It is hard to put a finger on any one characteristic that makes the Peregrine so inviting. It looks fantastic with the Bocote and Pau Amerello riser, Quilted Maple limbs, but it is more than that. There is lots of early draw weight and it draws very smoothly without stacking to 30″, shoots dead in the hand, and is whisper quiet and vibration free. It is lightweight and this makes for easy carrying when you walk all day, and it seems to be very forgiving to the not so good release we all seem to be plagued with from time to time. Looking closely at the workmanship it is flawless, glue lines are precise, and the tiller is very good. The non-glare finish is flawless.
I can shoot it at a low brace of 6 ½” or 7 ½” with no ill effects. I do prefer it at 7 ¼” where it is at it’s quietest and I have good sleeve clearance with heavy clothes on. I still cannot pin it down to any one thing that draws me to this bow. It is the combination of how all of these qualities come together to form this great looking and wonderful shooting bow. And it is a very fast bow, however I prefer to take it’s performance as momentum and shoot heavy arrows at a light draw weight of 47# at my 27″ draw rather than in speed. I am firmly in the heavy arrow camp and when I can shoot a 27″draw, 47# bow with a 700 gr. arrow at 156FPS I know I can hunt any game in North America. Hunting with the Peregrine is like having 5 extra pounds of draw weight that you do not have to pull. If 3D and fast arrows are your game then you will certainly enjoy the superb performance of the Peregrine.
With a custom string at 28″ draw and 9GR/Pound it shoots 193FPS. The stock FF string is still shooting a very respectable 187FPS.
I am not a fan of fast flight string material and usually change it when a bow arrives with this material. For the review chronograph testing I did use Abe’s string, however I did some extra shots with a Rod Jenkins 10 strand DF97 padded loop string and Beaver Ball silencers just for comparison. That is the string I hunted with. Now that the review is over Rods string will stay on the Peregrine. This is the second fastest bow I have chronographed at 28″/ 9gr/pound when I put the Rod Jenkins, Great String, 10 strand DF 97 padded loop string on it. This string was setup with Beaver Ball silencers, and a Brass Nock point. It is a hunting string.
The Bamboo / Glass Peregrine with Rods string is shooting faster than several Carbon Limb Bows that I have chronographed. That is quite impressive.
Abe does not make any great claim to speed, but I found that the bow makes it’s own claims. It shoots with the top performers out there thru the chronograph and it backs this up with a silent shock free shot. I expect to see the Peregrine taking a place on the “most wanted” list of a lot of shooters as people get to know this bow. It is a lot more than just a good bow. I do recommend changing the supplied string to a custom string. I would not make any other changes to this bow. It has it all.
I have carried and shot this bow in sun, rain, sleet, snow and -25 deg. temperatures. I cannot find a fault with it. Passing it around to friends to try, I hear nothing but praise for it.
The Peregrine is quite possibly the last bow you will buy. It is truly a superior bow in every aspect. I will highly recommend to anyone wanting a very high performing, wonderful shooting bow to try the Peregrine from Cari-bow. If you are in the Edmonton Area and want to test it, contact me and I will make it available if at all possible. It will also be with me at any shoots I go to this year. Just ask and we will set up a time for you to try it at the practice Butts.
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