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HELP ! I can't stop !!!!

Shovelbuck

Shovelbuck

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This buying bows has got to stop! Not!
A lot of you are aware of my passion for Groves recurves, well I just picked one up that I've wanted for over 30 years.
This Spitfire is just too sweet!
60 inch, 42 lbs.
Now if it would warm up so I can go shoot it.

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I thought about calling this post "My bow looks better than yours" But heck, that's a given! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
I don't know much about traditional bows, but that one looks pretty sweet!

30 year wait...congrats on your new bow!
 
That thing looks like a doozie. Let me know when you're ready to get rid of it. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif
 
That's pretty crazy, metal into wood riser? Nice find, what year?

My father inlaw has a couple of Sovereign Lord Mercury bows. 1968, 1969. Both have mercury in the riser for mass weight and shock absorbtion! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's pretty crazy, metal into wood riser? Nice find, what year? </div></div>

They were made in the early to mid 70's
It's pretty much a shorter, hunting version of the GS300 II target model.

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These bows are dead in your hand and with the Dyna-Stressed limbs shoot pretty darn quick.
 
RBB, they made a good number of different models but certainlu not the numbers that the larger manufactures did.
Here's a little bit of interesting history concerning them......

Harold Groves, just after WW II, founded Groves Spitfire Bows. His work as a toolmaker at Los Alamos allowed him to meet scientists Robert Oppenhiemer and Dick Beacham who were working on the trigger for the hydrogen bomb. The two researchers took an interest in Harold's bow building and contributed their renowned expertise to the design of the power stroke for the Groves recurve. From this opportune beginning, Harold Groves contributed much to the sport of archery and bow hunting. For example, he pioneered New Mexico's first archery hunting season. He also developed the arrow straightener used today and patented the unique joint used on his takedown bows. Most importantly, he developed and patented the process that allows most laminated wood and glass limbs achieve speed, flexibility and durability. This limb design made his bows famous and much sought after in the days before the compound revolution.
 
Nice bow jay.I have to say until I heard you talk about them I never heard of them.Love to shoot one some day.Thanks for the history lesson Jay.Lets us know how it shoots.And as far as stopping you I think Ill pass. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
Beautiful Jay! 42#? I would think a man of your stature would break it like a toothpick. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
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