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Title: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: highpoint forge on October 20, 2009, 11:18:00 PM: I was told by a buddy that he had some old recurves laying around and he and I frequently hit his private club/lake to fish and hunt hogs or deer, usually midweek for a day or so as it's really close to Dallas. So he brings out this old Bear 64" bow for me last time. Can someone ID it for me and estimate its value? I need to string it and clean it up of course.....

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Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: George D. Stout on October 21, 2009, 12:32:00 AM: Well actually, he brought out a Ben Pearson bow with a Bear brush rest on it. Any photos of the inside upper limb? Or the catalog number on the side of the riser? It looks like a Palomino, but may be another model.
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: highpoint forge on October 21, 2009, 12:53:00 AM: Hey George I could not find a single mark on it. I will re-inspect.
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: George D. Stout on October 21, 2009, 12:58:00 AM: Maybe it was refinished at one time....it's definitely a Ben Pearson, and I would almost bet it's the Palomino model. Let us know if you can see any marks at all. They are sweet shooters, by the way...not a bad find at all.
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: George D. Stout on October 21, 2009, 01:04:00 AM: Here's a 1962 Palomino.

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Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: wollelybugger on October 21, 2009, 11:10:00 AM: Some of the old bear target bows had sights built in the riser.
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: jhg on October 21, 2009, 01:42:00 PM: Its a Palomino, 99% for sure. The white wood in the riser is holly and if its yellowed its the finish, not the wood itself. The other wood is walnut.
The Palomino was Pearson bowyer Ben Mullikin's favorite Pearson bow.

"...It was one of the best shooting recurves we ever put on the market,..."

Joshua
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: Dano on October 21, 2009, 07:14:00 PM: I'm pretty sure George is dead on, I know I've never seen a Bear like that.
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: Migra Bill on October 21, 2009, 09:04:00 PM: Definately NOT a Bear. If you couldn't find any markings on it, why did you say it was a Bear?
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: highpoint forge on October 21, 2009, 09:24:00 PM: No markings at all. Bear brush rest. Resembles a target model they made, I'm told. There is NO writing on this bow.
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: Jeremy on October 21, 2009, 09:25:00 PM: It has the Bear brush rest on it. Lots of "Bear" bows I've seen advertised elsewhere have just had a rest or some other Bear product on them.

Nice Palomino! :)
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: ckruse on October 21, 2009, 09:54:00 PM: It's for sure a Pearson. It may be a Golden Sovereign. It resembles my 61 Golden Conqueror a bit more than my 62 Pearson Palomino. CKruse
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: d. ward on October 22, 2009, 07:26:00 AM: George nailed it.bd
Title: Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
Post by: PAPALAPIN on October 23, 2009, 12:09:00 AM: I'm with Cameron on this one.

I was going to sugest a Golden Sovereign until I got to the bottom ans saw that Cameon already had.