Parker Bows closing up shop

[hogpatrol]

Sad news. I'm on my third Parker crossbow, always top quality. Difficult to compete with the $200 blister pack specials.

 

[Immike]

Sad news. I'm on my third Parker crossbow, always top quality. Difficult to compete with the $200 blister pack specials.

The hunting market is a tough game. I owned a store and heard first hand from a stand inventor how they operate. Big business tactics all the way.

 

[ebb]

My daughter won several state championships with a Parker youth bow. Good products!!!!

 

[MQ1]

That just sucks. Early on, they made some great, affordable bows for smaller people.

MQ1

 

[Immike]

That just sucks. Early on, they made some great, affordable bows for smaller people.

MQ1

They had some torque issues earlier on and probably worked them out. I didn’t carry the line because of that. The limbs were too powerful for the risers if I remember right. Light weight is a fine line of balance and challenges the best engineering.

 

[Dgd6mm]

I liked my Parker despite the vibration. I had to calm it down with limb savers. It shot as good as my Mathews.

 

[2506]

The best shooting compound bow at the time that I had ever shot was a Parker Feather Grade which I still have but have not shot it for a few years. Because of the quality of this bow and the warranty that Parker offered two weeks ago I decided to get a crossbow because I am getting to the age that pulling a bow is becoming hard on me. I decided to get a Parker Thunder Hawk. I have owned it for one week and get the "sorry we are going out of business in two weeks and we will not stand by our warranty so suck on it" email. Kind of PO'd about it. I sent Parker and email asking what we are supposed to do about getting things like their bolts with their proprietary capture nocks and strings and cables. I have not heard anything back from them.

 

[Immike]

The best shooting compound bow at the time that I had ever shot was a Parker Feather Grade which I still have but have not shot it for a few years. Because of the quality of this bow and the warranty that Parker offered two weeks ago I decided to get a crossbow because I am getting to the age that pulling a bow is becoming hard on me. I decided to get a Parker Thunder Hawk. I have owned it for one week and get the "sorry we are going out of business in two weeks and we will not stand by our warranty so suck on it" email. Kind of PO'd about it. I sent Parker and email asking what we are supposed to do about getting things like their bolts with their proprietary capture nocks and strings and cables. I have not heard anything back from them.

I’m sorry about that...

I liked my Parker despite the vibration. I had to calm it down with limb savers. It shot as good as my Mathews.

I worked on a couple and they would either break off or throw the limb savers off the limbs. The adhesive and rubber wasn’t tough enough to keep them on. That’s back when limbsavers started and didn’t have a good adhesive yet. I met those guys that invented the limb savers, they were overwhelmed by the success. For what was charged for them there’s plenty of money to go around!

 

[shooter65]

Sorry to hear of the closing. I've a Parker and it shoots great.

 

[hogpatrol]

The best shooting compound bow at the time that I had ever shot was a Parker Feather Grade which I still have but have not shot it for a few years. Because of the quality of this bow and the warranty that Parker offered two weeks ago I decided to get a crossbow because I am getting to the age that pulling a bow is becoming hard on me. I decided to get a Parker Thunder Hawk. I have owned it for one week and get the "sorry we are going out of business in two weeks and we will not stand by our warranty so suck on it" email. Kind of PO'd about it. I sent Parker and email asking what we are supposed to do about getting things like their bolts with their proprietary capture nocks and strings and cables. I have not heard anything back from them.

Those parts are available under different names. My Xbow takes a 32" string and there are many of those available from different vendors/manufacturers. The nocks are generic, standard size. I use Luminocks and they fit and shoot as designed. You can use bolts from other manufacturers as long as they're the proper lengths and weight, again many are available. Cables, cams, axles, etc. are generic also. The only parts I see on their Xbows that would be difficult to replace are the limbs.
I'm going to stay positive and hope another manufacturer will buy their patents and continue making some of their existing product.