I found a long bow in an antique shop with the name Indian Archery. Nothing else was written on the bow. Any of you guys know more about these bows?

There were no markings other than the name Indian Archery.

The bow had no shelf and was fairly thick. Unstrung you could use it for a walking stick. I'm thinking it would pull about 70 pounds.

The front of the tips were reinforced with some sort of metal. It was nearly as tall as me unstrung. So it must be about 66 inches long. No draw weight was listed.

Other than scuffs on the finish and needing new leather on the handle, it was in decent shape.

Any info? Is it worth the $40?

-Charlie

If it was me I would have it already!! If you get the bow post some pics of it I would like to see it!!!!

TTT

Charlie,

I agree with BA1. If it's sound and safe to shoot, how can it not be worth $40? Even if all you did was spit shine it a little and sell it for $50 it was worth the investment.

Here is what a brief google search found:

"Indian Archery Bows, Bowsets & Targets
Indian Archery is America's #1 brand in Youth and Institutional archery equipment. Since 1927, Indian Archery has introduced more people to the sport of archery than any other company. Indian Archery designs equipment to fit the needs of youth and intermediate shooters and does not try to adapt adult equipment to be sold under that label. That is why we are still developing archers and "archery traditions" 75 years since we began."

I don't know if this is the same company or not. Does the bow seem to have some age on it?

Like I said, $40 seems pretty cheap if you think it might be a shooter.

OkKeith

It seems like a mid 1970's bow? Could be from the early 80's though. I can't imagine this being a kids bow due to what I think the draw weight would be. I don't think it can be less than 50 lbs draw.

It is only "glued up" on the handle. The rest is one piece of wood. It would string up into a classic D shape.

-Charlie
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The first "real bow" I ever got that was not made form twine tied to a tree branch was an Indian longbow made in Evansville, Indiana, made of degame (or lemonwood).  It had no shelf and was shot off the knuckle.  The bow pulled 50# and was way too heavy for me but I had a ball with that stick.  That was in 1955 when I was but a lad of 12!  Neither my father nor I nor the guy at the sporting goods store where we bought it knew what we were doing.  They had a 35#er and the 50--I wanted the 50 and that was what I got.  Had to get Dad to string it for me it was so stiff and I got maybe 15" of draw.     :rolleyes:

David,

That sounds a heck of a lot like the bow
I found. It is a yellowish wood.