While many pawn shops buy archery equipment, they often specialize in compound bows and crossbows rather than traditional recurve bows. Because bows (especially compound models) lose value quickly, pawn shops generally offer about 30% to 50% of the current used market value, which is significantly lower than the original retail price.
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