
I think the ones with the curved accent stripes were the later ones. I had tied him in a tree and left him when I came back he says well dad I killed one buck and passed up two more, wheres it a I said, he pointed over and about 15 yd.s away laid a buck. Starting in 1972 the first number in the serial number was the year in the decade the bow was built.

I have a database and can use that information to see if a bow is an early or late P model. What the numbers are useful for is determining whether a P bow was built in 1970 or 1971. Up to 1961 the first number was the bowyer.bowyer numbers were dropped in early 1961. The numbers from 1954-1971 have NOTHING to do with the year the bow was built. The numbers are the sequential number of that model built since they began building that model, 1959 in the case of the Hi-Speed. P, the letter on your bow, was the letter for 1970-71 models. If you enter Howatt in the search field, and wade thru all the hits, you may find exactly which year they started including the year in the serial number. The P, As I mentioned, they were changing the number, which used to include the bowyers initial.

Ive got a crack below the insert on the back of my grip, but its shapped alot like yours is. When you say hook, I think limbs, are you talking about the knife edge of the grip, where it cuts an angle in the bottom limb belly glass Heres the belly side of my grip. Fred Bear Bow S Serial Numbers For Some.
