Limbs for Bear riser warf project

[NJWoodsman]

I found a Bear Hunter compound in a pawn shop, and I think it will make a nice warf bow. The riser (left handed) looks like a Pronghorn Hunter, but the limbs just say Hunter. The limb angle is about 22 degrees. Anyway, I want to make a 45-50# @28" bow and I'm wondering what limbs to get and where. I'm not stuck on getting ILF limbs, but that would be OK, too. Limbs from a Samick takedown would be OK, too, but I don't want to guess. I already know my Woodsman's limb will not fit. I can machine adaptors to fit the riser as required, I just don't want to buy limbs unseen and have to butcher them.
Any ideas from you experienced warfers? Mr. Gordon?

[Bob Gordon]

I haven't seen that model of Bear riser so can't help to much. If you could send me a couple pictures of it would be a big help along with riser overall length and the inside pocket dimensions. Most of the most popular compound risers that can be converted to good recurves have a pocket angle from 15 degrees to 19 degrees but if you can do some machining you can change the 22 degree angle to a better angle without to much trouble. What you have to be careful with is changing the angle to much so the limb bolts are at to steep a angle to the limb butts...warf

[NJWoodsman]

warf,
Here's pictures in a previous thread, I have the same riser in Left hand. There's plenty of room for an ILF limb, as you say, the angle is the issue. What angle should my adaptor plate correct to for a 23" riser? Is there a different type of limb that would be an easier fit? A limb with just a bolt and locator pin would be easier to adapt than ILF bushings, it seems to me.

[NJWoodsman]

After wondering what limbs to use, I decided to see if I could fit the limbs from my Samick Woodsman. With some careful measuring, fabricating aluminum saddles for the limb pockets, hogging out the riser with a dremel, and bedding the saddles with epoxy putty, I was able to mount the limbs. I put a Flemish string on, got an 8" brace height, and I had a shooting bow. I tried a NAP prong rest, but couldn't adjust it to center shot. This Bear Hunter riser likes a stick-on rest. With 45# limbs it feels like it lost 3-5#, and my 45-50 spined cedars shot a little stiff. I found a good price on 55# limbs, and now I have a fast, very quiet, shock-free bow. Pics to come!