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Post by: david janssen on October 09, 2009, 09:05:00 PM

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Post by: vtmtnman on October 09, 2009, 09:11:00 PM

I have a 57 60" 51@28"I LOVE the way the bow shoots but I HATE low grips.Very smooth,stack free draw to my 28" draw.

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Post by: PaPaFrank on October 09, 2009, 09:12:00 PM

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Post by: Wade Phillips on October 09, 2009, 10:42:00 PM

This is a 56#, 60" 1957 Kodiak RH. He says no stress, no holes, no twisted limbs... 230385087131

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Post by: vtmtnman on October 10, 2009, 04:24:00 PM

I'll trade mine for a 59-62 kodiak or grizzly.

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Post by: BoWyo on October 10, 2009, 06:05:00 PM

One of Bear's greatest shooting bows. Unfortunately, the limb tip laminations were made out of some sort of impregnated cardboard and were prone to cracking or delaminating altogether with age. I have repaired a few that did not have major tip failure beforehand. 59 was the only year Bear did this. The years 58 and 60 were glass tips. If I had to choose only one I would go with the 1960.

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Post by: portugeejn on October 10, 2009, 11:20:00 PM

I have a 57 Kodiak which I like and shoot well.  I use a stringer to brace it-the recurves are really deep and I think that the limbs could be twisted easily.  

I've had no problems with the tips, but it probably only had a dozen arrows through it when I got it.  The story is it spent most of its life in a sleeve in the closet.  Still had the factory string until I made a Flemish twist for it.  

The biggest issue I've had with it is I don't like to shoot it much because it is in such good shape!


RonP