Greetings everyone.  I was recommended this sight over on archerytalk.com.  I am looking for insight on a bow my dad gave me.  It is a Sears Supreme by Bear.  After doing some digging I believe it is from the 60's but I am not sure.  Can someone tell me if this is of any value either monetairly or as a shooter. The serial #is 1376S and it also says AMO 60" 45#.  Aslo what do I need to look for as far as what kinda condition it is in?  Thanks.

-Joseph
 
 

Happy you found us man.. Still a great old bow..

I wanna make it a shooter, but I also want to make sure it isn't some sort of collectible because my track record of maintaining things isn't the greatest.  I haven't found out much about it, but like I said earlier I believe it is from the 60's because the serial number doesn't make any sense and in the later years the serial number aided in dating.

-Joseph

First time I see one of those but an educated guess would be that this bow is more a 70s model than a 60s. It has a familiar Super Kodiak shape but not exactly. The white tips could make me guess early 70s. The bow riser is made with resin impregnated maple called «Futurwood».  The sight was known as the «premier sight», if I am not mistaking. The brush rest is missing on yours and there should be a plastic nylon screw in the hole just above where the brush rest would be acting like a burger button.

Looks in nice condition from the pics. I would not hesitate to pull on that string and letting go a few arrows. Check for delamination before just to be safe.

This bow is not considered a «collectable» and I doubt it ever will be. Still, it's a cool old bow and you should enjoy it regadless

Welcome aboard.

Simon

Hi Joseph I believe yours is around 1971-1973 maybe 75.They look a lot like a Bear Super Kodiak from the same year great shooters value hard to say right now but here's some food for thought.I saw one sell for under 100.00 but I also seen one sell for 385.00.bd

Brush rest?  Burger Button?  I should mention, that this is the first year I have bow hunted (using a compount until I get good with this one) and I am not sure of all the terminology.  Thanks.

-Joseph

Also, there was a stick on rest on it when I got it that was brittle plastic so I peeled it off and through it away.  What is the correct kind of rest for this bow?  Thanks again.

-Joseph

Joseph

Look at the pics on top of this page

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=002195;p=4

You can kind of see the «brush rest» and that nylon screw I was talking about. The brush rest is made out of nylon/plastic brushes, kind of like a tooth brush, on witch the arrow would rest.

The burger button, well, not exactly a burger button in this case, is there to adjust the position of the arrow in or out. Comes in handy to fine tune your arrows to the bow. Arrow too stiff, screw out the burger button, arrow too weak, screw in. Or is that the other way around?

Here is a definition I found on google

Button i.e. Plunger, Burger Button—The button is a device that, when the arrow is being shot, prevents the rear of the arrow from overtaking the front. It also aligns the arrow in the center of the bow and keeps it from hitting the bow once shot.

Here is a link

http://www.abbeyarchery.com.au/p/ARTC989/What+is+%85+a+plunger+button.html

Simon

So is a brush rest what I need to get then?

-Joseph

Well, if you can find one, yes. I know they sometimes pop up on B-Bay.

You can do what I have seen many do, that is, find an elevated rest of your preference and just stick it on where the brush rest should be.

http://www.abbeyarchery.com.au/p/BAJ2/Jennings+J2+Arrow+Rest+RH.html

You could also, and that is what I would probably do, is shoot off the shelf. You would obviously need to put a rug of some sort, some use velcro, the fuzzy half, or the closer to original Bear hair type of shelf rug.

 http://www.abbeyarchery.com.au/p/BA3572/Bear+Traditional+Hair+Arrow+Rest+RH+and+LH.html  

Hope this helps.

S.

I have a brush rest some place around here...

Cody