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The Horizon Bow looked like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...K:MEWNX:IT&item=180272519489#ebayphotohosting
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...K:MEWNX:IT&item=180272519489#ebayphotohosting
Clearwater Archery? & Horizon Archery?
I found two used Compound bows in excellent condition and both of them seem to be very well built. One is at my local pawn shop and one is at my local Compound Bow shop and is being sold on consignment. The only problem is, I have never herd of the two brands, one was a Power Mag made by Clearwater Archery and one was made by Horizon. Both seem to be very well built, but the Horizon seem better of the two and it has a cam on the bottom and a wheel at the top. The Clearwater has a wheel at the top and bottom. Clearwater is going for $39 and the Horizon is going $49. I'm not a expert in Archery or Bow hunting, and I have never herd of the two brands of bows. Does anyone have any information about these two companies? I haven't found out much about them on the internet even though they both seem to be well built. Any information would be helpful.
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IDK about the horizon bow, never had any dealings with them. Although I cant remember the names I had a couple of Clearwater bows back in their day. They were a decent bow for the money
Clearwater/Storm Archery bows were very well made, and seemed to be very similar to the High Country bows...Hatchet cams, machined risers, and a feature that I personally like was a steel insert in the riser for the limb bolts to thread into, like the Martin bows have, and narrow grips, that are square on the backside, another outstanding feature for Me....The bowshop that I go to sold Clearwater Archery bows, and there a few of those still hanging around, and a few archers still shooting them...Clearwater Archery also made a few single cam bows that were nice, and from what I've seen, shoot pretty fast...I've never seen a Clearwater bow with wheels, though...for $39.00, I'd buy it and see how it shoots....Might make a good Spot bow, if the A-T-A, and brace height specs are suited for an indoor bow....Hope this helps......Harperman
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Clearwater
Clearwater bows were designed by Dave Powers of Clearwater, Idaho. Dave is usually in the top 3 for senior pro shooters every year. He comes in first quite a bit also. Anyway, first Storm bought them then Alpine archery bought out Clearwater from Storm a few years back. Dave shoots for Alpine now. The power mag is a really good bow. They are kinda heavily but very very accurate and durable. I killed my first bear, elk, and moose with my power mag. If you have any more questions about Clearwater, feel free to pm me. I'm very familiar with these bows because Dave and my father-in-law have been friends for over 25 years and I have had the pleasure of talking with Dave and picking his brain about designing bows.
Clearwater bows were designed by Dave Powers of Clearwater, Idaho. Dave is usually in the top 3 for senior pro shooters every year. He comes in first quite a bit also. Anyway, first Storm bought them then Alpine archery bought out Clearwater from Storm a few years back. Dave shoots for Alpine now. The power mag is a really good bow. They are kinda heavily but very very accurate and durable. I killed my first bear, elk, and moose with my power mag. If you have any more questions about Clearwater, feel free to pm me. I'm very familiar with these bows because Dave and my father-in-law have been friends for over 25 years and I have had the pleasure of talking with Dave and picking his brain about designing bows.
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Thanks for the information guys, it has been very helpful.
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Power mag
I found a power mag on ebay, I can remember shooting that bow, one of my friends had one
http://cgi.ebay.com/Clearwater-Archery-Power-Mag-55-70-29-31-Draw-45-PIC_W0QQitemZ280271617880QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280271617880&_trkparms=72%3A1156%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
I found a power mag on ebay, I can remember shooting that bow, one of my friends had one
http://cgi.ebay.com/Clearwater-Archery-Power-Mag-55-70-29-31-Draw-45-PIC_W0QQitemZ280271617880QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280271617880&_trkparms=72%3A1156%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
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The Dave Powers bow will outlive the Horizon 10/1.
walk away from the Horizon and don't look back.
walk away from the Horizon and don't look back.
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Nope.
Not that it makes a lot of difference, but Clearwater was never bought out by Alpine. Before or after Storm bought Clearwater from David.
Yes, David shoots for Alpine now, so do both of his sons --Bubba and Dusty.
David sold Clearwater to Burley Hall and (I understand) a couple of other people -- they called it Storm and I'm not sure what happened to them after that.
Alpine was started -- as was Clearwater -- by people that originally worked for High Country. Bob Proctor started Alpine and David Powers started Clearwater. Bob was a design engineer for HC and David was a "rep".
The Clearwater bows were really good in their day -- I'm not familiar with Horizon.
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Not that it makes a lot of difference, but Clearwater was never bought out by Alpine. Before or after Storm bought Clearwater from David.
Yes, David shoots for Alpine now, so do both of his sons --Bubba and Dusty.
David sold Clearwater to Burley Hall and (I understand) a couple of other people -- they called it Storm and I'm not sure what happened to them after that.
Alpine was started -- as was Clearwater -- by people that originally worked for High Country. Bob Proctor started Alpine and David Powers started Clearwater. Bob was a design engineer for HC and David was a "rep".
The Clearwater bows were really good in their day -- I'm not familiar with Horizon.
DDD
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Horizon was a precursor to BowTech ........ and the aftermath of Oregon Bow ... sort of...
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With a common denominator.
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which denominator, the designer, the cam or the limb problems:tongue:
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