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Title: AMF Recurve
Post by: KyStickbow on March 23, 2011, 09:51:00 PM
Any of you guys ever heard or maybe shot an AMF Wing Archery Falcon recurve? I have been looking for a cheap bow in a light draw weight to begin shooting traditional. This bow is 30#. Just wanting opinions on weather it is a good bow or not.

Thanks
Title: Re: AMF Recurve
Post by: Reaper TN on March 23, 2011, 10:01:00 PM
I picked up a pristine used one that was a 35 pounder. Put a new string on it and shot it for a while.  Was a beautiful bow and a good shooter.  AMF bought out Wing at some point and I have heard that quality suffered.  Not very valuable, but an excellent bow to start with.  Find some light spined arrows, like 1816's or light spined carbons and start shootin'!
Title: Re: AMF Recurve
Post by: Spectre on March 23, 2011, 10:02:00 PM
Decent bows, I think. You can find a Browning pretty cheap, too----and they are very nice.
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Post by: Jerry Jeffer on March 24, 2011, 01:49:00 AM
AMF wing bows are a lot of fun.    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Stone Knife on March 24, 2011, 04:18:00 AM
I have owned several old Wings made by AMF, they are good bows. We still have a Hunter that my son uses for bowfishing, we don't even take good care of that and it holds up well.
Title: Re: AMF Recurve
Post by: LoweBow on March 24, 2011, 05:25:00 AM
Great old bows!
Oh...and welcome to TG!
Good to see more home boys on here!
Mike
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Post by: Running Buck on March 24, 2011, 10:06:00 AM
The first new recurve I ever bought was a AMF wing Thunderbird.
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Post by: Swamp Yankee on March 24, 2011, 11:26:00 AM
I have half a dozen Red Wing Hunters; a mix of original Texas built Wings, Head Ski and AMF bows.  While there are diffeneces between the original Wings and the others; all shoot equally well in my opinion.  The original Wings tend to be lighter with narrower limbs while the Head Ski and AMF bows have wider limbs and heavier risers.