Has anyone done one with a Darton riser?

Probably, but I don't know any first hand. I think they would work great since they are mostly magnesium and lighter in mass than aluminum, particularly for a hunting bow.

Which Darton riser are you looking at is an important consideration as well.

This one. Don’t know much about it.

i made one out of a darton riser, the m50 i think, with sage limbs. it came out pretty nice. i posted it a while back on here. The limbs pretty much fit right on and i used some cork i believe as shims to keep them centered. Best of luck with your build and post when you get it together. I love seeing these warfs frankenbows.

I would try it.

You got a picture of it Jason?

I'm sorry but I don't have one and this site isn't letting me pull it up

Ok thanks it never hurts to ask

This isn't a Darton, but is a similar design. It's a Jennings Trail Boss circa 1976 model riser with Sage limbs.

Nice job on that one George.

I am shooting with a guy on Tuesday nights that has made bows like that from all kinds of compound risers. His last one was a Mathews. They all seem to come out good. He uses Samick Sage limbs. A couple of months ago I made one with an old Black Bear riser, and Samick Sage limbs. My brother gave me the riser from his shop. Nice shooting bow. Stable, and smooth drawing. Over all it was longer, and came in the weight I wanted to shoot.

I have a Black Bear/Sage combination and it's one of the best shooting and stable recurves I own. It's lightweight as well, relatively speaking and I'll probably use it the first day of archery season. It takes an AMO 62" string as well but the Sage limbs will be about 4# lighter than on the Sage riser due to the different limb pad angle.

I've got extra bushings for darton t/d if anybody needs some.

I've made a couple of them and they turned out ok. There is one model of Darton riser that I had where the bolt holes were offset by about 1/2 inch. Limbs would therefore not line up on it. I think it was a newer model than the one in your photo. Still, you might check yours to make sure if you haven't already got or bought limbs for it.

I've had a couple of Dartons warfed to ILF, one was like yours, DON. Nice shooter, we took out a bit of riser to increase centershot.

O.O., i beleive that would make a great warfed riser. Plus, with the spinning limb bolt nuts, should make for nice tiller adjustment. Id slide some ilf plates in that sucker and pair it with some uukha gobis from alternative archery.

"O.O., i beleive that would make a great warfed riser."....Yep.

Yup m50 darton my favorite bow ,,,I’ve have too many bows ,,,,always find that darton frankenbow in my hand JeffW

The last one I did was a Darton snow crow turned out well. It’s a fun project. Post pictures when you do yours.

Don, I just got a Darton trailmaster that I hope to try out. Looks real similar to your photo. When pics are back up I’ll post some

If memory serves me right the Trailmaster , SL50 and 50M all used the same riser.

The trailmaster I have has plastic limb sockets. The compound limbs had Half barrel shaped pieces with studs that fit the compound limb then the barrel part was in the aluminum part of the riser . I’m thinking I may need to use those pieces, but will grind off the plastic studs first.

I made up a Darton Lightening. It's a fine shooting bow.

Had to reshape the shelf, and add a filler to fill out the void, because it was originally designed for an overdraw, back in the day. I cut a piece of the old bow limb and shaped it to fit.

Lastmohecken, mine doesn’t have that cut out that you filled in.

Here is the plastic “half-barrel” piece I was referring to.

Black Spot, yep, yours is definitely different than mine.

Thought I would post the pics here also. Darton riser/BH lb limbs from tradslinger

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