What bow would you like to see made again

[SteveL]

Lots of great choices guys. I completely forgot about the old Bighorns with the curved limb beds. Sure miss mine. Also Groves comes to mind.

Stumpkiller, I know what you're talking about with the S&W M-14 Masterpiece. Years back I let a buddy trade me out of my 70's vintage model, not near the quality of those made in the 50's, did a ton of bullseye shooting with it and my friend says it's he's favorite even to this day.

Thanks for the participation guys, some of the bows mentioned I'd forgotten about too - brought back some nostalgic memories.

[TOEJAMMER]

Jack Howard's Gamemaster; Harold Grove's Spitfire and Spitfire Magnum with the wood riser; Tom Jenning's Smithwick bow line including the Citation.

[Shedrock]

Pronghorn Ferret

[tj69]

Black Widow CJ from the early nineties.

[Steelhead]

Man,alot of great bows and bowyers have come and gone in  the last 20 years.Its too bad really!No telling what kind of bows some of these guys may have produced if they were still hanging around and tinkering with the art and design of traditonal bows.I am sure that we would all be the richer for it.The originals are certainly treasures never to be made again.

I liked my Fredericks,Brackenbury's and Matlocks quite a bit.Wish these guys were still building bows along with many of the others mentioned.

Those Rocky Mountain recurves always looked liked shooters.The Appalacians are nice looking bows and I love the scalloped tips.The Green Mountain bows remind me of Fredericks quite a bit.Would love to try one.The Massies are sweet bows as well.

Red Chavez built some nice bows as well.His static tipped recurve was way cool.The Mellenium bows were sure nice looking with beautiful lines.Jack Howards bows were bad to the bone!

I would like to see Bear come back with the 64" Kodiak 59ers,Specials and a few of the other models that were particularly known for thier shooting qualities,looks and performance.

The Morrison Dakota and Cougar are no longer available as of now.They are instant classics
now in my book.
The Deathmaster recurve was another fine bow that would be nice to see again.

Originally posted by John Nail:
Fred Anderson Skookum

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[carpenter]

21st century edge ( jim and buddy)

[MikeM]

Bob Lee Thunderbolt or the Old Wing Thunderbird

[LONGSTYKES]

Skookum by Fred Anderson, had one and it was stolen, very nice Bow.

[S. Brant Osborn]

If I had known Bob Morrison would drop his one piece Arrapaho I would have scrounged up the money fora pair and a spare.  But I would have had them made into 2 part takedowns.

[Mike Spaulding]

I always liked the looks of the habu death adder.. couldn't afford one, but really liked how they looked.. would have liked to have tried one.

[joe vt]

Green Mountain longbows


This next request is not possible since the bowyer has passed away....Lonetree longbows

[LongStick64]

San Marco, Massie, Anything by Earl Hoyt

[billy shipp]

Bob Lee Thunderbolt 1pc recurve.

[duncan idaho]

I own a Sley recurve, i believe i bought it around 1999 or 2000, very, very fast,i was told it was one of the last ones made. 62 in, 63# at 29in. I also own a 62in, one piece recurve from Dale Dye. I know he is not making as many as before. That one is a classic.

SteveB, not many people have mentioned a Sley, do you know if he is still working as a guide at the King Ranch?

on as side note, talk about a small world, i met his sister in Iraq a couple of years ago!

[Bernie B.]

Wing bows with their great quivers!

[GRINCH]

I'll second the ferret.

[SteveB]

Duncan - that was the last I heard but it has been a while. Haven't bought a bow in some time, but would get a Sley if I saw one.

[Bob Palmer]

Anyone remember Plainsmen One Piece Recurves...made by a guy in Montana back in the late 80's and early 90's? By far the best one piece recurve I ever shot! That thing smoke an arrow!!! Wish they were still being made!

[TOEJAMMER]

Bob,  I remember the Plainsman and agree.  If memory serves me correctly, they were made by Fred Haas in Shelby, Montana.