Bear take down "grenn stripe" bow,,, whats this?

[Johnny Reb]

Ther was a add in the classified (I cant find it now) a guy had a take down bear that had been sighned by Fred Bear himself, said it was a green stipe bow, the picture showed a green stripe made into the riser.

I have never heard of one of these, can someone tell me more about these bows, I mean are they a rare bow ? and the signiture, since he signed it it must be worth considerably more.

[Migra Bill]

The Green Stripe takedown has picked up popularity recently. Believe it or not, it is a Gainesvile, FL bow and not a Grayling, MI bow. It was produced in the 80's. It is the only Gainesville bow in my collection.

Wonderfull shooter. Kinda pricey, but afterall it is a wooden Bear takedown.

[cacciatore]

As Bill has said it is becaming collectible,for its beauty,performances and because it is the bow that Fred loved,designed and reintroduced in the 80s.It is the only Florida bow I have in my collection me too.

[Trooper]

Johnny Reb,
The '80's "Green Stripe" comes in various colors developed in the early '80's and the Brown Stripe developing in the mid to later '80's.  The top 2 bows were made in early 2000; the middle is a Brown Striper made in the mid to late '80's and the bottom two are two versions of the Green Stripers. These bows used to sell used for under $500 but lately have gone up to about $650 to $750.  Of coarse, one signed by Fred would go for a little more.  Great bows but I still want an original that was made in Grayling from '69 to '71.

[d. ward]

another greenie bd  

[d. ward]

sight window side bd  

[Jeremy]

And another...

[OldSkoolArcher]

and 2 more...
 

[Johnny Reb]

NNIIIIICE, I'd never heard of one, wow, they do have a certain appeal dont they.

It would be nice to have a bear take down, sounds like I need to do some home work on my bears, I had in mind the only take downs were made in the 60's and 70's. ( shows ya what I know)

[Jack Shanks]

Here's the one I had up until a few days ago. Good buddy of mine wanted it though so it found a new home.

[Orion]

Were the 80s green stripes made in B length only?

[jcar315]

Any excuse to post a picture of my lefty Green Stripe. My trusty sidekick Sam doing the honors.

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Beautiful bow that I am so fortunate to own. Feels and shoots fantastic!!

[Trooper]

Orion,
Yes, the Green Stripes were only made in B handle. I'm not sure when the A handles came back but I image it was somewhere around the late '90's or early 2000.  The top bow in my picture in my previous reply is an A handle made in 2001.  The A handles are not made anymore.  Bear is now just making the B handle in the Supreme Series.  Sad!

[M60gunner]

I would like to have a "green stripe" also. My reason is the grip. The ones I have handled seem to have a slimer grip. Not as slim as a Mag. but slimer than my "97". But it seems that now that I put one on my "A" list the demand is high.Guess That guy Murphy strikes agian.

[Orion]

Thanks, Trooper.

[Jack Shanks]

Here are the before and after pictures of a Green Stripe I got a week and a half ago.

Like opening a gift at Christmas to see what you got.



In this case I was pretty happy!



The limbs were supposed to be 45# and 55# but the 55# turned out to be 60#