If money wasn’t an issue, what ILF riser would you get for olympic recurve?
This is both meant as a thought experiment, but also as me picking your brains as a starting point for picking a new riser for someone.
Personally I like the Wiawis integrated dampeners of the ATF-DX or Meta DX. And the insert in the ATF-DX fitting, so you don’t ruin the entire riser if you’re stringing it wrong, does have some appeal.
But what do you think? Any Gillo fans here? Anyone want to try convincing the rest of us that formula is a superior fitting, and that we should tie the knot with Hoyt?
Having been Wiawis prostaff and owning many W&W bows over years, as well as owning a Gillo GT and a Hoyt Xceed - it’s all the same, man. Weight distribution varies a little, vibration signatures vary a little, but none of them buy you points.
The plastic inserts on the ATF-DX limb blocks aren’t going to save you from anything if you’re “stringing the bow wrong.” If you’re screwing up badly enough to damage the riser, screwing up on top of plastic is not better than screwing up on aluminum. If you somehow do screw up bad enough to damage the blocks, it’s just the blocks, not the whole riser. You can replace those blocks on any W&W if you really need to.
Tons of Hoyt prostaff switched to the Xceed when it came out, and now tons are shooting the GMX3. So even Hoyt’s most ardent supporters aren’t “walking the walk” when it comes to Formula’s supposed superiority.