Remember Those Pearson Recurves in the 70's?

[NDTerminator]

I'm feeling a bit nostalgic this morning.  In another thread I described buying my first LH bow back about 1970, a 45# Shakespeare Sierra.  If I remember correctly, I paid $30 for from a Tempo store, kind of a 70's version of K-Mart.  

I shot that bow into the early 80's, when I switched to compounds.  Ended up giving it to a friend's wife about 1987.

Back in my archery formative years I badly coveted one of those gorgeous and radical recurves Pearson made in the 70's, but couldn't remotely afford one.   You guys my age or older know the bows I'm talking about.

The model I was particularly in love with was called the Spoiler. I believe it was 52" or 54", and just looked deadly. They also made a takedown that if I remember correctly was called the Marauder, for which I would have given my right arm (had I not needed it to hold a bow).

They remind me very much of the Great Plains SR Swift made today...

So if anyone has one or has pictures of those Pearsons please post them up for me...

[George D. Stout]

I sent you a PM for information.

I do remember those bows, but I don't have any 70's photos.  The Mercury Marauder bows will show themselves from time to time on internet auctions, but they are rare nowadays.

[BamBooBender]

Sent you a PM too.

[Killdeer]

I got a mid-sixties Colt in 1970, now refinished and looks wonderful. For targets, a sweet shooter is the All-American. Sortov a cross between a "long curve" and a recurve. An ACS is a tad less radical than the curve on this one, but not by much.

Killdeer