Found treasure

[JTop]

#5735

My wife’s uncle bought an old bow at a garage sale for me. Someone had painted the WHOLE bow matte black and drilled 2 sight/quiver holes in it. After a little elbow grease and rubbing compound I was able to get the black paint off to find a very nice 50# Bear Kodiak Hunter. I refinished the bow and put in some brass mountings where the holes were and am quit satisfied with the results. Total investment so far, $10 for a can of polyurethane. (I already had the brass mounting kit for a different bow.):D

[David Petersen]

#44143

I always loved that color …

[Stephen Graf]

#44493

Nice job – not scratching off the bow poundage and id info when taking off the old finish!

[Troy Breeding]

#44561

JTop,

That’s one heck of a recovery job.

Great job. Glad to see you had the courage to do it. Too many super nice bows are never unvailed because of someone elses mistake.

Troy

[J.Alex]

#44605

Great job and nice bow, those Kodiak Hunters are great shooters.J.A.

[William Warren]

#44899

Nice! I like surprises like that. I’d like to find one about 45# left hand.

[skifrk]

#44955

Great job on the restore of the bow.

[Stumpkiller]

#45404

Great bows and a good find!

I’ve got one just like it, same weight but without inserts, that I used to shoot in an indoor league. Nice and stable; if a bit slow by reputation. I draw 30-1/2″ and when you work the tips that way it begins to get perky.

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[rwbowman]

#46093

Awesome treasure! That’s a beautiful bow.

[JTop]

#46511

Thanks everyone for the comments. I put a string on it and got to shoot with my 6.5 yr old daughter on Saturday. We were competing to see who got more bullseyes. In the end we tied. Its a nice shooter, but about 5 lbs more than I’m used to. I’ll get the hang of it.

[codger]

#47040

Beautiful bow nice work. I ha done of those I sold some years ago i wish i had kept great shooting bows.

[FUBAR]

#47535

Great discovery and good job fixing her up

[Wexbow]

#50608

Beautiful bow, what a find 😀

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