buck master bows????????

[froghunter]

i found an El cheapo in a pawn shop. would it make a good bow fishing bow? the string is new and all looks to be in good shape. just never heard of them and dont want to buy a hunk of junk.

[hopco.boy]

You used to could buy them new at wallingdales if that tells you anything.

[froghunter]

i am trying to figure out if they are cheap or a cheap POS.

[deschro]

Buck Master

The Buck Master bow I have is not junk it is made by Mission a division of Mathews

[hopco.boy]

Well it all kind of depends but probably yes and yes. You see they were made by different companys. They just had the buckmasters name on them. Bear made them for a while and they were like 42 in axle to axle. Vibrated so bad you almost had to wear batting gloves.

[hopco.boy]

It would all depend on what year and who made it for the year. Any idea which one it is.

[froghunter]

will have to check on the year. i have some stuff around the house i may trade for it. origional price was 120$. Now it is 80$. bow is rigged out, has a case and some arrows.

[cricman]

It may be from the Buck Master line of bows made by Jennings and then Bear / Jennings back before the parallel limb generation of bows came out . Not new technology, but probably a well made bow. Is it a single cam bow, or does it have wheels with steel cables?


cricman

[froghunter]

no steel cables, and has a new string. the instruction booklet in the case was printed by bear archery.could not find a year on it though.

[hunting270]

Been shooting a PSE Buckmaster for years.Good bow.

[KickerPoint79]

It's probably a 1998-2000 era bow made by Jennings. I have a Rackmaster of that vintage and it has slayed many critter. Been thinking of rigging it back up and give it some treestand time. I bet that old Buckmaster would make a good bowfishing rig.

[cricman]

no steel cables, and has a new string. the instruction booklet in the case was printed by bear archery.could not find a year on it though.

Yeah, it definitely sounds like a Bear-Jennings Buckmaster. Does it look anything like this:



or this:



If it does (single cam, short ATA) it may be realistically capable of pushing an arrow close to 275fps.


cricman

[Txranger]

for what u want it. that will work fine

[froghunter]

it is closer to the second pic. if its still there next monday im gona go for it.