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Post by jimh on Jan 16, 2009 12:10:27 GMT -5
opinions on this model please. there's a used one for sale i might look at. fair price expectations?
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jan 20, 2009 1:00:26 GMT -5
I was waiting for someone to step to the plate but we don't have many archery guys on here. I just talked to my brother on this. He follows Mathews a little bit but is not a fanatic like most owners (most owners buy one, use it for a year, sell it, and buy the new model, use it for a year...). He said in it's day it was top of the line and was made for 3-5 years (although he personally perfers the new models as well as some of the old model made prior to the switchback). It's personal preference; there's nothing wrong with it. When new it was about $750 for the bare bow but they do hold value pretty well. It's value is dictated by many factors - Is it the draw you need? If not, you're looking at about 60+ dollars because the cam needs replacing. You're probably a 27" so you need to first make sure one's available.
- The strings are about "$70 plus or minus $20" and the cables are even more. Perhaps it needs replacing; perhaps it was just replaced
- What does it come with? A mathews quiver is a 60 dollar value. A wisker biscuit rest is about 60 dollars. Stabilizer perhaps 30. Arrows could be 10 dollars a piece so do they come with a half dozen???
He thought $500 for the bare bow was at the higher end with $450 being a better price. He thought up to $600 would be alright if it came loaded with quality equiptment, good strings, and it fit you. But without seeing what it came with and the condition, he couldn't really say one way or another. A couple points that I want to make 1. This thing was surely advertized at over 300 fps. You're not going to be anywhere close to that though because of your short draw. Don't think you're going to have 1 pin 0-40 yards like the guys that shoot over 30". You're not. 2. This came from my brother as well but I agree 100%. Mathews is a brand name product and you pay for it. For the same money, you can go to Cabelas or Bass Pro and buy a good package bow from perhaps Browning, Hoyt/Reflex, Bowtech/Diamond, etc. Not only will it be brand new with many of the same accessories (a decent sight and a whisker biscuit), but it will be made to fit you and it will be what you like. Unless you specifically want a Mathews, a different brand will be just as good. 3. For gods sake, just go to your doctor and buy a crossbow. You didn't have that neck surgery for nothing. Not a day goes by that I don't think about falling down a flight of stairs so I can use one !!! A good one really is that much better than a compound. |
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Post by jimh on Jan 20, 2009 6:57:43 GMT -5
It was 450.00 totaly set up, everything, and it had a 27" draw length. but it has since allready sold. sound like i might have hit the snooze button on that one when i should have jumped out of bed!
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jan 20, 2009 10:39:55 GMT -5
That sounded like a good price
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Post by jimh on Jan 20, 2009 10:44:50 GMT -5
WHERE WERE YOU 4 DAYS AGO?
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jan 20, 2009 13:04:15 GMT -5
Well you didn't post the price either  I figured it was just like everyone else's worthless crap - overpriced ! Where was this thing anyway? You shouldn't buy a used bow from someone you don't personally know. If they have dry fired it just once, the chance of it shattering and possibly killing you are significantly high. |
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Post by klsm54 on Jan 20, 2009 14:24:22 GMT -5
If you want a used Switchback, just go to ebay. There is a couple truckloads of them for sale there. You can probably get one for $400-$450.00 without too much trouble.
I've been out of the archery game for a while, but have a few friends who live and breathe it. One thing I've learned from my experiences, and from watching others, you can't buy a deer, or a good score.
If I were buying a used bow, I'd look at a $200-$250.00 model. The difference in speed is not that big of a deal. Not at under 30 yards anyway, where you should be shooting anyway.Unless you buy an old, 1970's, Whitetail Hunter, any decent quality bow made in the last 10 years is plenty fast. And I see way too many 70-80# bows, 55# to 60# is more than enough to blow through a deer, and easier to master, even with high let-off bows.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jan 20, 2009 15:55:02 GMT -5
I agree 50-60 pounds is more than enough. Many times those that pull 80 pounds do so just because they want to impress.
Knowing your distance is probably the most important thing in shooting a bow and it becomes even more important with slower bows. With virtually any compound bow on the market you're going to have a drop of at least a foot between 20-30 yards because of your short draw.
If someone is a 30"+ draw, I might justify buying the fastest bow on the market (ie most expensive). But there are no shortage of new bows advertising something like 280fps --- but 230fps is a more realistic expectation.
So while the old Bear bows are rather primative by today's standard of lighter quiter bows, you're going to be about as fast as one.
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Post by jimiowa on Jan 20, 2009 16:20:19 GMT -5
If I were to get back to bowhunting I'd get a semi custom bow American made right in the Missouri Ozarks. That stacks the right way not backwards! ;D www.blackwidowbows.com/ |
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