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Title: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: KHALVERSON on July 09, 2011, 03:10:00 PM

my son found this cool dual shelf recurve at a yard sale today
looks to be a 60 in bow
mag or aluminum riser
looks like maple cores with white glass limbs
as far as i can tell
the  limbs have 3 allen head screws to attach to riser
anyone have an idea who the manufacture of this bow was
thanks in advance
kevin
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Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on July 09, 2011, 07:59:00 PM

From what I hear it is a good shooter, eh? Hopefully someone will come along to help you out.  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: 2treks on July 09, 2011, 09:50:00 PM

Looks cool Kevin, i have seen a few over the years but I have no idea what it is. Nice find for the boy.

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on July 10, 2011, 06:46:00 PM

Really good shooter Kevin, thanks for letting me take a look at it. You shoot it well enough to hunt with it. I wonder who made it and how old it is.   :dunno:

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: 2treks on July 10, 2011, 08:43:00 PM

TTT lets help out the K-man

What is this special little bow? and who produced it?
thanks ALL
CTT

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: 2treks on July 11, 2011, 11:20:00 AM

TTT

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on July 11, 2011, 08:30:00 PM

Kevin, did you decide to take some paint off those limbs to see if there was info underneath? Did you decide if those were numbers that we saw on the edge of the limb? Maybe post it on Pow-Wow too.

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: 2treks on July 12, 2011, 09:40:00 PM

TTT

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on July 13, 2011, 01:14:00 PM

ttt

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: 2treks on July 13, 2011, 10:55:00 PM

TTT, I will begone for the weekend,somebody tell ole Halverson what he has here,please. It is a neat little bow.

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on July 14, 2011, 06:44:00 PM

ttt  :help:    :D

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on July 15, 2011, 05:30:00 PM

ttt Nobody out there that can ID this mystery bow? Really?

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on July 17, 2011, 03:11:00 PM

Just keep tryin'  :D

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: 2treks on July 17, 2011, 04:46:00 PM

I am back and still notta eh? well   :dunno:

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on July 18, 2011, 10:13:00 PM

:biglaugh:

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on July 19, 2011, 10:57:00 AM

Mystery bow back to the top!

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: Jack Shanks on July 19, 2011, 01:37:00 PM

Just a thought but the mystery may be easily solved with a rag and a bit of fingernail polish remove. If there are no manufacture markings the only thing lost is a little elbow grease and a camo paint job.

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on July 19, 2011, 02:25:00 PM

Thanks Jack. I think Kevin is getting closer to that way of thinking. It has a nice flat camo paint on it and I think he was considering leaving it to hunt with. How many takedowns were made with 3 allen heads holding the limbs sandwiched in the riser like that?

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: Jack Shanks on July 19, 2011, 02:50:00 PM

Mike,

 Wish I could help on the ID but I don't have a clue.

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: owlbait on August 06, 2011, 01:33:00 PM

Thanks Mike. I talked to Kevin today and he was able to access that forum and thinks you nailed it. Neat to know that a Michigan made bow, that seems obscure, and that old, can still shoot so well. Apparently his son didn't want to take the camo paint off so it made identification harder. Thought for sure the pros on this forum would be able to ID it quicker!

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: Bucks100 on August 08, 2011, 09:31:00 PM

Looks alot like one of my OLD GRIMES! The dual shelves look somewhat identical,bolt location with 3 bolts and overall profile about the same, except riser has a different profile. mine has brown glass also.

GOOD LUCK!

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: mahantango on August 09, 2011, 07:18:00 AM

I found a dozen Micro-flite #9 arrows in a Ben Pearson box at a local antique shop for $35. They look like they have never been shot, but three are missing the insert/point adapter. Not real familiar with these, is there an insert that will work with them? Thanks.

Title: Re: $2.00 yard sale find
Post by: mahantango on August 09, 2011, 07:19:00 AM

Sorry about that. Forgot to hit new thread.