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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Greg Owen on January 07, 2017, 09:53:00 PM
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I have been away a while and the bug has bit again. I see info about a 56" recurve by John McCullough called the fiftysixer. Does anyone who has one have any photos of them? It sounds like a bow I'd like to find. Thanks in advance
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Greg, I just brought up a thread titled with Johns name. Check out page 2...Yellow Dog posted pics of his 56 incher.....Nice bow
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Thanks much! It is an interesting bow. Doubt I will ever find one. Thanks again for the help
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I have a 56er and if I ever find another I'm gonna have 2. They are awesome. I also have 56 " griffin it's really nice also. I have bought and sold a lot of bows but haven't found anything to fit me and my style like Johns bows. Good luck.
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Calhoun,
Thanks for the pics. Those are 2 fine looking bows. If it is meant to be, it will be I guess. Bow lust is a bad thing....
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Ok I can mark this as a success. Can't wait to shoot my new bow. Now for the next hunt, - an O.L. Adcock original bow...
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RMSG had two of them last time I checked.
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I have been away too long. RMSG?
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Ok I found the place. Looks like they only have 1 now. Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
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:thumbsup:
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I talked to John today, he said he hasn't made any bows for 3 years.
He gave me two of his Griffin longbows that are new and were left from his last show to sell for him at Kalamazoo. One LH and one RH both 60" in the 40's pound range. I'll have then on my table along with my Shrew bows.
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I still have plans for a Shrew Samurai. That is the one bow I had and sold that I never will get over. I should plan a trip to surprise my Mother-in-law in Battle Creek this week....
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Received my Fiftysixer bow today. It exceeds my expectations. Too bad more of these fine bows weren't made. If only it was a takedown.....
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Where's the pics?
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Coming soon. I need to quit admiring it and get the pics out of the camera
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Are you talking about the McCullough 59er...copy of the Bear 59 Kodiak? I love John's bows and have a number of his Griffins plus a 45#@28 59er. I even have his earlier bows before the Griffin and an Osage selfbow he made. Too bad he isn't still making bows...tippit
(http:// [url=http://imgur.com/zam896S] [img]http://i.imgur.com/zam896S.jpg)[/url] [/IMG]
(http:// [url=http://imgur.com/dykMTFR] [img]http://i.imgur.com/dykMTFR.jpg?1)[/url] [/IMG]
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Nope, one of his last designs I found out was his 56'er - a 56" recurve. I found one and here it is. (if the pics work)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii258/gkowen/Bow/IMG_0156sm.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/gkowen/media/Bow/IMG_0156sm.jpg.html)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii258/gkowen/Bow/IMG_0158sm.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/gkowen/media/Bow/IMG_0158sm.jpg.html)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii258/gkowen/Bow/IMG_0160sm.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/gkowen/media/Bow/IMG_0160sm.jpg.html)
Wall of my Shame I mean fame. Top: Black Swan Wave Middle: John McCullough 56'er Bottom: John McCullough 60" Takedown Griffin
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii258/gkowen/Bow/IMG_0167sm.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/gkowen/media/Bow/IMG_0167sm.jpg.html)
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Very cool...something I did not know...thanks!
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Wow,! Love the looks of that 56er
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Greg,
Just curious what weight you're Fiftysixer is? It's a good looking bow for sure. I had a Griffin, and like a fool I sold it. It's one of the few bows I really wish I had back. Too bad John quit building them.
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It is 46# @ 28".
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii258/gkowen/Bow/IMG_0144sm.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/gkowen/media/Bow/IMG_0144sm.jpg.html)
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What is the brace height people are using for their 56'ers? The brace seems a bit luch from my pics. I haven't measured it. I assume 7 3/4" is probably good?
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That 56incher is sweet!
Only bow I've ever regretted selling was a 59r... John made some incredible looking and shooting bows.
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Originally posted by Greg Owen:
I have been away too long. RMSG?
My guess is RMSG = Rocky Mountain Specialty Gear, a place a aspire to visit some day.
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Originally posted by Greg Owen:
I have been away too long. RMSG?
My guess is RMSG = Rocky Mountain Specialty Gear, a place a aspire to visit some day.
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John use to make the Shrew Stalker which later became the Shrew Lil' Favorite which is still being made in 54 and 56" lengths,
(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/Lil%20Fav_buck.jpg)
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The Lil favorite is another bow on my list to have. I am looking forward to that day when I get to hold a lil favorite.