Jim - The Browning explorer - I'll give you. But it's not a "shocker" that a 64 Kodiak and a bunch of Black Widows shoot well...

1972-73 bear mag takedown 60" and 49# @ 28" I shoot it off the shelf and it shoot nice.

I love the 58" Pro Hoyt Hunter...but the shocker is the 58" Whiffen Comet.  Essentially the same bow...but more fun to shoot a Whiffen     JMHO...Doc

RAINMAN

You gotta get your priorties straight

1959 Kodiak Special 66" 40#, 14 strand flemish dacron with 430 gn barrel tapered cedar's. When I first received this bow it was beat. I tried to keep it as close to original as possible. I finished it with a satin varathane and it has now become one of my favorite shooter's. Perhaps in the future this will become a candidate for the Real BD but for now I'm having to much fun with it.    

Ben Pearson Cougar, 1968 43#- hits every stump I aim at.

I guess the one that shocked me the most was my Cub it's a '58 of course, as are the rest of my Bears but it really surprised me the first time I shot it and continues to impress me when I get it out.

The catalog says "terrific glass-powered performance at a moderate price" I would have to agree.

This one is just about my favorite on the rack.

Sexy little "white glass" 1957 Kodiak.  Like the rest of the Mid 50s Kodiaks, it really shoots very well.



Trap

VERY nice looking set up there, Trap. Like those older Western Knifes!

As I understand the question you are looking for bows that surprise you with their shooting features and not necessarially your best shooters.  

My three "shockers" are a 55# Tice and Watts Spartan Hunter MkI, a 50# 1958 or '59 Shakespeare Wonderbow, and a 50# 60s Root Gamemaster.

An old Blackhawk Scorpion - shoots so nice I hunted with it last year. I've since built a couple bows I will use now, but I just can't bring myself to part with this one.

My shocker is one of Ed Holcombs 59 kodiaks. I have stopped looking for bows since Ed made one for me. This is my "holy grail" in the bow realm.

OK guys, this is my shocker.

A circa 1950 all metal youth bow...

It has recurved tips and measures 47-3/4" between string grooves.

About 15 years ago, I gave $10 for it at a second hand store here in town. Still has the price marked on it.

Not even sure of the maker, looks like a cross between a Grimes and a Par-X.

It's guaranteed to give you a shock as soon as you pick it up.

 

Thats bad Mr.Phillips

That's cool Wade, I've never seen you use blue as a background color in a display case before    

Trap

67' Wing Slimline Pro-Vantage. 62" and 43# it is a smoooooth shooter....traded a Damon Howatt "bandito" to get it. Great bow!!

1959 Grizzly

QuoteOriginally posted by Raineman:
#5- A 62" Browning Explorer II, 51# that I got at Denton Hill several years ago. Fastest thin tips I have ever experienced on a Browning. Solid one piece riser. Flat out "womper" of a bow. Sold in a fit of stupidity, and convinced I will never find that one again or any like it ever.

Interesting.  I have a 52#@28" Browning Explorer (decal just says "Explorer" but it is 62") and it is my "sleeper" and "shocker" bow.  Spits an arrow out with authority and I do better accuracy wise with it than any of my other (lighter or heaver draw) bows.  Just a great design, but a tad heavy.  I'm drawing it to 30" and it seems to be a hair faster than my 55#@28" Dream Catcher - and that's no snoozer for speed.


And yes, the limb tips are scary pointy.  There ain't a lot of anything inside the loops.    :eek:

My shocker is a 1959 Kodiak (64" & 47#). I got this bow from Mike Shaw last summer and all I can say is WOW.

I have a 67' Bear Kodiak Hunter 58" 43# @ 28", picked it up from Jack Shanks last spring. That old girl can really spit a cedar shaft. I draw it to 29" and it just gives me a bit of a thump in the hand......nice old bow!