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Title: Anyone hear of Fred Bear Instant Archery??
Post by: TravisT on December 16, 2004, 04:40:00 PM

I found this bow at a local auction and even though I'm not a Bear collector, I thought it was an interesting piece.   (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-3/14007/CAFEK-bearbow1.jpg.JPG)

  (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-3/14007/IRFDP-FBbow1.jpg.JPG)

  (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-3/14007/KVRDN-FBbow2.jpg.JPG)

Title: Re: Anyone hear of Fred Bear Instant Archery??
Post by: PAPALAPIN on December 16, 2004, 08:44:00 PM

Instand Archery was sold as a kit with everthing you needed to get started.  Bow, arrows, tab, armguard, target face, and quiver.  They probably did not make a lot of profit on them but Mr. Bear was a marketing genious.  The kit got a guy into the sport cheap.  If he stayed in and upgraded, the hope was that he would stay with Bear products.

Many of us oldtimers started with kits like that.

Title: Re: Anyone hear of Fred Bear Instant Archery??
Post by: PAPALAPIN on December 20, 2004, 01:42:00 PM

CHECK THIS OUT AS A COMPARISON


 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20839&item=7121425426&rd=1