Bow Lifetime

[Fleatrap1]

I try to shoot a few dozen arrows at least once a week. More often in the warmer months. Just how long of a lifetime can i get from a bow. I have a Bear Super Grizzy, i assume it would last a very long time.  Do longbows last any longer than recurves? I am sure lamination helps to some degree. I am just curious, some day i hope to pass my bows off to my boys.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Bows lives are much like peoples.  There are no Guarantees you will live a long time but Taking care can lengthen the life.

I have seen some bows perform for 50-60 years and still are going strong, My 65 and 68 Grizzlies are doing well.  Hopefully your super Grizz will too.

Fine choice in bow I might add.

[dhermon85]

I have a kodiak magnum that will turn 50 next year. You wouldn't know it looking at it. I think care has a lot to do with it.

[Stumpkiller]

I have a 1966 Browning that's my most used bow.  I shot it every day for two years - missed five days and left it strung the whole time.  It's still strung now.  Used it two weeks ago at a stump shoot and it still performs as it has for years and years.  I have a couple fiberglass laminate bows that are older and also holding up well.

As far as I know fiberglass hasn't been determined to have an expiration date.

[Blackhawk]

I believe most of us will agree that just about any fiberglass bow is going to last a really long time if properly constructed and taken care of.  

Bows from the early 50's til now are still holding their own with lots of life still left.  Store 'em properly and treat 'em right...and your grandkids can still enjoy 'em.

[Bjorn]

The ones that don't break will last a lifetime!  

[MnFn]

I will let you know about this one when I have a string made for it later this year.
 I don't know exactly how old it is, but my dad brought it home when I was in 1st or second grade around 1959.  It was used when he got it.

 

[SEMO_HUNTER]

I have a '76 Kodiak Mag that is my go to bow, I can leave it strung or not, doesn't really matter and it shoots bullet holes. That's my go to bow, no matter what. It hits right where I point my fist.

[Flying Dutchman]

I shoot a few hundred arrows per week with my bows and no problems at all.

[Stone Knife]

I'm going to shoot mine till they break.

[ISP 5353]

My wife shoots a pristine Bear Polar from 1962.  It still shoots just fine!

[Keith Zimmerman]

Mine usually wear out after a few weeks, when the new smell wears off.  Then it's time for another, but fancier!  LOL!

[mike g]

Someone already replied my answer....
    They are like Humans, ya never know....

[bigiron]

i'm with Zimmerman, after 2-3 weeks they get used up & need replaced with newer & fancier models.

[joe skipp]

Still bowhunting with my Browning Cobra from the 70's and my 2 buddies still bowhunt with their Bear Grizzly's from the early 70's. Take care of them and they will last you many years.

[kagross]

I hope a long time.  I picked up a Bear Alaskan from '59.  Seems ok.  Love the lines of the bow. Labeled at 48# @28".  I pull about 26", and my scale read 30#, but it's an old, corroded scale.  Hoping to get to a shop tomorrow to check it. I'd like around 40# at my draw to take whitetails.  I want to get woodies for it and roll my own.

[Bladepeek]

I sure hope mine outlast me  

[kill shot]

I had a bear polar that my dad hunted with. It was strung without a stringer forever, leaned in a corner when not in use. Then my brother was the next owner and treated it the same way for a while then started useing a stringer when he noticed the limbs were twisted. He left it strung for 3 months thinking that would remove the limb twist. When I got the bow, I treated it good for about 4 years until the upper limb busted. 1964-2009, 45 years old.

[shag08]

For the price tag that some if us pay for some bows, they should last five lifetimes lol.  My oldest bow is a Wing Archery Red Wing Hunter...one of the old original Bob Lee models. To the best of my knowledge is was built between 61 and 63.  It's in great shape and a fine shooter.

On the other hand, I've got a 64 K-Mag that is now a wall hanger only.  On my third shooting secession it made a horrible noise upon release after my fifth or sixth shot.  It now sports a huge crack in the bend on the lower limb. Oh well, you win some and you lose some.

[stagetek]

I have bows from the mid-sixties that I still shoot. Store them right. String them right. They can last a long time.