If you choose a Browning compound bow, you’ll be proud to own one of the best bows ever made. This bow is very reliable and will never let you down, whatever the circumstances or weather conditions. The new Browning Illusion was released in early 2011 and is probably the best Browning compound bow to date. With a retail price of between $600 and $650, you may think the cost is a bit high until you try this pup. I guarantee you will never want to go back to your old bow after using this.
You can forget the old bows you saw the Indians use, and the one Robin Hood used while crouching and diving in Sherwood Forest, if Robin and his merry men had used a Browning compound bow, I bet history would have been different. . They could have brought down the Nottingham sheriff in twenty minutes and set sail again, or whatever merry men do in the woods.
This Browning compound bow can release an arrow that travels at speeds in excess of 326 feet per second. It incorporates the awesome Trance Cam, and they’ve even added a real wood panel grip, in case you were pining for the good old days of wooden longbows!
Browning offers a stretched length of between 25-30 inches, it arrives with a stretched length of 29 inches, but upon request they will adjust the stretched length before shipping and will charge you a nominal $10 to do so. It sucks trying to do it yourself. The Illusion includes a fiber optic sight and a Mongoose arrow rest and butt.
If $600+ is a little beyond your budget, the 2011 Browning Verado MT may be a little closer to the mark (sorry). This will give you an IBO speed of 313 f/s and cost you at least a couple hundred dollars less than the Browning Illusion. This bow is just as awesome as the Illusion and comes with a fiber optic sight and the usual Mongoose brand bow quiver and sight. Same draw length over and over again, if you need to adjust it, tell them when you order it, and they will only charge you ten dollars to do it.
If Robin Hood were to see one of these amazing Browning bows today, I doubt he would recognize them for what they are. Their high precision and light weight, as well as their reliability and maneuverability, make them possibly one of the best compound bows on the market today.
Browning has been a major player in the industry for many years. The Browning line of bows and archery equipment were manufactured at Browning’s manufacturing facility in Morgan City, Utah. In 2001, Browning signed an agreement with PSE in Arizona and took over the license for Browning Archery products when production was halted in Utah and moved to Arizona. Hey, they’re still made in the USA, that’s what’s important.
PSE, as a Browning partner company, has continued to add innovation to its archery product line, as evidenced by the Illusion, Browning’s latest and greatest compound bow.