Seeking some information for a friend. He was asking me today about an old Ben Pearson bow. He thought it was a "Mercury Hunter", and he described as a take-down recurve.
From the searching I've done here, and on "archeryarchives.com" it seems to me that he's probably thinking of a "Mercury Marauder".
Does anyone know if Pearson offered the Mercury Hunter in a take-down model, or just the one-piece?
My friend owned one years ago, and is interested in acquiring another one. He said the one he had pulled about 70#'s and he just couldn't shoot it well enough at that weight, but would like very much to find one around 50-55#'s.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Curtis
Curtis
There was a Mercury Hunter as well as a Mercury Marauder. The Marauder was a two piece bow that fitted together in the same way that a Ben Pearson Signature bow did with the alloy knuckle joint system. As far as I know the Mercury Hunter was always a one piece bow.
The mercury designation that was applied to these bows signifies that the bow was fitted with a small canister which was partly filled with mercury. It was a handshock dampening system, I believe.
There's plenty of Ben Pearson Hunter bows for sale on **** most of the time. You shouldn't have too many problems finding one, either with or without the mercury canister system.
By the way, I'm no expert. I was around in the days when they were first released and I have fond memories of them. I regularly shoot my Ben Pearson Signature and KM Special to this day.
Good luck
Mick Smith