Know your bow

Find and read your Oneida serial number

Oneida built the model and year into most serial numbers. Here's where to look and how to read it.

  • Difficulty Easy
  • Time 5 minutes
  • For All Oneida lever bows

Oneida's charts cover 1982–2009. Kestrel, Discovery and the Phoenix and 2017+ Osprey aren't on them.

All how-to guides

We're still double-checking this guide against how we do it in the shop. If anything doesn't match your bow, stop and text us or call 270-318-2020.

Before you start

  • An etched number often reads better in a phone photo.

Steps

  1. Look under the grip, where most Oneidas have the serial etched in the riser.
  2. Check the sight window between the screw holes on the very first H-500s.
  3. Stealth Eagle: look for the sticker on the lower power limb.
  4. Kestrel: look on the power limb label and under the grip.
  5. Leave the grip on if you can't see the number; text us a photo instead. Some grips are glued or bolted and the timing cable runs under them.
  6. Read early numbers: 1982–85 bows are numbers only; June 1986–March 1987 bows start with A (not Aero-Force).
  7. Read the model letters (1987–2000): H5 H-500, H2 H-250, S Screaming Eagle (SE SE600, SELXV SE689LXV), K or KC Strike Eagle, T Tomcat, P Phantom, A Aero-Force, TC Tomcat II and T-III, PC Phantom II, LM LiteForce Mag, SEQ Stealth, BE Black Eagle (2000).
  8. Read the second letter on Oneida's examples: E not camo, C camo.
  9. Read the year letter after 1987: B 1988, D 1989, F 1990, G 1991, I 1992, J 1993, K 1994, L 1995, M 1996, N 1997, O 1998, P 1999, Q 2000 (e.g. AEJ1111 = Aero-Force, not camo, 1993).
  10. Read C.P.A. numbers (2001–09): 0 = 2001, 1 = 2002, 2 = 2003, 3 or 4 = 2004, 3500 or 4500 = 2005, 4600–6000 = 2006, 6500 = 2007, 7500 = 2008, 8000 = 2009.
  11. Use the label, cable colors and our size guides for bows not on Oneida's charts.
  12. Type your number into the serial reader on Find My Bow.
  13. Write down the serial, model, draw length, draw weight and string length.

Tips

  • A TC or PC serial's C may just be the camo letter; cable colors and cam type tell a I from a II.