New Bow Purchase
08-22-2011, 03:27 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6
New Bow Purchase
Hello,
Just purchased a compound bow off of ebay for 75.00 a browning hypercam. How does the wood riser compare to metal? Hope I didnt make a bad decision, just wanted to try my hand at archery season this year. I used to shoot a recurve year ago. I know it isnt top of the line, but will it do the job. Thx UC
Just purchased a compound bow off of ebay for 75.00 a browning hypercam. How does the wood riser compare to metal? Hope I didnt make a bad decision, just wanted to try my hand at archery season this year. I used to shoot a recurve year ago. I know it isnt top of the line, but will it do the job. Thx UC
09-01-2011, 05:12 AM
#2
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 9
Unless it just has some crazy uncontrollable/unsolveable noise or thump to it when fired, yes it will do the job. Have an archery shop look it over to confirm it is still safe to shoot though (stress fractures, etc..), especially the condition of the strings. Get it tuned up, buy you the 75 dollar deer target from wal-mart, get outside, and start practicing. You are walking away from a recurve and into the compound world brotherman!!...lol Top of the line is Hype. A Haynes T-shirt wears the same as a Tommy Hilfiger. Dont worry about the glamour hunting. Sit in that stand, become a part of that forest, and enjoy knocking down that doe or buck with your new Browning. Old bows dont stop killing things when new bows hit the showroom floor!!!!!!!
09-01-2011, 10:03 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
A POOR choice honestly! You've really jumped the gun by buying a bow sight unseen and one that you have no clue about! For one, most wood riser Browing bows are no less than 20 years old! That means that it absolutely MUST be seriously inspected by a Pro Shop ASAP! It will most certainly need new custom strings and the laminates in the limbs must be caerfully inspected. You should have went to some local Shops and they would have been able to help you a LOT more than buying a bow that's probably been sitting in a garage or attic for a couple of decades.
09-02-2011, 10:22 AM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 872
Originally Posted by IL-Cornfed
A POOR choice honestly! You've really jumped the gun by buying a bow sight unseen and one that you have no clue about! For one, most wood riser Browing bows are no less than 20 years old! That means that it absolutely MUST be seriously inspected by a Pro Shop ASAP! It will most certainly need new custom strings and the laminates in the limbs must be caerfully inspected. You should have went to some local Shops and they would have been able to help you a LOT more than buying a bow that's probably been sitting in a garage or attic for a couple of decades.
