Here are some pictures of my bow wondering what it all means: 48 under strike plate, Bear glass powered Bearcat BC-01584, what is AMO-58" & 40/50# is that length of bow & draw weight. Bear Archery Grayling Michigan, US Pat. 2.842.113 Looks like brass button on side of bow. What year is it & what do you think its worth , thanks.

As you know it's a Bearcat. 45/50 is approximate draw weight the 48 under the strike plate is exact. AMO 58 is bow length.

George Stout explained it to you in your previous thread. bvd

If you want a value, research an auction site. It's worth what a buyer is willing to pay.

This may be a more interesting bow than people realize at the moment, as I've never heard of a 58" Bearcat. As far as I know they only came in 66" and 60". I am no expert on this, so hopefully someone else will chime in in this.

As others have mentioned though...you will get valuable information on this site regarding everything about the bow except it's monetary worth. Any old bow is only as worth as someone will pay for it, but hopefully we can steer you in the right direction in terms of a reference point if you are trying to sell it.

Are you sure it's a Bearcat and not a Tigercat?

X2 with fdp. Bearcats didn't come in a 58"amo as far as I know. They were 60" or 66"amo if I remember correctly.

Here are some more pictures of the Bearcat.

Measure it straight across the belly, knock to knock and see what you come up with. It might be marked wrong. bvd

The raised medallion would indicate a date of post 1972, so apparently there was a 58" Bearcat in that time frame. I never saw a lot of them in my years although Al Reader's records show them being made from 1964 to 1971, but a 71 would have a flat coin. Who knows what Fred was up to. ;)

That is one odd Bearcat. In all my resources ( and I have a lot ) on Bear bows I can't find anywhere where a 58"amo Bearcat was made. Yet there it is. Plus all the Bearcats with a BC-serial number prefix ( 1977-1979 BT-and BC- )(1984-2004 BC- ) according to my catalogs, books, and files were either 60"amo or 66"amo with a magnesium riser and a takedown. Actually every Bearcat since 1964 in my Bear catalogs were either 60"amo or 66"amo. Since it has a Bear button medallion it was made somewhere between late 1972 and 2004. 1964 to 1970 had a brass standing bear coin, 1971 had a stick on decal. I thought maybe Bear Archery marked the AMO length wrong, but then they would have had to mark the serial number prefix wrong also. Even the Bearcat takedown Hunters ( 1977 to 1983 ) had BT- and BH- serial number prefixes and were 60"amo. One thing I have figured out since I've been owning and shooting Bear bows since 1969 is when you think you know all there is to know about them Bear Archery throws you a curve. "LOL"

Sweet looking bow!

Thanks guys, keep digging someone out there must know something about this bow. Perhaps its one of a kind & Freds personal bow lol. I measured it across from knock to knock & came up with 55 & 1/2" long as in the picture.

Thanks guys, keep digging someone out there must know something about this bow. Perhaps its one of a kind & Freds personal bow lol. I measured it across from knock to knock & came up with 55 & 1/2" long as in the picture.

Thanks guys, keep digging someone out there must know something about this bow. Perhaps its one of a kind & Freds personal bow lol. I measured it across from knock to knock & came up with 55 & 1/2" long as in the picture.

Thanks guys, keep digging someone out there must know something about this bow. Perhaps its one of a kind & Freds personal bow lol. I measured it across from knock to knock & came up with 55 & 1/2" long as in the picture.

Thanks guys, keep digging someone out there must know something about this bow. Perhaps its one of a kind & Freds personal bow lol. I measured it across from knock to knock & came up with 55 & 1/2" long as in the picture.

Thanks guys, keep digging someone out there must know something about this bow. Perhaps its one of a kind & Freds personal bow lol. I measured it across from knock to knock & came up with 55 & 1/2" long as in the picture.

You have to measure the belly of the bow, nock to nock. Start at the top nock on the belly side and follow around with your tape, straight across the riser, follow the bottom curve to the nock. If your string is around 55" long, then your bow is probably 58" as marked. bvd

Not as a right handed bow it's not. There are many Bear's out there that are "just a little different" who knows why. Lots of speculation always but unless you find the person that actually built the specific bow one may never know the real reasons.

Those were sold at Kmart. It was the entry level hunting bow. That’s why the wide range of poundage marked. It was meant to appeal to the “Two season hunter” Fred was trying to get gun hunters to join the longer bow season. Always promoting archery and bow hunting.

Those were sold at Kmart. It was the entry level hunting bow. That’s why the wide range of poundage marked. It was meant to appeal to the “Two season hunter” Fred was trying to get gun hunters to join the longer bow season. Always promoting archery and bow hunting.

Bear also did that poundage designation for Sears and I tend to agree with B.T. that it was made for one of them.

Possibility it could be one sold by Kmart or Sears. It would be nice to know for sure.

Possibly the same as a !977, 58", Black Bear Hunter. bvd

Being a Grayling bow it is a 72-76 model. The length?....just another one of those odd Bear anomalies.

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