Just wondering if there is a certain amount of shots in every bow. If you shoot the proper weighted arrows can a bow last a lifetime? I unstring my bow after each shooting session, but I do shoot alot of arrows a day and I only have one bow.
IMHO they will out live us.
Got three 1966 Bear's that still perform like they're new ! Wish I could say the same for me :(
Wapiti, as long as your still shootin It's all good.
It only takes one arrow
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I have a 1959 Bear Polar (same year as me!) that works better than I do :-). Barring misuse, I think it must be pretty hard to wear out a well made bow. I know I certainly never will.
RonP
i wouldnt count on selfbows ,for life but glass lam put it in your will. :bigsmyl:
I estimated I put at least 10,000 arrows through my Treadway bow the first year I owned it. That was in 1999 and it still shoots as well as the day I got it. Shooting 10gpp cedars and the original string.
i wouldnt count on selfbows ,for life but glass lam put it in your will.
My laminated boo backed osage has 8yrs of continuous shooting and is still pulling #64,no signs of any fatigue.
good for u . lol but boo aint wood. :bigsmyl: same as linen and sinue. they add to the fortitude of the bow . similar to glass.
id still rather have glass or carbon.or both .
I have a bear longbow was that was my dad's. I'm fifty-four and it still shoots. Gary
I just inherited my gradfathers pearson hunter it is all i am currently using and will serve well come fall.
I agree with lpc if it is well made and taken care of it will be around for generations to come.
My bow also shoots better than I do. :)
eric-thor,Can't ague that.
QuoteOriginally posted by Red Tailed Hawk:
and I only have one bow.
Only have 1 bow??????? :scared: How do you do it?
I didn't think that was possible..... :dunno:
Joekeith, Now I didnt say I will only have one bow forever. :archer:
IVE HAD MY EYES ON THOSE CENTAUR BOWS AND THEY ARE JUST BEAUTIFAL
Don't fall into the trap that glass bows last forever. I lost a '65 Kodiak last year that delaminated and a late 60s Hoyt Pro Hunter that blew a lower limb in half. I read on the forums all the time how bows are blowing up and delaminating so how can you know when they will go or if they will go? Impossible.
yes i have herd of them d-laminating as well. mostly old bows but some new as too . i think it has allot to do with the bows care and sometimes manufacture, im sure there are flaws that arent seen by the human eye in materials we use that are proned to failure weather sooner or later. but overall ill stick with my laminated bows .i have a 10 yr old thomahawk thunderstorm that has been through the huffy test : cold weather ,wet , dropped a couple dozen times and accidently dryfired at least 15 times in all climates ,and its still shootin just as strong as the first day i got it.
i think i got a good one :bigsmyl:
depends on alot of things...I have seen wheelies, lam'd longbow and recurves as well as selfbows come apart! Some new and some old!....I have a selfbow (YEW) that was made in the 1960's had not been strung or shoot in at least 30 years...I strung it last week and shoot it daily! Shoots great, pulls 53# @26"!...Longarrow
I just hope my bow lasts longer than me.
I am not certain about ~all~ the math; but the older you are when you buy a bow; the higher the chances are: it will last a lifetime. :D
Bingo Krebs
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I Think all my bows will last longer than me (at least I hope they will)
Travis
shaft slinger u r a brave man . maby a little too tightly rapped as well. :laughing:
I have 2 59 kodiaks and a 59 Grizzly that look and shoot as good as any custom bow i own.
Eric, if the bow breaks...I can say I out lived the bow!!!! Right now it looks like it will still be around for my grand sons!!!!...I am alittle "Wrapped"!!! Longarrow :bigsmyl: :deadhorse:
i have one thats way older than me and im really hoping i can pass it on if they are taken care of and built well they should out last us all
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Any of them can break at any moment but that moment might be years from now. :) The trick is to always have another bow in case the moment comes too soon. :D
Thiers no defintive answer to that question.I have had 3 bows that were less than a year old blow up.One riser blew in half at the throat of the grip.I had a bow bolt TD blow in half.A longbow limb that folded in half.All these at full draw.Had an all wood laminated bow start to seperate between the lams just beyond the fadeouts.
I have had a few other bows that had thousands upon thousands of shots put through them with no problems at all.I take good care of my archery gear.Some are destined to have problems at some point.Some are solid state and gonna take a licking and keep on ticking.These bows that bit the dust were all made by reputable bowyers who knew thier craft.
A lemons going to show up once in awhile.But in general a well made bows gonna last a long time with reasonable care.
All my bows are almost a old as I am,look like they were made yesterday(except for a few dings and scratches).By the way I'm 55!
I don't own a bow newer than 1975. I have a 1959 and 1960 Grizzly that I have put thousands of shots through in the past 6 months. Who knows what happened before me on these bows?
I see it as likely they will keep on going for years if I treat them as well as they treat me.