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Title: 62" Wing ??
Post by: 4dogs on June 24, 2017, 12:55:00 AM

I'm looking for a bow I'm not even sure exists. I was at a gun show a few years ago and saw a bow on one of the tables out of reach and a lot of people around it so I figgered I would come back later and check it out...really pretty bow. Well I did come back but it was gone. I talked to the guy and he told me it was a 62" Red Wing Hunter. It had a dark rosewood riser and green glass limbs. I have not seen one like it since but sure would like to. Was such a bow ever made?

Title: Re: 62" Wing ??
Post by: Blackhawk on June 24, 2017, 05:48:00 PM

I don't know about the green glass, but saw a 62" RWH at a shoot last weekend which was for sale. Glass was brown and a rosewood riser and 40#.  If not for the two filled holes, I would have bought it for the $200 he was asking.  

The 58" and 52" are the much more common version, but the 62" sure does exist.

Title: Re: 62" Wing ??
Post by: 4dogs on June 24, 2017, 06:21:00 PM

Thanks Lon, sure would like to find one. I have a 52" I need to figger out a string length and brace for but would love to get a green glass one a little longer.

Title: Re: 62" Wing ??
Post by: Horney Toad on July 23, 2017, 05:25:00 PM

Most of them were 58".  I think some 62" were earlier ones and much harder to find.

Title: Re: 62" Wing ??
Post by: 4dogs on July 24, 2017, 05:24:00 PM

Yup, They are hard to find. I think any of the green glass Wings are pretty rare.

Title: Re: 62" Wing ??
Post by: Horney Toad on July 25, 2017, 10:31:00 PM

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There is a lefty on there now, believe it is a later one.

Title: Re: 62" Wing ??
Post by: 4dogs on July 26, 2017, 09:14:00 AM

Thank you

Title: Re: 62" Wing ??
Post by: 59Alaskan on August 03, 2017, 10:31:00 PM

They are out there.  I have a 62" Thunderbird.  GREAT shooting bow!!  Good luck

Title: Re: 62" Wing ??
Post by: KodaChuck on August 18, 2017, 11:54:00 PM

I have a RWH ...AMF era ....and it is 62". Nice bow. Basically, the way I look at it is a. Wing Era....then b. Wing/Head Ski Era followed by c. Wing/AMF Era...the original Wing Era bows are supposedly the most desirable and the wood seems better than the later periods but I have bows across the years and they all shoot well. I have seen 62" early RWHs but get the feeling that more 62" units were produced later. They all shoot well.

Title: Re: 62" Wing ??
Post by: 4dogs on August 23, 2017, 10:25:00 AM

Thanks guys. I have found a couple 62inchers but one of any length with the green glass really makes it tough.