So this is a new project on an old bow lol. This was the first bow I ever shot/owned.
I got it back in highschool used. It went with me when I went to college, and somewhere along the way picked up a split right down the middle of the limbs.
I fixed that by drilling a hole this the limb at the end of the crack and adding a couple zip ties....cause that's how you fix stuff right?
About a year later I gave it to a friend of mine.
That was 20 years ago. He moved to the mainland for about 5-8 years, and when he came home the cracks were were running even worse. At which point it got stashed behind the couch till about 2 weeks ago when he found it with a broken string.
When I went to pick him up to go shooting last week, I saw it sitting in the back of his truck getting ready for a ride to the dump.
I honestly had zero interest in getting back into archery, stuff like that happens to me from time to time.
Anyway, I couldn't let it suffer such an ignoble fate, so it came home with me.
Now I SHOULD have taken some before pictures....but I didnt....just imagine a whole bow painted in blue sparkle paint with gold splash, that to this day, I don't know how I did.
I stripper the old limbs and other bits from the riser, and checked limb pocket angles and length.
This riser is about 21" and has 17° pockets, with a slight amount or reflex, so it should make a decent long draw bow.
I stripper the layers and layers of nasty paint, and then acid washed the riser. After giving it a wash and baking soda bath, it got some new paint....
That yellow faded as it dried to a green, I'll get some new pictures.
Anyway that's where we are now.
I have a decision to make now. I have the parts to convert this to ilf limbs, or just cheap out and buy bolt down limbs.
I'm still not sure which way I'll go with it.
The ilf is tempting because I have the fittings, and the limbs offer more options.
The bolt downs tho will probably do everything I could ask of the bow, and in all likelihood I'll finish this, and give it away again.
Another plus(maybe) to this project, is it got me to take my hunting recurve out for the first time in a year or two, make a new string, and actually shoot it a few times.
I got it back in highschool used. It went with me when I went to college, and somewhere along the way picked up a split right down the middle of the limbs.
I fixed that by drilling a hole this the limb at the end of the crack and adding a couple zip ties....cause that's how you fix stuff right?
About a year later I gave it to a friend of mine.
That was 20 years ago. He moved to the mainland for about 5-8 years, and when he came home the cracks were were running even worse. At which point it got stashed behind the couch till about 2 weeks ago when he found it with a broken string.
When I went to pick him up to go shooting last week, I saw it sitting in the back of his truck getting ready for a ride to the dump.
I honestly had zero interest in getting back into archery, stuff like that happens to me from time to time.
Anyway, I couldn't let it suffer such an ignoble fate, so it came home with me.
Now I SHOULD have taken some before pictures....but I didnt....just imagine a whole bow painted in blue sparkle paint with gold splash, that to this day, I don't know how I did.
I stripper the old limbs and other bits from the riser, and checked limb pocket angles and length.
This riser is about 21" and has 17° pockets, with a slight amount or reflex, so it should make a decent long draw bow.
I stripper the layers and layers of nasty paint, and then acid washed the riser. After giving it a wash and baking soda bath, it got some new paint....
That yellow faded as it dried to a green, I'll get some new pictures.
Anyway that's where we are now.
I have a decision to make now. I have the parts to convert this to ilf limbs, or just cheap out and buy bolt down limbs.
I'm still not sure which way I'll go with it.
The ilf is tempting because I have the fittings, and the limbs offer more options.
The bolt downs tho will probably do everything I could ask of the bow, and in all likelihood I'll finish this, and give it away again.
Another plus(maybe) to this project, is it got me to take my hunting recurve out for the first time in a year or two, make a new string, and actually shoot it a few times.