Topic: MJ SYSTEM/Freddie Archery/hyunmugung manufactured Nomad
3 months later tl;dr it's a nice, fast, relatively affordable bow. I can draw it a few inches past my ear (33") while standing parallel, arrow going just under lip. My arm span from thumb to thumb is 69", 72" middle finger tip. Bow is very narrow and fast. Seems very durable. Just be careful not to twist it, although it's not that easy to twist. They gave me the right string length the first time and bow length, the bow string length is about 48". Length of the bow is 53", through the back unstrung I guess. Very good service..
This bow looks way better than a Samick SKB, though I've never shot the SKB... It looks way more like a gakgung, can probably be drawn farther (same d/l for the 48" version?), is much more narrow yet likely still more durable. Not sure if this bow is outperformed by pricier SMG or YMG bows, or not. I can't comment on how it feels in comparison, nor the cast or anything, since I haven't shot those.
They sent me a second string that was longer when I pestered them, for free. Bow was still very shootable but I still prefer the first one. Higher brace height is more forgiving.
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I ordered a 53" 45#@31" Nomad bow kit (comes with bag, arrows, glove, etc). That kit said the 48" bow was recommended, though, for some reason, but I chose 53".
I finally got it today, picked it up at the post office, and strung it.
Now a lot of people all over the world know how messy my room is.
The handle is pretty rough, but I guess that allows a firm grip. It's not bad at all. I like the look of this backing more than the pictures of the Kaya KTB. It's some sort of synthetic cloth, apparently.
The Hungarian bow on the left is about 50.5" nock to nock and about 54" tip to tip. But this is what the sticker on the Korean bow says.
And this is what I measured nock to nock. About 51" tip to tip? 48" nock to nock.
What the manual says...
Sticker in bow string bag
124cm ~= 48.8"
This bow is the 53" version.
I was still able to draw it pretty far, to the tip of the arrowheads, before the outer limbs got parallel. (little over 33", with the carbon arrows it came with) Though it felt like it began stacking. Because of lack of strength. It does begin to increase in draw weight pretty quickly in the last inches of draw, but possibly only to 55lb at 33" or so. I have gotten better at shooting it with time.
The carbon arrows it came with.
Seems like the nock is way too wide for the string. They're very loose on it. Guess I will have to double/triple serve the string...
The nocks in the wooden arrows I have are barely thick enough to stay on the string without falling off, but still very loose. I feel like my Easton Gamegetter aluminum arrows, which have an even smaller nock, should stick just fine. If I added more serving, then they'd be too tight, so I can't shoot all my arrows with the same serving.
More bow pics, KTB glove
I will shoot this bow later today.
It's pretty easy to string with a step-through method.