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Title: vintage bear questions
Post by: texas terror on June 08, 2008, 09:55:00 PM
I have an older bear kodiak. the numbers on the side  say kr1208. ive killed pigs with this bow but dont feel like i have reached its full potential so here are my questions.

1 what is the recommended brace height
2 what year was it made
Title: Re: vintage bear questions
Post by: texas terror on June 08, 2008, 09:57:00 PM
oh yea 58" amo
Title: Re: vintage bear questions
Post by: Blackhawk on June 09, 2008, 12:32:00 PM
Is is a Kodiak?  or maybe a Super Kodiak, Kodiak Hunter, Kodiak Magnum, etc.

yeah, a pic is worth a thousand words.
Title: Re: vintage bear questions
Post by: PAPALAPIN on June 09, 2008, 01:12:00 PM
Being that it is a "K" bow, it cannot be a Kodiak.  It has to be a Kodiak Hunter, Super Kodiak, or possibly a Kodiak Magnum.

We need to know which it is before we can give you an accurate answer.
Title: Re: vintage bear questions
Post by: Falk on June 09, 2008, 01:18:00 PM
KR1208 will be a Grizzly from 1970.

Interesting you say it is AMO 58". The 1970 Grizzly was 56" so it should read AMO-56" below the serial. The Grizzly pictured in the 1970 catalog has serial KR1970 - for obvious reason. Your's should be older. So, did they make a 58" version which was not listed in the catalog?

Does it have a Shedua riser with single vertical accent stripe and white tips?

No own experience with this bow but my estimate for brace height would be from 7.5 to 8 inches for 58" and maybe a little higher for AMO 56"
Title: Re: vintage bear questions
Post by: texas terror on June 09, 2008, 06:45:00 PM
ok it is a 58 amo. it is green and brown wood with a single stripe of a goldish wood. the tips are not white they match the darker wood from the front of the bow. is has brown glass and is 45#.
Title: Re: vintage bear questions
Post by: texas terror on June 09, 2008, 06:46:00 PM
can i email pics to someone because i cant post
Title: Re: vintage bear questions
Post by: Horney Toad on June 09, 2008, 07:22:00 PM
Sounds like a 1973 or later Bear Grizzly. Brace height should be about 7.5".
Title: Re: vintage bear questions
Post by: The Great Jashu on June 09, 2008, 07:41:00 PM
Second what Horney Toad says. I can picture that Grizzly. I have a two piece Grizzly with that green and brown wood that used to be 58". Now its like 38" and 20". Like bow doc always says- "use a bow stringer".
Title: Re: vintage bear questions
Post by: texas terror on June 09, 2008, 11:53:00 PM
here is the best pic i can find right now  http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll203/texas_terror/recurvepig.jpg