Fasco Sonic

[Scott Grella]

A friend gave me a bow and I'm looking to get some history on it.  It is a Fasco Sonic one piece recurve.   Serial #78363 and 62" and 60#.  It has a solid wood riser and grayish/greenish glass.  Limbs looks straight and in good shape but could stand to be refinished and needs a new Dacron string.  Gotta love old bows!
Thanks!  Scott

[tuscarawasbowman]

The Fasco archery company started in 1957. The company was founded by three men, Russ Fogerty, Willy Alvares and Charlie Smith. The name of the company came from the first letter of each man's last name and CO. added at the end.

In 1960 they sold the company to Emitt Ries, during this time FASCO bows were produced with beautiful wood carving.

If you have one of these bows with basket weave or oakleaf carving or ivory in ebony inlay, you have a prize. The company was sold again in 1962 to Seattle Archery. Fasco recurve bows were listed in the 1977 Seattle Archery catalog, but by the 1979 catalog all recurve bows had been dropped. As a side note in 1964 the Fasco Archery division of Seattle Archery Co. bought Drake Archery. Harry Drake retained the flight bow manufacture part of Drake Archery. Fasco manufactured the Fire-Drake, Hunter-Flight and Shark bows.

[wadde]

A couple of the early models produced were the Sonic Hunter and Super Sonic Hunter and both were only offered in 58 inches. Yours may be a later model that came after those.