Favorite "Cheap" Bow?

[GingivitisKahn]

Tough to go wrong with a decent used Bear.

[FrankM]

From what I've heard, the Quinn Stallion is awesome. I got a Martin Jaguar Takedown for my birthday. At $ 140.00, ain't bad. Then again, while this was sitting in the closet waiting for my birthday, I was looking at 300-400 buck bows. My wife says, "You can have one of those if you want". Arrrgggh!! The Martin is already in the closet! LOL.

[Jon Stewart]

Neil, look for a nice shooting longbow.  I have a Northern Mist Baraga 40# and  Northwind 32# bows. Both easy to shoot and have fun with.  With a longbow you can go to the Michigan Longbow shoots and have a great time.

NOTE: I killed last years deer with the Baraga using a wooden arrow and a stone head.

[doowop]

Quinn all the way.

[ron w]

Not a recurve, but a used Bear Montana is bullet proof and as cheap as they come.

[Bill Turner]

I venture to say you'll be hard pressed to find a "cheap" bow that you'll be happy with. Save your money and get new limbs to go with your Black Widow.Quality bows like BW have a way of spoiling the avid archer.  

[Zipperhead]

Mike at maddog archery makes a nice bow at a cheap price.  We have two of them and really like them.

[Ia Hawkeye]

Quinn stallion is cheap in price but shoots as good or better then the high dollar custom bows!

the pse's are very fine bows for the money, shoot very good , and fast shooters, they been doin it a longtime..

[Mike B]

I have to agree with the above,my  Quinn Stallion shoots right along with my best custom bows.

[koger]

Yeah baby, Quinns ruuullllee!! I have a bunch, and I, personally, shoot them better than any bow I have ever shot, no matter how custom or expensive. They are smmoooth, fast and about bomb proof. I shoot daily, and hunt hard, and my bows arent babied, easy to tune, and a lot of dead critters cant be wrong. I ended up selling my 2 BW's because I couldnt justify keeping higher dollar bows that I wouldnt hunt with, or shoot as much, because the Quinn was more accurate for me. I have 3 Risers, 7 sets of limbs, and set for life, I do believe.

[OkKeith]

I have to add my opinion on the Quinn bows as well. I bought a used Stallion from a fellow tradganger and absolutly love it. I got it for under $200, in the original box with the manufactures CD and two (count 'em) two factory high speed strings. The limbs are 48# at 28". I draw to just past 31" and it is smooth all the way back. Are they fancey with lots of exotic hardwoods, nope. Plain Jane just like me.

It was already tuned pretty good and I tweaked it only a little for it to settel into my draw lenth and shooting style.

Got a Safari Tuff take down bag for my birthday this month. That bow never leaves my truck now (under the seat, out of the sun and heat).

New or used, it's hard to beat a Quinn and additional sets of limbs are easy to get and inexpensive as well.

Yes, there are far prettier bows out there, but I doubt they shoot any better. Even a brand new one is far less expensive than many lesser quality bows.

To me, there is still something beautiful about a well designed tool that does the job excelently.

OkKeith