Bear Delta V

[archery ham]

Today, I saw a Bear Delta V for $50.

It had the strangest cam/cable setup, more than the Allen bow and the Bear Whitetail Hunter, which I have nearby.

For nostalgic and historical reasons, I am going to buy this bow next week.

I see it was made in 1980/1981.

Pics will follow on Tuesday.

[zztop1026]

I know a guy that had one of these when they came out. It was fast for those days but man was it loud. They have a pad on the riser to stop the string and it sure did pop. I don't think he ever killed a deer with it. I thought at the time it was one ugly bow. But for $50 I sure wouldn't pass it up if I were you. Good luck with it .

[archery ham]

I know a guy that had one of these when they came out. It was fast for those days but man was it loud. They have a pad on the riser to stop the string and it sure did pop. I don't think he ever killed a deer with it. I thought at the time it was one ugly bow. But for $50 I sure wouldn't pass it up if I were you. Good luck with it .

I noticed the pics on Archery History that this bow has a rubber pad on the riser. I will have to make something like it. I notced yesterday that the string was stting against the riser.....no rubber stop.

[zztop1026]

There's two pads right? One on each end of the riser. Maybe someone can post a picture. I only ever saw that one Delta V and that was back when they first came out.

[TrotterMatic]

Here ya go.

[TrotterMatic]

Here is a link to a web page of mine about the Delta V

http://www.trottermatic.com/bear_delta_v_bow

[archery ham]

Thanks for the pic and link. I got busy this week and did not pick it up. Its still there.

[archery ham]

Wow. Cool work of your Dad's you listed on that website. Awesome history. Glad to have "met" you.

[archery ham]

World's Fastest Bow Trophy won June 21, 1981 at Anderson Archery, Grand Ledge Michigan. Won by the Bear Delta V at 284 fps which was 24 fps faster than other bows at the competition. Bow was set at 69.5 lbs peak draw force with a 557 grain arrow.

Wow. Cool stuff. Heavy arrow for sure.

[TrotterMatic]

Thanks! I'm glad to help.

The rubber string stop on the Delta V became very brittle with age, so I've seen a few of them around with the string sitting on the bare metal. Not a good thing!

[Steelhat]

I wonder what it would take to use modern-rubber materials to mold a replacement part? It appears that most every Delta-V for sale these days are missing this one pair of parts.

Between the two Delta-Vs I own and shoot (one excellent, one needing rubber stops) I have a pair of OEM (original equipment manfacturer) Delta-V bumpers/stops that are 95% perfect. Does anyone have the skills to make molds and duplicates, possibly using a more advanced rubber? I am thinking this would be best handled by a low-run cottage industry operation - - someone who had the skills, knowledge, tools, and time.

In the meantime, I am on a long term challenge of creating Delta-V bumpers from rubber automotive parts or anywhere I find a similar shape to work with.

[TrotterMatic]

Interesting you should mention that because the original Trottermatic bow used inner tube rubber from bicycle tires as the string stop. Later we used car tire rubber. This made for a quiet bow, probably the original string silencer even though it's prime purpose was to increase the energy storage of the bow.

Because of the riser design of the Delta V, Bear Archery needed to use a stiffer material so that it would lock onto the bumper pylon. This made for a hard bumper and produced a lot of noise, something we did not have on the Trottermatic.

If you can wrap the Delta V pylon with inner tube rubber and I think you will see much lower noise from the bow and the strings might last longer as well.

It has crossed my mind to produce replacement string stops for the Delta V. I'm not sure the demand for the bumpers would be worth the effort to market them.

Mark

I wonder what it would take to use modern-rubber materials to mold a replacement part? It appears that most every Delta-V for sale these days are missing this one pair of parts.

Between the two Delta-Vs I own and shoot (one excellent, one needing rubber stops) I have a pair of OEM (original equipment manfacturer) Delta-V bumpers/stops that are 95% perfect. Does anyone have the skills to make molds and duplicates, possibly using a more advanced rubber? I am thinking this would be best handled by a low-run cottage industry operation - - someone who had the skills, knowledge, tools, and time.

In the meantime, I am on a long term challenge of creating Delta-V bumpers from rubber automotive parts or anywhere I find a similar shape to work with.

[Steelhat]

...I'd buy them in a heatbeat. I need six, for three bows.

[sevrard]

I have a Bear Delta V that I bought in 1983. It's in, what I believe to be, factory camo. Has anyone seen one in camo?