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Title: Ever seen a folding bow like this?
Post by: Ari_Bonn on February 02, 2018, 05:25:00 PM
I was at my local archery store today and they had this just sitting there.    Anyone ever seen anything like it?   Joints seems very well built and in the fadeouts

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Post by: Trenton G. on February 02, 2018, 05:39:00 PM
That's really interesting. I've never seen a bow like that before. Did you get to shoot it?
Title: Re: Ever seen a folding bow like this?
Post by: Ari_Bonn on February 02, 2018, 05:56:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Trenton G.:
That's really interesting. I've never seen a bow like that before. Did you get to shoot it?
It shot alright nothing to really complain bout It has a super crappy string on it not even b50. So i bet it would shoot a heck of a lot better.  The joint seems like carbon or something its not steel.
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Post by: SCATTERSHOT on February 02, 2018, 08:49:00 PM
Pretty clever. Possibly a home grown alteration?
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Post by: Steelhead on February 03, 2018, 02:38:00 AM
That bows freaking me out man!I thought I had seen it all.Should have got a patent on that one.
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Post by: TDHunter on February 03, 2018, 03:20:00 AM
Looks cool, but can't help but think that is going to blow up in spectacular fashion......could be wrong?
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Post by: Elkchaser on February 03, 2018, 09:22:00 AM
Interesting concept.
What was the draw weight of that bow?
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Post by: reddogge on February 03, 2018, 09:26:00 AM
Looks home grown and looks like it would slow the bow down and/or blow up some day.
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Post by: Cherry Tree on February 03, 2018, 03:45:00 PM
Scary but cool!
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Post by: Ari_Bonn on February 03, 2018, 03:53:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Elkchaser:
Interesting concept.
What was the draw weight of that bow?
It was 40#@ 28"    the draw felt decent.
Title: Re: Ever seen a folding bow like this?
Post by: Ari_Bonn on February 03, 2018, 03:55:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by reddogge:
Looks home grown and looks like it would slow the bow down and/or blow up some day.
No reason for it to go boom if the lams were glued  well.    The joints themselves are super over built and in the fadeouts. Hard to see in the pic but lock in an L shape and its mostly carbon or something.
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Post by: Gdpolk on February 03, 2018, 08:39:00 PM
That's a first for me.  If it stands the test of time, it looks dang handy in my opinion.
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Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on February 03, 2018, 08:59:00 PM
I like it....

,,Sam,,
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Post by: Ari_Bonn on February 03, 2018, 10:05:00 PM
I got some new info apparently a local gunsmith is experimenting this is a prototype. So the production ones will be nicer looking.
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Post by: Bill Carlsen on February 04, 2018, 08:19:00 AM
Either Colt or Browning had a bow like that years ago. It was on the market for a year or so.
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Post by: FlintNSteel on February 04, 2018, 09:26:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Bill Carlsen:
Either Colt or Browning had a bow like that years ago. It was on the market for a year or so.
I wish I still had my collection of Bowhunter Magazines that went all the way back to the very first issue...I'm sure I could look it up.  When I saw the post my first thought was BROWNING that had a fold-down hunting bow.  It would have been back in the 70's sometime.

I looked online and found a picture of it.  It had a much sleeker fold-down design.

http://www.archeryhistory.com/recurves/recurvespics/browing70.jpg
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Post by: hardbern on February 04, 2018, 12:34:00 PM
Harry Drake designed the folding target/hunter for Browning .... & a flight bow!
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See more    MyFB (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.928101277276682.1073741920.100002304553118&type=1&l=9b2cf9a946)  here
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Post by: graybark uk on February 04, 2018, 02:48:00 PM
that looks like somebody has had a go at Hawkeye's hoyt buffalo from Avengers assemble ?
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Post by: Bill Carlsen on February 05, 2018, 07:32:00 AM
Fint....That's the one I remember.
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Post by: BrianfromTulsa on February 05, 2018, 11:49:00 AM
I've still got an old Browning folding hunter.  similar concept but not quite the same
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