Ever seen a folding bow like this?

[Ari_Bonn]

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

       
   
   

[Trenton G.]

That's really interesting. I've never seen a bow like that before. Did you get to shoot it?

[Ari_Bonn]

Originally 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.

[SCATTERSHOT]

Pretty clever. Possibly a home grown alteration?

[Steelhead]

That bows freaking me out man!I thought I had seen it all.Should have got a patent on that one.

[TDHunter]

Looks cool, but can't help but think that is going to blow up in spectacular fashion......could be wrong?

[Elkchaser]

Interesting concept.
What was the draw weight of that bow?

[reddogge]

Looks home grown and looks like it would slow the bow down and/or blow up some day.

[Cherry Tree]

Scary but cool!

[Ari_Bonn]

Originally posted by Elkchaser:
Interesting concept.
What was the draw weight of that bow?

It was 40#@ 28"    the draw felt decent.

[Ari_Bonn]

Originally 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.

[Gdpolk]

That's a first for me.  If it stands the test of time, it looks dang handy in my opinion.

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

I like it....

,,Sam,,

[Ari_Bonn]

I got some new info apparently a local gunsmith is experimenting this is a prototype. So the production ones will be nicer looking.

[Bill Carlsen]

Either Colt or Browning had a bow like that years ago. It was on the market for a year or so.

[FlintNSteel]

Originally 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

[hardbern]

Harry Drake designed the folding target/hunter for Browning .... & a flight bow!
 
See more    MyFB  here

[graybark uk]

that looks like somebody has had a go at Hawkeye's hoyt buffalo from Avengers assemble ?

[Bill Carlsen]

Fint....That's the one I remember.

[BrianfromTulsa]

I've still got an old Browning folding hunter.  similar concept but not quite the same