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Title: "Bear" broadheads?
Post by: PaPaFrank on February 18, 2009, 04:20:00 PM

Were the H-3 three-blade broadheads advertised in the older Bear catalogs, actually made by Bear and considered to be "Bear"? Were/are they any good? Anybody have any stories to tell about using them?

Title: Re: "Bear" broadheads?
Post by: Wade Phillips on February 18, 2009, 05:35:00 PM

The 3-blade H-3-11/32" & H-3-5/16" shown in the 1958 Bear Catalog, and the H-35 & H-311 heads in the 1959 Bear Catalog were made by Hi-Precision in Iowa. Ten different models are shown on pages H-19 & H-20 in "Broadheads 1871-1971, Identification and Rarity Guide, Second Edition".  Other 3 blades were sold but not made by Bear, e.g., Hills Hornet, Bod-Kin.

Title: Re: "Bear" broadheads?
Post by: PaPaFrank on February 18, 2009, 06:44:00 PM

Thank you Wade. The 1957 catalog was the one I was looking in but I've seen them advertised in other years as well.