From: MStyles
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Date: 06-May-24 |
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About a year ago, I scored this 1958 BP #964, later known as a Cougar, on Craigslist. Asking $100, he settled for $75. Marked 55#. It weighed out at #72 at 28” on the bow scale at my club. It is a 64” semi-recurve, a lot like a 50’s Bear Polar. It was not made with any tip overlays, If you look closely at the 55#, you can see the first 5 probably started out as a 7, and was changed to a 5. Anyway, after shooting it for 6 months. I noticed the limb tips were showing stress lines on the belly side of the tips. Not wanting to let the tips get ripped, I got my brother Chuck, to put some phenolic overlays on the tips, thereby saving the bow. Thanks Chuck!
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From: smrobertson
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Date: 06-May-24 |
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Those were good old bows that shot well, and still do.
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From: Don T. Lewis
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Date: 06-May-24 |
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Nice bow Mike. And worth saving. Your brother did a real nice job on those tips. Good luck with it.
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From: Don T. Lewis
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Date: 06-May-24 |
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Nice bow Mike. And worth saving. Your brother did a real nice job on those tips. Good luck with it.
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From: CStyles
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Date: 06-May-24 |
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They are extra heavy duty given the application. Usually I thin and taper more gradually.
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From: Wudstix
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Date: 06-May-24 |
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Even I can tell difference between 55# and 72# when I draw the bow. Nice find, treat it well.
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From: MStyles
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Date: 06-May-24 |
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When I bought it, it didn’t have a string to test it. I thought I was buying a 55# bow. I shoot 60-70# so it’s ok.
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From: Wudstix
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Date: 06-May-24 |
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I shoot 63-71# myself.
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From: MStyles
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Date: 07-May-24 |
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Hey Michael, what is your favorite 63-71# to shoot. Myself I like the 50’s Bears the most. I also have a 50’s dual shelf Bear Kodiak recurve that’s 74# it’s my heaviest bow. It’s easily the fastest bow I shoot. I just don’t shoot it as much as the others.
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