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First Shirt wrote:Look on ebay. Especially if you don't insist on a Bear or Ben Pearson, you can find good bows, from lesser-known makers, for a song. One of my grandkids hunts with a Shakespeare recurve that I paid $40 for, two years ago. (And yes, a 5-foot nothing female can put an arrow through a deer with a #40 bow, at 20 yards.)
What brand(s) fall in that $40 price range that you would recommend?
There must be an end to this intimidation by those who come to this great country, but reject its culture.
First Shirt wrote:Look on ebay. Especially if you don't insist on a Bear or Ben Pearson, you can find good bows, from lesser-known makers, for a song. One of my grandkids hunts with a Shakespeare recurve that I paid $40 for, two years ago. (And yes, a 5-foot nothing female can put an arrow through a deer with a #40 bow, at 20 yards.)
What brand(s) fall in that $40 price range that you would recommend?
You're buying age (1950 to 1985) and quality not specific brands--Bear, Martin, Shakespeare, Ben Pearson can all be had in the $40 to $70 price range and the makers even have strings still available for them.
You can get old technology compound bows for the same price.
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First Shirt wrote:I make my own strings, Flemish braid type, so that's not a problem. If you need a string, get in touch, and we'll get it done.
I'll remember that. I don't know how to make my own Flemish strings.
I have a pair of 98# limbs that I just practice with - I can't hit anything with them (yet). I wanted a spare bowstring. The local archery shop didn't want to make me a bowstring because they said they couldn't guarantee it wouldn't break at that poundage. I insisted and they braided one about as thick as my bootlaces. It was so thick, it popped off my bow nocks when I drew the bow - just as dangerous as the string breaking IMHO.
Luckily, an old guy at the range braided me a string that was about half as thick that he said would be fine for the poundage. That was about a year ago, and it's still going strong. I probably need another string soon.
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My bows are all in the #55-65 range, and I've never had a problem with a string. Never made one for #98 before, but it shouldn't be that hard to do. The problem is that most people (like me) who do flemish braid use Dacron B-50. The newer strings are sometimes made of FastFlight or something similar, which is much stronger per strand, but has less stretch on release, and early attempts to use the newer materials resulted in the string actually cutting through the limb at the nock. This is, obviously, awkward.
B-50 works fine for me, but I can see how a very heavy string (especially if the maker doesn't have a lot of experience with flemish strings) would be too thick, the tendency being to fudge a little on your calculations, and use one or two (or six or eight) strands too many, "just to be safe".
But there ain't many troubles that a man caint fix, with seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six." Lindy Cooper Wisdom
Back in the pre-compound era, that was one of the better production target bows. Haven't seen one in years, but if shooting little groups of target arrows into targets a ways out there is your goal, you could do lots worse.
But there ain't many troubles that a man caint fix, with seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six." Lindy Cooper Wisdom
Yogi, did you find one yet?? And if so, we're waiting for a range report!
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A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
$10 bow
not sure how well it works, I'm still looking for a 3/8 fiberglass rod, but all the other parts were easy to find at home depot and yeah, about $10.
D5CAV wrote:These bows are over $1000, but they are handmade by a skilled bowyer, so a much better deal than the $400 machine made bow the retail shops will try to sell you.
