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Title: Please ID old bow
Post by: Tim Finley on August 21, 2012, 10:22:00 AM

At a shoot last weekend I bought an old recurve it has only one marking, it says Wildcat on the bottom limb with the picture of a cats head. The bow has green glass on the belly and black on the face with a tigerwood handle .I've seen lot of old bows but not this brand could anyone give me a clue?...Tim

Title: Re: Please ID old bow
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on August 23, 2012, 10:20:00 PM

I had one similar but it was called a lynx. for the life of me I cant remember the brand at the moment.

if you post pictures you may have better response.

Title: Re: Please ID old bow
Post by: PAPALAPIN on August 24, 2012, 10:24:00 AM

I have one just like it in 43#, 58"

It is a Locksley Wildcat.  Pretty much the same bow as a Ben Pearson Hunter.  Locksley was one of Ben Pearsons alternate brands.  They were usually the same bow as a Ben Pearson model but under the Locksley name for marketing purposes.

A good bow...you will enjoy it.

Title: Re: Please ID old bow
Post by: wadde on August 25, 2012, 11:49:00 AM

There was a company called Jaguar that sold bows in the early 60's. They had  the following models-Jaguar, Wildcat, Tomcat and Lynx. The Wildcat was a 60" bow. I believe this is what you have.

Title: Re: Please ID old bow
Post by: raghorn on August 25, 2012, 04:00:00 PM

This was pretty well covered on the other site.