From: foodtraveler
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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On lower limb "Sovereign Lord Mercury 1099." Below grip: "176239". It's 70" long.
Isn't there a link out there from a guy who shows all vintage Pearson models through the years with corresponding serial numbers? I'm sure seen that but can't find it now.
Any assistance putting a year to this bow would be appreciated.
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From: Catsailor
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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Try this. You should get a long list of Pearson catalogs. http://www.benpearson.com/vb/showthread.php?924-First-Set-of-Catalogs
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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And be patient....they can take a while to load each one.
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From: foodtraveler
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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Thanks. Looks like it's either 1965 or 1967. Cant tell since the link to the 1965 catalog shows my bow (the 1099 model) but later pages in that same link and what appears to be that same catalog go on to talk about 1967 models. If either of you has time, would you mind clicking on the 1965 catalog and telling me what you think, 1965 or 1967? Interestingly, no mention of that model in the 1966 catalog, and in 1968 or 69 there is mention of it but not as Sovereign Lord Mercury (that's mine) but just Lord Mercury, with a separate Sovereign model, which is without the mercury cushions.
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From: arrowwood
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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Foodtraveler, whoever uploaded those catalogs got some of them mixed up as you noticed. In the 1965 catalog the Lord Mercury is model 1060 and 1058. The last Sovereign catalog was 1968 - by that time a couple models were in Pearson catalogs too (the Lord Mercury being one of them)
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From: yorktown5
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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I'm unsure if you can pin it down any closer. When I did my last book, I looked over those catalogs, and based on them, experience and quite a few Pearson models that don't show up in any of them; came to this conclusion:
The catalogs do NOT reflect an accurate summary of what got built and when. This is especially true of the Sovereign series where I find models but no catalogs mentioning them.
I have a sense that as high end semi-custom bows, they were built throughout the '60s and early '70s. At first before they got their own catalog and with a number of models, mid '60s with their own catalog, and into the '70s with fewer models continuing and those shown in the "regular" catalog.
I've never found anyone really "expert" on Pearson models and dates more than this.
Rick
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From: arrowwood
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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Pearson printed Sovereign catalogs from 1963 to 1968 in addition to their regular BP catalog. Only one Sovereign catalog is listed at bp .com. but parts of another year are mixed in someplace.
Rick, as far as I can tell the catalogs ARE accurate. You just haven't seen them.
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From: yorktown5
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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Ok Arrowwood,
But off the top of my head, here are some Pearson models for which I've not seen any catalog info. The Sovereign-Silver series, Mace, King Cobra, and other Sovereign models whose names escape me at the moment. There is the Cobra and several others of those later early '70s models that might be in the missing year catalogs too.
I still contend that Pearson built some models, perhaps wholesale customer specific, that simply never got cataloged.
That King Cobra for example. Owners tell me they can see the Sovereign "S" medallion label UNDER the King Cobra one. ????
Rick
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From: arrowwood
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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I have seen one Silver Sovereign catalog only.
The Mace is listed in the 1966, 67 and 68 Sovereign catalogs.
Yes some models and maybe even entire lines/labels were not catalogued.
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From: foodtraveler
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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Thanks, all, for weighing in on this. I'll just enjoy the mystery as to an exact production year. Going to shoot this mercury-assisted thing for the first time in a few minutes. Will report back my impressions in a couple of hours.
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From: foodtraveler
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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So after shooting that Lord Mercury today I found that it is heavier than any vintage recurve I own, including my other 70"er, an American Archery Cheetah Supreme, which has a riser shaped kind of like a boat rudder--lots of wood. I found that the Lord Mercury stays very dead in your hand upon release. Those Pearson catalog pages showed the preferred brace height to be 8.25 to 8.75, but I shot it today at a 9.5" brace height; that's as low as I could get with the longest string I own. Was a little louder than I would have liked, but 29" 1716 arrows with nibb points flew very straight. Overall, I'd say the mercury in the riser does something for better stability and reduced vibration, but I'd expected a bigger "Wow" factor. Pretty big gap between this an the effect of stabilizers on both my Hoyt 5PM and Bear Temujin.
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From: Catskills
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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I had not realized there was real mercury in the riser. Liquid mercury, like we used to play with in science class ? Or some kind of alloy ?
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From: foodtraveler
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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I think it's the real stuff. Think the idea is as it sloshes around inside the built-into- the-bow capsules (one on the upper limb, one on the lower) after the string is released it absorbs some of the shock. Just got back from shooting it again for about an hour and can say that it takes to string walking pretty well.
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From: MStyles
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Date: 07-Mar-14 |
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http://pearsonbow.stormloader.com/pearson.html
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From: Bud B.
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Date: 04-May-16 |
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Does anyone know of a 1965 general catalog that is downloadable, not the Lord Sovereign one?
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From: arlone
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Date: 04-May-16 |
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Yes Catskills, I believe it is the real thing in all the models with the Mercury name. I too remember playing with it in Chemistry class. Today they would evacuate the whole school and decontaminate everything!
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From: gmr12508
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Date: 04-May-16 |
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Bud, I have a 1965 Ben Pearson catalog. I scanned it into a PDF file. What are you looking for?
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