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I have a LH Grayling Bear TakeDown Mag 'A' riser with factory site (3 pins) which I am trying to learn more about. It has white overlay limb tips (not red). I spoke with the folks at the new company and they said records were gone and still tried to help.

I did check the patents on all parts and all parts are Bear. The is no medalion on the riser. The silk screen is compass & micrometer. The take down was first introduced in catalog in 1970 yet available in 1969. I also learned that they stopped manufacture in 1972 i believe.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you horridbat
I got this site from archerytalk

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I spoke with the folks at the new company and they said records were gone ...

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So, what ID are you looking for? You already know what it is, not?
White tips were the first produced if I am not mixing up something now. Followed by Red and Blue - still made in Grayling. Green were later from Gainesville.

I am curious too  ;)
What weight are your limbs? Which lenght #1, #2 or #3. With Fascor?

Horridbat, The limbs of the first TD bows had white tips as Falk said, and wer produced in '69 and '70. I have also seen later models with white tips. The second run of hunting weight limbs usually have red tips and were made with and without the Fascor notation. The best feature to look for to determine vintage is the presence or absence of an elongated indentation along the sides of the base of the limbs. The limb wedges of the first edition limbs were grooved in this manner and not repeated in subsequent versions. The riser could only be dated by the serial number but the lack of a medallion suggests an early model. Check with Don "Bowdoc" Ward, he has a very wide range of knowledge concerning Bear's production methods in general. I've shot these bows exclusively for around thirty years and have owned all but the very latest models of the TD limbs and I seem to like the white tips the best but I don't if they really perform better or if I just think they do. The set of #1 limbs I'm using now have a slightly deeper recurve with a little less flex than any of my red or green tipped models and I like more of a "semi-static" limb as opposed to the "full working" more flexible designs. Good luck with them, if want to move the bow let me know.....Grant

Thnak you for your responses. This is new to me so I will try to better describe it.
there is gold lettering/numbers on the limbs.
Top Limb
A-58"-45#
B-62"-43#
C-68"-39#
then the numbers which are on both limbs 2-4391
I have seen the Fascor writing on another bow but not on these limbs so I would say no to Fascor.
I have pic but not sure how to get them here.
horridbat

There is a number on the riser not sure if it is serial or not what should I be looking for?

Tank you horridbat

Horridbat, you've #2-limbs which make the different bowlenght marked on the upper limb, if combined with the three available riser lenght A, B or C. But I guess you knew that aleady?! The number on the limbs is their serial with the leading '2-' indicating the lenght. Gold lettering fits in production time with white tips. Later lettering is often white, on red tips for example.

If you have a number on the riser, post it and I bet there will be someone who can tell the story behind it. Maybe you'll get more responses over in the  Kodiak T/D History (http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=000521;p=1)  thread though?!

I would love to own a pair of White Tips. And besides other things I am missing a Mag A-riser as well   :(

The early Mag risers did not have the medallion but did have the little Bears on the belly side of the latch. Trouble is most got broken off, however there was a small hole for the Bear that was not there once they went with the medallion, which took a drilled hole in the side of the riser.
The Serial number for the riser should be stamped on the ridge inside the upper limb pocket.
It will start with an "A" "B" or "C" that is a code for the riser length. A being shortest. C being the longest

Wow! Thank you all for the great info! I am learning quickly. #2 Limbs I thought maybe the 2 indicated the month of manucature little do I know! The riser has a number A-04091.
There are no little bears. I will have to look for the drill marks so it seems. Thank you all.