I got to see and handle one today.

[Billy Goat]

Old 1949-1950 I believe Bear Static K4.

The owner is shooting it, I didn't, but it's quiet.




Yes, that's a layer of Aluminum in the lamination.


Sorry it wasn't something cooler, but I think a 70 year old bow that is still in use is pretty cool.

 

[oldgoat]

That's freaking cool! I got to see a pretty neat old Bear 76er today down at rmsgear today, 45ish years old still in original packaging and it's a 50# which I think is quite rare in itself! If I had a display room, I might of bought it, a set of 50# limbs is on my wish list and that's what it has, but the price is a little high to do what I want it for! It's about twice what I paid for both the ones I have put together!

 

[TaterTot]

Very cool. I don't have a static k4... yet. I do have a 54 kodiak that I shoot. Very nice shooting bows.

Oh and I just snapped up a 76r that looks mint. Wife doesn't know about that one yet lol.

 

[Billy Goat]

She just knows I have bows.


Doesn't keep too much track of them. The problem is when they all congregate and she catches them together.

 

[Beendare]

Oh man, that is super cool.
I would love to shoot that bow….

The aluminum seems like it would be tough to glue to. Any corrosion is trouble and probably why we dont see many.

 

[TaterTot]

She just knows I have bows.


Doesn't keep too much track of them. The problem is when they all congregate and she catches them together.

I don't ask about her yarn, she doesn't ask about my bows.

 

[Billy Goat]

I don't ask about her plants, she doesn't ask about my bows.

Fixed it for me

 

[Billy Goat]

Oh man, that is super cool.
I would love to shoot that bow….

The aluminum seems like it would be tough to glue to. Any corrosion is trouble and probably why we dont see many.

I could have shot it, several others did. My draw is just a little longer and I didn't want to be the straw that broke the camel's back.


He got it on auction on eBay I think. He thought it was just going to be a wall hanger. Looked it over it was fine, built a string and started shooting it some.

Id be nervous, but I think the only thing that would likely happen is delamination, so it could probably still be a wall hanger. If it were mine I I'd shoot something with it, just to say I did, then hang it up.

 

[thejones]

I will inherit one of those bows someday. My dad has one, hasn't been shot in many years, but what a cool wall hanger.

 

[TomAZ]

Very cool!


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