My 1968 Allen/Jennings Compound Bow #6806

[Bill M]

Good stuff Rob. I like the "guitar tuning peg" used for adjusting tiller.

[huntinfool]

I've still got my first compound. My dad had it hanging up in the garage and said the day i could draw it, it was mine. Happened in 5th grade, I was nine. Got it pulled back and started shooting. It is an Indian Golden Comanche 50/25. Model 222. I have no idea how old it is. I need to dig it out of the closet and take some pics. I don't know much about it, but would like to.

[pghsheep]

Allen Original Compound Archery Bow #6806 = June 1968

I was excited to see that you have the same bow.
My husband wanted to know more about it.
We have listed it on ebay.
Allen Original Compound Archery Bow #6806 = June 1968 #Allen
Thank you everyone for posting your questions and comments.

[flywise]

My how bows have changed. That thing is pretty cool

[BO-N-ARO]

Shot one of those back in the day..........and when they were new on the market. I thought that it just could not get better. I sold it so I could buy a new Browning compound and regretted it ever since. I found one a few years ago and bought it and enjoy have my it. It's where it all started.

[Fishndude]

My dad still has his original Allen. I'm too embarrassed to say what he's done with it.

[dustoffer]

Wish I still had my Jennings S-handle from the mid-'70s.

[AtTheWall]

After some digging around, found the original paperwork for the old Allen - Jennings. It cost exactly 100 bucks. The target model went 225, Brown Hunter went 195, Blue Target 140 and kids or women's bow 100 bucks.

Paper came with technical specifications with power graphs and details about the technology.

A walk down old Archery lane - a bit of history here.

Met Chuck Adams at the Buda Cabelas years ago when it first opened. He was there doing a book signing - got one signed by Chuck. We talked about an hour about our early years of archery. Found out Chuck and I started archery around the same time, pre-compounds. He also owned an Allen Jennings bow like this one. He asked me if I still owned it, told him yes, it's only a few miles away. He offered to buy it from me right on the spot, sight unscene. I had to tell the first Archer of the world who shot the first GRAND SLAM - NO

He understood completely. He mentioned he should have never sold his and was looking for another one.

It's getting passed down through my tribe.

ENJOY!

[stickman]

That is super cool rob. Any plans to hunt with it again?

[AtTheWall]

That is super cool rob. Any plans to hunt with it again?

I should indeed Chris. Maybe a pig hunt is in store? I have a few XX-75 arrows for this bow left over. Stick an old school Magnus broadhead on the arrows, shoot it instinctive, low light or night, and KAP

[AtTheWall]

And I miss shooting dots with Bowwiz too! We had some darn good times at the range, challenging each other years ago. "See that thumb tac at 20, hit it!" THUMP. Ok watch this one WIZ - ROBIN HOOD LOL! I couldn't do that again now if I tried HAHAHA!

Good times with WIZ!

[Goldeneagle]

Thats a sweet ride Rob! I've still got my Bear Little Bear I got for Christmas in '65 or '66. It came from the S&H Green Stamp store.



You could shoot it right or left handed.

[AtTheWall]

Randy - I suppose we are part of the OLD SCHOOL ARCHERY CLUB? Burnadell is the Club Elder

That's cool as heck right there!

My old BlackWidow is still ready to go. Found a bowstring for it and that's half the battle with these old sticks.

[Goldeneagle]

Randy - I suppose we are part of the OLD SCHOOL ARCHERY CLUB? Burnadell is the Club Elder

That's cool as heck right there!

My old BlackWidow is still ready to go. Found a bowstring for it and that's half the battle with these old sticks.

I was the Fred Bear of S. Dallas! I actually shot a rabbit with it down along the Trinity between the levee's in Dallas.

[AtTheWall]

I was the Fred Bear of S. Dallas! I actually shot a rabbit with it down along the Trinity between the levee's in Dallas.

LOL!

Dad never let me roam without supervision with a rimfire or centerfire rifle. But he let me run wild with the Black Widow. And to be honest, a quality hunting recurve is just as deadly as any firearm up to certain distances.

I chuckle about that fact with him now. I think he was more concerned with stray shots ranging over a mile with the bullet. But flinging Easton XX-75 arrows straight up in the air, on a wide open field, to points....you can't see the arrow up there before it comes down. With several of your buddies......LMAO - **** we ran like hell up wind - SON!

My buddies got to shoot .22 rimfires on rabbit and squirrel hunts. I shot a bow with flu flu arrows and regular fletched Eastons. Shot it so darn much, it was all pretty much like throwing a fastball over home plate or passing a football at a running receiver. No thought...just visual and instinctive feel. With nothing but time on your hands as a kid and young teen, you get pretty darn good at shooting. No mental BS, no target panic.....just having a good time.

I think we are that last generation? Once PONG and PACMAN hit the screens.....it rapidly changed for those that followed. Wheels on bows, sights on risers - those old brass pins you couldn't really see very well at low light, leather strapped releases held down with your thumb. Everything rapidly went technology and the days of pure stick shooting died pretty quickly.

And the Duke boys.....pushed all of us little Rednecks into that direction.

There was a time I cruised with this Allen compound in my truck's gun rack