Need help IDing dad's old bow

[MRY75]

Hello all. I'm new here, and to traditional archery. I've got an old recurve that belonged to my dad who's passed away. I'm refinishing it and am planning to put it to good use as soon as I pick up some needed accessories. I would really like to find out more about this bow but the manufacturer's markings wore off years ago. The remaining markings are as follows.
CAT   974
LGTH  5'2"
SER   T-262
WT @ 28" 40xx

The bow has beautiful wood laminate altering from black, brown to very light with red fiberglass on the limbs. Can anyone help me ID this bow or point me to someone who can? It would be GREATLY appreciated. I've been searching the internet, and I believe it may be a Ben Pearson Stallion #974 from 1963 but I'm not sure becuase I've not found pics to compare. I'll try to add a pic here in the next couple days, I'm still refinishing it. Thanks.

[PAPALAPIN]

Ben Pearson Javalina.

The unusual thing is that most Javalinas are 66" bows and yours inticates 62".  It may be an earlier model from the '50's before it was standardized at 66"

It is a 42# at 28" draw.

If it is in good shape, it should stil lbe a solid shooter.  Kinda light weight for a hunting bow, but it can do thejob.

what a treasure to have...your Dad's old bow.  Never get rid of it.  Keep it and cherish it always.  That bow wil lhave some serious mojo for you personally.

[MRY75]

Ok, I've been finding a lot about Pearson bows at Archeryarchives.com. I found a Javelina #974 from 1958, but the photo doesn't match my bow. I'm working with dial-up, so some photo's won't load. I found the following that seems to describe my bow to a T.
Stallion, 1963, #974, 5'2"
Full working recurved limbs
Wt 40-75 lbs
7-7 1/2 inch
red glass
pistol grip
multi-colored hardwood handle (black, white, and brown)
I can't get the photos from that page to load to compare, but it sure sounds like my bow. Let me try and add a pic... ok, those pics are huge. I'll try to add thumbnails...

[mwmwmb]

good looking bow. once you get the model right someone on here makes repo decals and you can put those back on and it would look great.

[PAPALAPIN]

Unusual that Pearson would have assigned the same cat# to two different models.

What I googled up ccame in as a Javalina.

If that PIC matches your bow...well, there ya go

[TRAP]

That is one "Good Looking Bow"  Awesome Lams!!!!!

Trap

[wadde]

Looks like a Stallion to me.