Ben Pearson Hunter 7458 ???

[HuntingDicksonDTC]

Guy i work with - his neighbor has a Pearson Hunter 7458 -have not layed eyes on it yet but what is the bow worth & is it worth buying to use.


lmk & thanks in advance for any info

 

[PO Cedar]

I couldn't find it in the Pearson archives by that number. I'm guessing it is a mid-70s bow. If you can post a pic or get more info on it maybe someone can help. Certain old Pearsons are worth quite a bit but most carry less resale value than the old Bear recurves.Example- a Pearson "Mercury Marauder" recurve is pretty rare and is worth quite a bit--Condition of the bow(finish,were there any holes drilled in riser for sights,etc..) has a bearing on the value of bow for collectibility but to me for a hunting bow it would hinge more on length of bow and whether the bow poundage was within reason- I would check the limb tips for integrity since many of the old Pearsons didn't have the beefed-up tip overlays.Good Luck!!

 

[CHRIS WILSON]

Try looking here: http://www.archeryarchives.com/pearson1.html

May give you a good idea on year of construction and what it originally sold for.

 

[Locksley]

I think the numbered Persons are those made for Browning but not delivered to them for some reason thus they were sold as Persons.