Vintage martin compound
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From: BOX CALL
21-Nov-17
Got this on eBay.vintage martin cougar magnum.55/70#,31" draw.hung in a shop since new as a display.cleaned layers of dust and dried up labels off it.has gray metelflake riser,textured grip.black limbs with gold lettering saying martin.18 strand string.had a 139.00 sticker on it.any idea when this was made,thanks,dan
From: BOX CALL
21-Nov-17
Limb graphic
From: scentman
21-Nov-17
limbs, riser, and technology looks like around 1982
scentman
From: Bear Track
21-Nov-17
I saw a lot of those in the early years. Mine was a Wart Hog
From: kellyharris
21-Nov-17
Didn’t Darton make the wart hog?
From: kellyharris
21-Nov-17
My favorite bow of all time was my Martin Cougar Magnum
Mine was a 1979 model maybe a 1980
From: George D. Stout
21-Nov-17
Nice bow Dan. Martin made the Wart Hog. I shot a Martin Cougar Mag in the late 70's and shot some of my best barebow scores with it. You can use them just like a traditional bow, and I still have one that I shoot that way....no sights, just an elevated rest that I make myself, and split finger draw. They are easy to setup for finger shooting...which is how 99% of us did it in the mid 70's, and are long enough not to have much string angle at relatively longer draws. As for the older technology, guys were shooting perfect field rounds with them in the 1970's. Don't know how you can do better than that.
From: x-man
21-Nov-17
That one looks like a early-mid 80's model. They made a bow by that name almost every year.
From: Bowriter
21-Nov-17
I had a martin Warthog, not a bad bow.
From: Bear Track
21-Nov-17
Yup, up here the wood riser being warm in the winter was a selling feature.
From: GF
21-Nov-17
Man, I wanted a Cougar Mag in the WORST way for at least 5 years....
But then I bought a Hunter instead.
Helluva find, Dan!
From: Buffalo1
21-Nov-17
Cougar made in late 70's/ early 80's.
The warthog was made by Martin. I think circa early 80's.
From: W8N4RUT
21-Nov-17
My first bow! Awesome. Man that thing drew hard!
Scott
From: SoDakSooner
22-Nov-17
Dad still has his cougar 2 (i believe that is what is anyway.) Wanted it in the worst way when I was a kid. Still shoots well. Really quiet.
From: Pigsticker
22-Nov-17
I had an 82 version and I think that this is before that.
From: GF
22-Nov-17
Larry could probably tell you....
From: BOX CALL
22-Nov-17
Trying to find one of the round martin archery yellow and green patches.they made a brown and tan one too.
