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Title: colt arrowmaster bow
Post by: Jimbow39 on July 26, 2010, 09:23:00 PM

I bought an old Colt Arrowmaster recurve bow that is marked 66" 40 @ 28". On the front of the bottom limb there is a brown circle with a horse rearing up. Around that it is marked "COLTS PAT. FIRE ARMS MFG. CO.INC. Under that it is marked: HARTFORD , CONN USA. On the front of the top limb is a circle with COLT in it and under that is ARROWMASTER. The glass on the limbs is a mint green color and the riser loks like a dark walnut color. can anyonr tell me anything about this bow. Numbers on the side are: 0256-0135, then 66" and then 40# - 28". Any information you have would be appreciated.  Thanks. JIM

Title: Re: colt arrowmaster bow
Post by: hawk4570 on July 27, 2010, 01:00:00 AM

Wing archery built bows for colt back in the day. Great bows. I have a couple and they shoot!

Title: Re: colt arrowmaster bow
Post by: Lucas K on July 27, 2010, 08:41:00 AM

archeryhistory.com has some information on the Colt line of bows

Title: Re: colt arrowmaster bow
Post by: Jimbow39 on July 27, 2010, 10:41:00 AM

Thanks everyone. I'll check archeryhistory.com.
I thought I had checked befor but found that Ben Pearson sold them, but theirs were only 62" long

Title: Re: colt arrowmaster bow
Post by: D.Sheppard on July 27, 2010, 11:12:00 AM

Ben Pearson sold a model called the Colt but thats a different critter, Colt Firearms had there own line of bows.

Title: Re: colt arrowmaster bow
Post by: D.Sheppard on July 27, 2010, 11:18:00 AM

Here is a Colt Trargetsman I picked up a while back
 (http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p115/shepu812/Zebrawood%20Bows/mini-colt06.jpg)
 (http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p115/shepu812/Zebrawood%20Bows/mini-colt02.jpg)

Title: Re: colt arrowmaster bow
Post by: Lucas K on July 27, 2010, 01:33:00 PM

Jimbow I ment archeryarchives not archeryhistory sorry

Title: Re: colt arrowmaster bow
Post by: PAPALAPIN on July 27, 2010, 06:27:00 PM

Back in the day I never likde Colt or Browning bows because I did not have confidence in bows made by firearms companies.

These bows have stood the test of time and proved me wrong.

As stated above, Colt bows were made by Wing Archery.

Brownings were designed and overseen by Harry Drake, one of the pioneers of recurve bows, and the absolute best in flight bows

The Targetsman above  looks like an early model and looks to be in very good shape.

Good find.

Title: Re: colt arrowmaster bow
Post by: D.Sheppard on July 27, 2010, 06:48:00 PM

This is from ArcheryArchives

Arrowmaster, 1967, Model B-1100 66 "
Recurve limbs
20 to 49 lbs
Brace height 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 inches
Turquoise fiberglass on limbs
Handle South American Imbuia wood
6 1/2 inch sight window

$57.95

Title: Re: colt arrowmaster bow
Post by: Jimbow39 on July 28, 2010, 11:15:00 PM

The Colt Targetsman has the same decal on the upper limb with the exception that it has Arrowmaster in place of Targetmaster and the limbs are not white. The riser is also different, being more like an older version of a MA 111 one piece Black Widow.
Thanks everyone. JIM