoky Mountain Right Hand Recurve Bow

I am new to traditional archery, so my review is from a beginner viewpoint. Anyway, I absolutely love everything about this bow. I have been shooting it three or four times a week since my purchase and really have nothing bad to say about it. I like the option to put modern equipment on it, like standard quiver, sights, and arrow rest, or just shoot bare bow, whichever works best for you. Be careful not to over bow yourself though, I'm a decent size man and the 40lb is plenty to hold for any length of time.

i bought one of these from scheels and the riser had a split in it the next day, not sure why, didn't dry fire or anything. so i think they have occasional flaws, so just check whatever retailer you buy from, make sure they take returns if defective. this is the same bow as the samick sage. returned the first one to scheels and bought another one quick on amazon.... this one is fine and has been shot plenty so far. no problems. its a good entry level bow i think. gonna try to shoot a deer with this one instead of my compound this year.

Since there was no review for this bow yet I figured I would go ahead and say I love it. I am a beginner so I cannot say how this bow fairs with other bows nor my experiences. I can say as a beginner I'm not disappointed. Easy to put together. Came with the string and I did not have to use any special tool to string it, just had to muscle it on there. I expected my first shot to be completely off the wall but it was at least in the vicinity of where I was aiming.Make sure you get a shooting glove as I did if you plan on shooting it for extended periods of time.In conclusion, from a beginners point of view. 5/5

By all accounts I can tell, this is the exact same as Samick Sage. Perhaps there is some subjective considerations of the limbs, but the riser (the middle wood part) is the exact same as the Sage. I honestly couldn't tell mine apart from the Sage at the range. This is a bit pricier so something to take into consideration.

Great bow, seems pretty forgiving. I have little EXP. with recurves so for a starter this thing is great. Feels light, pulls smooth and shoots quiet and consistent.

I got my 62", 50# Smoky Mountain Hunter take-down recurve bow a couple years ago at a local sporting goods store. I paid $199.99 + tax. I wanted a "traditional" bow that would be easily transportable. This bow fits my requirements well. October Mountain Products also had a 50# longbow at the store I was at and it was a smoother draw but was substantially longer and, obviously, was not a take-down.It's taken me until this summer to get serious about accuracy. Let me save you some time and tell you that the brace height range for this bow is 7 1/2 to 8 1/4 inches. I eventually had to go back to the store to find this information (just yesterday) since it didn't show up on any of my online searches. My string had un-twisted a bit over the past couple years (I don't store it stringed) and it was way off. It had both stretched a bit and untwisted because I didn't realize this was even a factor. I should have, but I didn't. If you don't know what brace height is and if you want to actually get consistent shot placement I strongly recommend doing some research into bow tuning.Now I'm in the process of tuning the bow, which is something I know little about. I've been doing a lot of research and there are some good web sites and youtube videos on the subject. I'm making progress but it's frustratingly slow going. I have to teach myself, since I know no one in the area who has anything other than a compound bow. It turns out there is a lot more to "traditional" bows than I would have guessed.I've wondered if this is the same bow as the Samick Sage, as another reviewer has commented. They do look very similar and have the same materials descriptions. There is nothing on my OMP bow to indicate it was made by anyone else but I'd guess Samick probably does some sub-contracted manufacturing.I sight down the arrow, as I was taught long ago in junior high school. This is called "instinctual" aiming by some people. Why, I do not know. You're actually aiming down the arrow and using it to tell you when to release. I tend to prefer ancient/traditional ways of doing things (longbows don't fit into most cars very easily though, at least not without risk of damage). I will eventually use this bow in hunting, once I feel confident enough in my ability to make a humane kill. Which is why I've finally gotten serious about accuracy.Now, some people will say to be accurate I should be using sights. I could respond that people have been using bows to deadly effect for several millennia before the arrival of sights. I have two brothers who are both also into archery or have been in the past. One uses and recommends sights. The other scoffs at the very idea. My thoughts are that an archer should use whichever method works best for them.This bow comes with all the holes pre-drilled and set with what appear to be brass threads (I think these are called inserts) into the holes. There is also a mounting point for a stabilizer. So you can add all kinds of accessories to this bow if you should so desire. Or you can keep it simple and commune with the ancestors.The only negative thing I can say about my Smoky Mountain Hunter is that one of the screw holes which hold on one of the limbs (I can't remember which one since I haven't disassembled it recently) has a not-quite level plane for the limb to fit onto the riser. Until the screw is tightened down all the way the limb kind of wiggles. I do not know if this is "bad" or not but it doesn't seem to matter after the screw is tight and the bow is stringed. This is the reason for 4 stars instead of 5. But for $200 I really can't complain about that.Overall, I have had no bad experiences with this bow that were not my fault. If you can somehow verify that this OMP and the Samick Sage are, in fact, the very same bow I suppose I'd recommend saving some money on the Sage.The coolest thing about take-down recurves is that you can get different limbs to give you different draw weights. I do not know about manufacturer interchangeability though. I doubt there is any kind of "standard" that all manufacturers use for such things as limb dimensions and risers. This would require more research than I currently have time to perform.This is a good bow, capable of full customization. I do not think you would ever come to regret purchasing this bow unless you have never shot a bow before and discover you don't like it. I enjoy it very much and find the 50# draw weight to be easy to draw. I try to aim while drawing so that by the time my right hand reaches my anchor point the arrow is already aimed and it's time to release. This is a traditional method that is being forgotten by some compound bow users since compound bows are so easy to hold with their massive let-off (legal limit for hunting in ND and SD is 80%!! so if the draw weight is 100# by the time you get it drawn you're only holding 20#) which allows time for aiming with sights.This bow is worth buying but don't expect absolute perfection at this price.

I sold my compound bow and bought this recurve for the fun of target archery. It looks great. I got it for a great price as well (under $145). Even before I took a shot I put on homemade woolen string silencers and a pieces of stick-on "door sealing strips" just under the string grooves and It shoots quiet as a mouse. I used thick ice fishing line for nock ties and It comes with a stick on rest.Stretched to the max my arms spread out reach to 73 inches. The 62 inch bow is just large enough that I can get nice back tension without stacking the limbs. I might "just" be starting to stack the limbs so get the next biggest bow if you have a bigger reach.When I first strung the bow, the dracon string had an overhand knot in it. Assuming the knot to be correct I could not figure out why I couldn't get the recommended brace height with the string. I almost bought a new string but then I realized it had a knot that shouldn't be there, so I undid the knot with the help of a safety pin. Now it works with a brace height of 8 3/16 with about 50 twists in the string.This Is my first recurve and Its an awesome bow for this price. Even for 180 its still a good buy in my opinion. Ps in the second picture you can see my hide and drink tab, I recommend you pick one up. You'll know why when you get it. And if you have the funds go for the top rated Chinese feathered arrows and the omp quiver.

I purchased the 50lb bow and it shoots like a dream. Excellent bow for the price! Does not come with a stringer.