Old Hoyt bows

[razorsharptokill]

Recieved two Hoyt recurves from a friend today. They are both Pro Hoyt Medallions I believe. I only got a short look at them. One is 68" an 39# and the other is 66" and 48#. Along with them came an old Fred Bear bow quiver. Can anyone tell me about these bows? I believe they are from about late 60's to early 70's. They both have white limbs. The shorter bow has multiple hairline cracks in the clear coat over the riser. This shouldn't affect performance should it? They both have sight pins mounted on the belly of the riser just behind the window.

[RayMO]

I can't tell you much about the bows. Many of the Hoyt bows made in the 60's had white glass limbs. I can remember going over to Earl's shop back in the 60's and watching him and Jeffery do their magic. Great bows. If the cracks are running veritcal you should be ok, pics would help on that. Back then many if not most of the bows had sights on them.

[razorsharptokill]

Here's some pics. I had the names wrong too. They are a Pro Hoyt medalist and a pro hoyt custom.

 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows.jpg

 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows2.jpg

[Biff]

I've owned several Hoyt pro medalist. They were the finest bows you could buy in the 60's. Many olympic archers shot them. They were the smoothest bow ever! I bought one off the internet for my girlfriend to shoot.

[razorsharptokill]

Shot today out to 40 just for fine tuning my form. Bow shoots way better than I can! Had some pretty good groups and a couple Ohh! SH!T!!! LOOK out!!! shots too. I was getting pretty fatigued by then.

[PAPALAPIN]

What you have is one of the finest tournament bows ever made.  They wil lstill hold their own agains the best recurve tournament bows made today, bar none.

The first pro medalist had a serial number starting with  "PM". It was around 1962.  The nest model (not year) was the 2PM, then the 3PM, 4PM, 5PM, 6PM  The first four models were all beautiful roswood bows.  The 5PM & 6PM risers was a stained maple (I think) that really looked like rosewood, but was not.  All Pro Medalist were tapped in the front to accept two balance rods and one stabeliser rod.  Some were custom ordered with taps on the back of the bow to accept upper and lower balance rods.  They were made from 63" to 70", and in just about all target weights.

Hoyt had a model "PMH" which was a Pro Medalist Hunter.  IT was 63" and made just liek the PM except it had black glass and was in a hunting weight.  These are very rare.

The Pro Medalist was one of the most beautiful bows ever made. The rosewood ranged from Brazillian, to Indian, to Golden Rosewood.  They had such figurative grainwork that.

The extra pieces of rosewood on the outside of the glass on the upper and lower back and belly were the signiture of the pro medalist.  

The bow was the shining star of the Hoyte line

You gat a real keeper

[razorsharptokill]

Thank you for the detailed info on this bow. I love shooting them both! I plan to hunt with the 48# medalist. It shoots like a dream! With some beaver balls in the string it is very quiet!

When I harvest with it I will be sure to post some pics.