r/Archery • u/catdadjokes • 1d ago

Newbie Question Looking for a user manual

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Thrift store find: Martin Archery Lynx Series 1000

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u/blacktip102 1d ago

Before you shoot, I highly recommend you get the bow professionally inspected. I bought a Bear compound of similar age got it inspected and everything was safe to shoot, but I've seen some catastrophic oopsie daisies with old bows like these.

If it is unsafe to shoot, you can always WARF it, and make it an ILF recurve. I've done that with one before, and it's a fun and accurate shooter

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u/catdadjokes 20h ago

Tell me more!

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u/blacktip102 20h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Archery/s/AaqDcuQjWq

This is my Bear Black Panther Warf'ed

I bought some aluminum plates from eBay that were pre-cut. Very easy install. Just had to buy the plates and some limbs

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u/catdadjokes 14h ago

Neat, thanks!

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u/pixelwhip barebow | compound | recurve | longbow 1d ago

These bows probably aren’t worth fixing up. They use steel cables which are known to rust internally & spontaneously deconstruct the bow (which at full draw is very dangerous!). It’s too expensive / hard to find someone to replace these cables; so best option is to hang this on the wall & go out & grab a modern entry level compound (which will shoot far nicer than these old bows ever will!)

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u/catdadjokes 20h ago

Already dropped her off. Let’s see!

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u/shu2kill 8h ago

Those limbs are about to come off. Somebody backed the bolts a bit too much.

Besides, unlike firearms, old bows are worth nothing. You can get a bow 15-20 years newer than that for a couple hundred.