USMC5831
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I’ve got a 1990’s Darton Maverick that was my second bow hanging in my garage. I’d LOVE to put recurve limbs on it and breathe life back into it. I’ve never heard/thought of that. Now I’ve got a new rabbit hole! Awesome!
My Crocs are buried in 10" of dirt waiting for season opener.Nice! Excellent post.
Some concern that those flip flops are not approved footwear, though. Was pretty sure the only allowable footwear on this site was crocs. ;-)
I have a Black Bear I converted into a "warf" bow and it works great!Used a pair of ratchet straps to remove the cabling and took the limbs off. Looks like I now have a winter project.
Probably will have to get a string made for your length and theres no real advantage just a great way to repurpose a old bowpardon my ignorance, but with a modified warfbow, do you need a custom length string then, as the riser length may be different?
and besides just needing a new set of limbs and being cheaper, what would the advantage be of a warfbow than a regular trad bow?
measured notch to notch and -4 inches for the recurve limbs is what I diddumb question.. how to figure string length? (and yes i'm showing my ignorance here, as all the trad guys sighed and laughed at me). I "assume" strings are set/not adjustable. I could be wrong tho.
Shoot... I just found a Golden Eagle for $50. Too bad it's for a righty.
Also, sorry to hijack your thread @Spence71
@Spence71
@Razorbak66 sent me this Hoyt Rambo to warf. I was real hesitant to actually make the ILF conversion plates cause I'm just not too handy. Got to looking at the thing today though and it turns out that Sage limbs fit inside the limb pocket of the Rambo. Only needed to grind the little nub/tab off by the limb bolt. There was 1/16 of space on either side of the limb once it was tightened into the pocket that created a bit of play. Took a piece of kydex and molded it into a limb sleeve while hot. The final product was nice. No side to side play at all. Cannibalized my Sage for donor limbs to see if it would fling an arrow and you know what? It did! Lost considerable poundage off the 35lb limbs (down to 29lbs at 27 1/4" draw) because the Rambo riser is longer than my Sage (20 1/2" vs 19). It shot well though. Shot about 25 arrows this afternoon and I was surprised with how VERY VERY QUIET it was. Think I'll hit the riser with a wire wheel tomorrow and get all the old paint off it. Can't wait to see what this thing turns into! Today's test was kind of just seeing if it would shoot and not blow up. Think it was a success!
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Oh c'mon. Jump in! The water is fine.Would it be an abuse of my Mod position to lock this thread? Because if ya'll keep it up you are going to convince me I need one of these and I have so many different wood risers still on my list of wants.
The more bows you have the happier your life is lolWould it be an abuse of my Mod position to lock this thread? Because if ya'll keep it up you are going to convince me I need one of these and I have so many different wood risers still on my list of wants.
Oh c'mon. Jump in! The water is fine.
And a metal riser is, let's say... 7/8 traditional
The more bows you have the happier your life is lol
That cleaned up nice! Way to go. What did you do take acetone to it?Ol Rambo cleaned up nice!
Edit: Not trying to turn this into a post about me. Just want to give yall a bit of exhortation if you're considering doing something like this. You CAN do it!
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