Vintage Ben Pearson/ need help!! (pics)

[Gunnar Mullins]

SO long story short I was helping some family friends move out of their house. As i was emptying out the basement I cam across a very nice looking recurve bow. It was leaning against the wall and it was unstrung and didnt have a string with it. I went up to talk to the owner and he said that I could have it, since he knew i am into traditional archery.

The first thing i noticed was that it was VERY short. My regular recurve bow is 60" while this bow is a whopping 52"!! I also read over the markings and it has a 50# draw at 28 inches. The limbs are a little bit bent, but it still appeared to be shootable, so i took it by my trad. archery shop and got it fitted with a string, when its light out here in a few hours im going to go take it out and test shoot it, and im already having fantasies about getting good enough with this little bow and using it for elk, come september..
I was wondering if anybody has any info on Ben Pearson bows. I had never heard of them before. I would also lie to know if anybody can Identify the model of bow that it is and anything else interesting about this bow and company..
And i would love pics of anybody else's Pearsons (if anybody happens to have one also)

here are some pics.
 
 
 

[Gunnar Mullins]

the owner said he bought it about 40 years ago and it hasnt been shot in twenty.. I got my otter silencers on it today, and despite the slight bend in the limbs, i can already tell that this is going to be one hell of a hunting bow!!

[mahantango]

It's a Ben Pearson Hunter 52" thus the BPH-52. Zebrawood, black glass, white overlays. Got one just like it. Pretty decent shooter, kind of Pearson's version of the Bear K-mag. Click on Ben Pearson in the menu for company history or go to archeryarchives.com for catalogs. Nice find!

[59Alaskan]

Nice looking bow.  I like the look of the grip