Cheetah Special Hunter

[Hoyt_Trykon]

Gday guys,

I currently own one of these bows. My father bought it in 1982 and i dont know much about it. It is an American bow. All i know is that it is 55lbs and the brace height is 8 1/2 inches. It is a very smooth bow to shoot with very lil vibration. Whats your opinion on this bow? Are there any internet sites for this particular brand?

[Mick Smith]

I haven't heard of this bow before. Do you know who the manufacturer was? Failing that, perhaps you could post a photo of it. :?

I'm not much help, sorry. Maybe Glenn or another member will be able to help you. :)

Mick

[Glenn]

Trykon is your bow a longbow or a recurve, I think Howard Hill or John Schultz use to make a cheetah longbow and I'm sure Martin produced a Cheetah recurve at one stage...Glenn...

[Hoyt_Trykon]

Gday mate, its a recurve. Its not made by any of the popular brands like martin or anything like that. Cheetah is the actual brand name.
heres a pic

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/hoyt-usa/American1982cheetahhunter.jpg

[Glenn]

I've never heard of Cheetah brand before. There has been so many good bowyers in the USA that nobody ever hears anything of, a lot of good bowyers went to the wall with the the coming of the compound bow. Looks like a very nice bow, is it still in original condition?...Glenn...

[Hoyt_Trykon]

Ah k. Yeh cos i read somewhere that its an american made bow. And its got a american logo on it, saying American Archery. Its in original condition still, as good as new. Dad takes great care of it. lol. its his lil toy.

[Luke]

Are you sure it's not an "American" brand bow?

This was an actual brand some time back...not that it was made in America but by a company called "American Archery".

:?

[Hoyt_Trykon]

Ohhh yeh. I think u hit the nail on the head luke. That makes more sense cause when i typd Cheetah Hunter Special on google images, It came up with , "America" brand bow. Are there any websites for this brand?

[Luke]

I have no idea on that mate, sorry :(

[Glenn]

Check this site out, http://www.archeryarchives.com/ at the top of the page is a link to American Archery and click on 1882 and the Cheetah model is there...Glenn...

[Mick Smith]

A nice bit of detective work there Glenn. :wink:

Mick

[Glenn]

Some good info on that site Mick, it's amazing how many bowyers there have been in the past...Glenn...

[johnno]

That also looks very similar to the Red Wing Hunter I used to own. 8)

[Sagitarius]

That also looks very similar to the Red Wing Hunter I used to own. 8)

Now known as the ugly stick. :lol:

It missed being blooded (by me anyway) by that... " much durring the week Johnno.

Next time maybe.