Martin bow question

[Rob W.]

I got a new to me Martin Hunter and I'm wondering if anyone knows what year it was built and is it FF capable. Or should I even put a FF string on it anyway? She is a sweet shooter now with b-50. Thanks for any help.

[Fanto]

hey rob,

for sure it is a 2001 and is FF compatible, check your PM.

to be sure, can you post a picture of the side view of a tip

as you know i have the same bow, but in 60# and gee its a good bow. i really like the lower wrist grip that these have, I hope Larry Hatfield chimes in here and comments on this stroke of genius!!

enjoy!

[Rob W.]

Here are the tips. It is a sweeeeet shooter!

[Blackhawk]

From the mid '60s forward, the first digit is the year. Your bow with "HH7481" means it was the 481st bow made in 1997 or 2007.

But you need to know glass and riser colors and decals styles to determine which decade.

Prior to that, the first digit was the actual Bowyer's number followed by a date and then the how many number.

BTW, fastflight capable bows came along in 1996 for Howatt.

[damascusdave]

Those tips are much thicker than the older Hunters...shoot Fast Flight if you want...they are fast and quiet with dacron...they will be faster and quieter with Fast Flight..I would be willing to be my nineties HH that is a 2007 bow with that riser

DDave

[mahantango]

My vote is for 2007 also.

[Rob W.]

Fanto emailed me a link to the 2001 martin website. The riser combo matches perfectly.

[Bernie B.]

I have a 2001 Martin Hunter with the numbers HH 1653 that looks exactly like the one you have.  I also believed that the first number represented the year of the build and the remaining ones the number built.  Anyway, you have yourself a heck of a shooter.  I use B-50 on mine and it is fast and quiet.  Great bows!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

[TonyW]

Your Martin logo and riser wood combo says 2007.
For some older Howatt Hunters, these tips come from Howattman:

"If it's riser wood is a reddish wood with a vertical accent stripe, it's a 1970s. If it's a brownish riser made from laminated maple with a reddish vertical accent stripe, it's a 1980s. If it's made from three vertical laminations (dark brown or gray maple, zebrawood and bubinga (the reddish wood I've been referring to), and it is marked as "Martin" it's a 1990s model. In any case, brace height should be between 7 3/4" and 8"."