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Title: Bow made by Fred Bear?
Post by: John Crim on March 06, 2012, 07:37:00 AM

I'm trying to find out some info on this bow that I have in my collection. It's 60.25 in. nock to nock,I think it's linen backed but not sure. It has 2 in. brush nocks from tip to back of nock. Bear Archery is pen written on the lower belly of the upper limb,and FB is pen written on the back of the riser about 1 in. above the wrap. The backing is overlapped twice near the tips. The upper brush nock has about 0.5 in. broke off, and the lower limb on the belly and the next lam have been broken and re-glued. Any help or contacts would be appreciated. Thanks Lil'John   http://s975.photobucket.com/albums/ae233/JMCRIM/Bear%20Bow/

Title: Re: Bow made by Fred Bear?
Post by: d. ward on March 06, 2012, 07:46:00 AM

FB is the draw weight of your bow F = 6 and B = 2 62#'s bd

Title: Re: Bow made by Fred Bear?
Post by: Rick Enos on March 08, 2012, 06:17:00 PM

I have one close to yours.Mine has EE by the grip.#55....Mine is a transition Bear archery Deer slayer.Probabily made by a Bear archery boyer.Trained by Nels.I think they told me it was probabily made in the late 1940s.I would like to think that Nels Grumley had a hand somewhere in it but because it wasn't signed by Nels.Its not a Grumley.Mine is Osage with a light green fortesian backing.??????