Well here I am again, need a new bow once more. This would be my second Samick Red Stag 60" 45@28 that "broke". This one actually broke as i drew back to shoot, cut my hand and put a mark below my eye. Needless to say i will never buy another Samick bow so I need some advice on a new bow to buy. I have a max of 750 to spend now, would like to stay below that number tho, looking for some new ideas for one piece recurves. I just do target shooting so id like something that is durable. Here are some images of by bow.
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I'm assuming made in Korea? Two different bows broke, I'd be looking for another line to try.
Sorry to hear about your bows. 750 is a healthy budget and opens you up to many of our Bowyer sponsors: Toelke, Holm, Eaglewing, Bigfoot, Fedora and many many more. Way better products and workmanship!
Michael, I would suggest TimberHawk bows. Scott Mitchell is a great bowyer and well below $750.00 for a Strike XT.
Yup looking for another line for sure
Lots of good bows out there in that price range. keep an eye on the classifieds. Im shooting a Black Creek Banshee recurve right now that i really like. Ive been eyeballin RER, Tall Tines, Brooks, and Caribow, here lately. really like the look of that Brooks.
A nice short 1 piece recurve, "The Cree" by Hill Country Bows is in your price range.
For $750 you could get 2-3 bows off the classifieds, find the one you like and not lose much re-selling the others.
Rob
$750 will buy a good bow. Classifieds are full of good deals.
With $750 to spend you can get about 1000 different bows. There are about 50 good bowyers who's names regularly show up on here. I'd suggest starting with the classifieds and researching or even better, go to a local shoot and bug guys to try their bows. Bows are very personal.
I hate to say it, but I had a Samick Deermaster delaminate on me. I go the limbs replaced, sold it, and then one of the new ones started to go for that guy too so I ended up having to find a new one to send out to him, cost me more money than I sold the bow for in end!
You can get a lot of bow for $750.00. Take some time and call the many sponsors here and I am sure you'll get a quality bow that fits you. Or hit some trad shoots and try out as many as you can.
Or, watch the classifieds here. Plenty of good deals.
Hey Michael...might be time to re-think that whole used bow thing you mentioned in your last post. With that amount of $$ you can really take your pic of a BUNCH of bows from the classisieds! Try it!!! There are some amazing bows showing up there every day!! Just wish I had a large savings account so that I could snag a few for myself.
Glad it missed your eye!!! :scared: Sorry to hear about your troubles. 3rd time's the charm!!
Scary.
I see your from PA? You have a great bowyer in your home state by the name of Leon Stewart, aka stewarts archery. I own two of them, and they are great bows.
If I where you, I would take a drive down to his shop, and test drive his bows.
http://www.stewartsarchery.com/
sad to here....I have owned several Samicks over the years and they proved to be good, reliable bows.......with all things now a days quality control may have gone to pot ????? For $750.00 bucks you can get many "custom" bowyers to make a real nice bow....
$750 can get you a "REAL" nice bow on the classifieds.....there was just a Black Widow on there for less than that......
I would consider the classifieds first, $750 gets you almost anything you want used.
First thing I'd do is get a refund on that bow.
Thanks so far guys. I am definitely getting a refund. I am looking for maybe a custom bow, or an in stock bow. I dont want a used bow over the internet, i would like to see it before i bought it if that makes sense. If anybody knows of any bowers around western Pa and eastern Ohio I would love to try some bows out. Not many people where i live use trad bows so its difficult to find people around me, Brooks bows is about an hour and 20 min away from where i live, so I may give them a call and try some of their bows out.
Hill country bows is in Ohio, and has a try before you buy program. Chad from Holm made archery has a few recurves in stock, and his bows shoot great, are built extremely well, and come with a two year warranty.
Fedora is also located in Pennsylvania. They have very reasonable prices and are solid performers to boot.
I had a red stag do the same thing on me -won't buy another. There are some very good deals on the classifieds right now - check em out. I think I saw a saxon selkirk for 275 tyd - not a bad deal.
I'd try and get my money back. You could have been seriously injured. That's no joke. Buy American! Put Americans to work and keep the money here. Also get American workmanship. I'm glad you didn't get hurt.
I'm just an hour west of the Pa Oh line. I have lots of bows you can try if you're willing to drive a little.
There have been a number of discussions lately about eye-wear...your experience just proves my point that we should never even consider shooting, or even stringing, a bow without protective eyewear...just under the eye is too close for comfort...glad you were not seriously hurt (although I bet that smarted)...I never could understand how the lower priced Samicks could be the great bows people claim them to be at the prices they bring...sure a bow may sell for 150 dollars retail...what value does that bow come out the door of the Korean factory at...I am guessing way under a hundred bucks...on the other hand North American custom bowyers have a tendency to pretty much give away their time and knowledge
DDave
I see you are from Pa. I never owned a Fedora, but since you are from Pa I would take a ride to his place and talk to him or take a ride to Lancaster Archer and talk to John Wert. If you are a target shooter check out a metal riser.
Sorry to hear. $750 is a nice budget. I'd get a new Zipstick with boo cores and choice of veneers - great 1 piece longbow. But there is a pile of bows you could buy - especially if looking used.
I'm glad that you're OK... I had that happen a couple of times last year, it's scary for sure.
Like damascusdave said eye protection should be given more consideration by myself and others.
To bad you don't want a used bow. It's a buyers market now, and I've seen a lot of real "steals" lately. That being said check out Predator bows, fast, smooth, and has very nice lines. There are others but out of your budget range.
A used 70's Bear bow will run you roughly a third of your budget.
I have enjoyed my Omega long bow. The bowyer Kegan McCabe can build you a bow to your specs for well under you budget.
If you decide to change your mind about buying used, I have a bow for sale on the classifieds that has a grip very similar to my buddy's Samick, made right here in the U.S. of A.....Just saying... ;)
In all seriousness, I'm glad that you weren't seriously injured. That would scare the crap outta me!
Look into Hunters Niche, Predator Bows. They have a hunter model recuve for 650. Great people, even better bows, 6-8 weeks.
You have two great bowlers in PA. Mike Fedora and Leon Stewart. Mike makes a great target bow and Leon a terrific long bow.
Leon Stewart!!!
My son-in law's Red Stag cme aprt on him one month after the warranty ran out. He didn't shoot it that much and it was only drawn to 25" with factory string and 10 gpp arras. Yes you can get a fine new bow with that amount or as others said, a few nice used. It's funny how durable the old vintage bows can be as there are a number of them out there with thousands of shots fired at 40 & 50 yrs. old. Quality materials and attention to detail!
Tall Tines start at $750.00 great bows!
Glad you weren't hurt .
One piece Heart Land Bows.
For $750 you could probably get two nice ones from the classifieds.
The poster says he wants a recurve and is a target shooter.
Hoyt excel riser with black max limbs out the door for $320 brand new... shoots like a million bucks. If you don't want to go classifieds that's a great way to go.
Good that you weren't hurt. One thing to keep in mind before you buy your next bow is the relationship of your draw length to bow length and design. If you have a long draw length, you'll need a longer bow and/or one with more deflex reflex. A long draw really stresses the limbs and riser of shorter bows, leading to increased breakage. Good luck.
I'm sorry to hear about that I own one my self but haven't had a problem yet.I only bought one because it was my first trad bow. Knowing what I know now I wouldn't buy another one. I bought mine over the Internet and when I got it and really looked at it looks like where the front limb glass meets the riser looks like a severe stress point / poor design. That's not a good first impression. Now you got me worried because hunting season is closing fast and I have no back-up. Shot a bear grizzly the other day at cabelas with random arrows and ill fitting nocks and still liked it . I'm sure samick makes good bows but if we want quality we have to pay for it,and I agree my next bow will be American made ,we just do it better and at least if you have a problem the chain of command is a lot shorter.
sorry to hear that about your samick i have a samick horse bow that is an awesome little Bow and touch wood nothing has happened to it. they are a nice little Bow to shoot. but hey look in the for sale on here and for the amount of money ya got ya will get one hell of a Bow. :thumbsup: :archer:
QuoteOriginally posted by Rob W.:
For $750 you could get 2-3 bows off the classifieds, find the one you like and not lose much re-selling the others.
Rob
I'm with Rob. I picked up my black widow on classifieds for well under your budget.