Revived 76er

[Rod Witkos]

I owned a Bear 76er when I was a kid and carried it a lot. I liked that it was nearly indestructible. My hour long commute along country roads had me wishing for a trunk bow every time I saw game. So I bought a project 76er from Bearbowman and refinished it. I sanded and primed the limbs and riser.

     

Then I painted the riser green and the limbs brown. I added a set of Onestringer canebrake Limbsations and an old Kwikee Kwiver.

   

   

I have also added puffs and buttons. Now it rides along waiting for game to cross my path.

[SCATTERSHOT]

Cool! Thise 76ers are underrated, IMO. Nice job.

Grips can be hard to come by, though, and you can wrap the handle with leather or something if you need to.

[soopernate]

LOVE IT...I found one at the rescue mission two summers ago. Sanded the riser and repainted it as well.  It is now my fishing bow. Before I mounted that reel though I managed to plug a half dozen bunnies.  I love small game hunting with a bow.

[DannyBows]

Nice job! The grips come up from time to time on the auction site.

[ron w]

Pretty cool.....keep that old stuff in action  

[KHALVERSON]

those old 76ers shoot great
nice job on the refinish
i sent mine to big jim for a face lift

kevin

[lil red rooster]

I still have mine that I learned to shoot on.  Its only 35# so I use it to work on form mainly.  It still has the original paint and grip on it.  Yours looks pretty sweet, but I don't think I could ever customize mine.  I would just refinish it.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I have 2 of them. You did a spectacular job on yours.