| From: PECO
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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Root Field Master 66" recurve. Anyone shooting or have had one in the past? I'm interested in hearing about this bow.
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| From: T4halo
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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Great bow. Green glass. Nice tips. Some had additional lams in the riser. Have had 2 or 3.
T4
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| From: Muddyboots
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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I had a Field Master for several years back around 1967. Nothing but good things to say about it. My cousin also had one. We shot field archery at that time. We also each had a little heavier one we hunted with. I believe Earnie Root was one of the better bow designers back in the day. Roots sold for less than Bear bows and were more affordable for those of us who cut lawns for archery funds. Now that I have shot some of those Bears bows from that era I can say I think the Root bows were the equal of them.
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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Great model from Root....I have one from the 50's that I restored, along with some Gamemaster's and a Ranger.
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| From: rattlesnake
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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The butcher block one is a 1956 Root Gamemaster, the other a 59 grizzly.....I shot a nice 6 pt with the root... Ernie was a master bowyer one of the best,, he pretty much founded Shakespeare archery..
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| From: Zepnut
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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Nice looking bows
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| From: George D. Stout
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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Ernie designed and built the limbs that took the first perfect 300 score indoors in 1967, so he knew a little bit about bow/limb design. Bob Bittner was using Ernie's Golden Eagle takedown (Phil Grable designed riser) at the time to score that perfect round. His design carried on through the Shakespeare lines over the years until Shakespeare quit the business.
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| From: KyPhil
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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I have this 28lb one. 66 in long. It shoots nicely. The old companies had this stuff figured out for sure.
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| From: Aaron Brill
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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I have several 50's Roots that are all great bows, including a 66" Field-Master with green woven glass that I bought from Tony (T4halo). They sure are smooth stable bows to shoot.
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| From: PECO
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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Upon closer inspection of a photo of one of the tips, I have to pass on this bow. It was a butcher block with green glass like the one in Rattlesnake's photo. I really wanted to get this bow, maybe next time. Thanks for all the info guys.
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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Here's the one's I mentioned...
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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This is one of my favourites...a Gamemaster in the 62" length. Many of these 50's models had tip wedges and were carefully designed.
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| From: Gifford
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| Date: 22-Jul-18 |
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No picture but have a nice old Root Target Master, 30 lbs at 28 inches. Shoots great, really like it.
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| From: Catskills
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| Date: 08-May-22 |
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Love them. Have a Target Master and a Field Master. Not sure of years. Both shoot great.
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| From: Lowcountry
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| Date: 08-May-22 |
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I’ve got a 70’s era I-beam phenolic 62” Gamemaster that is a sweet shooter. I’ve always liked the looks of those Butcher Block Fieldmasters as well, but I’ve never shot one.
I haven’t shot a bad Root/Shakespeare bow yet!
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| From: thevienneau
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| Date: 12-Jun-22 |
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Ernie made the best bows. I am a bit biased though check out my blog, literally anything you need to know about Root is in there
https://shakespearearchery.blogspot.com/
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