Eliminator II: quality in fine detail

By Jan Herholdt

The Eliminator 2 is based on one of the most successful bows ever made: the Switchback!

And that’s a good thing. It’s one of the best-value-for-money bows available today, and a major reason for this is the price. Suggested retail is R4 250 – crazy value for your hard-earned cash!
Seen overall, the Eliminator is quality to the finest detail. On first touch I could feel that it was going to perform well at full draw.  Its riser has weight, and it curves in all the right places. The weight is practical for hunting, and the bow should also perform very well at tournaments. I’ll try fitting a field tournament into my schedule to report on this aspect. So watch this space!

As regards speed, the test bow shot a 364-grain arrow at 295 fps. That is impressive for 70 foot-pounds on a 29-inch draw. Very impressive.  But speed is not the only criterion for a bow. Quietness is a major factor when a bow is used for hunting,  and the Eliminator scores high in this regard as well. Its string suppressors and parallel limbs do a good job of keeping vibration and noise to a minimum.  The bow also shoots an arrow very smoothly. In fact, its basic design is proven in straight shooting.

Forgiveness is another major factor. With a brace height of 7,125 inches, the Eliminator is easy to shoot, and its balance on full draw makes it accurate. It also has a very comfortable draw-force curve. The cam design is such that you can hold the bow “on the wall” for a quite a while before you get tired. 

All in all, the Eliminator is a bow for the thinking man. It’s well priced and delivers in every single aspect. In our modern age we demand a lot from our lives and from our equipment. The Eliminator is one bow that will not disappoint.

Letter from the rookie

Dear Mr PH sir
There is a local saying “slim vang sy baas” (Japanese for being far too clever for one’s own good) and depending on who “slim” is and who “baas” is, it usually has very good educational value for both “slim” and his “baas”. Under normal circumstances slim and baas are the same person and in this particular instance I am referring to Neels.

Neels carries the honourable distinction of being a PH and an outfitter, and from time to time he has some overseas clients that he takes on bowhunting trips.
So it came to be that six Aussies booked a “first-time-to-Africa” bowhunt with my friend the outfitter. Neels met them at the airport with his new and expensive four-by-four-by-far and took them directly to the game farm where the hunt was to take place.

The farm was one of the more upper-class hunting destinations in our country, so as to properly impress his clients, as Neels puts it, and we all looked forward to the hunt with great excitement.  ...

Read the rest of the story on page 80 in the September 2010 issue

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