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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: copicasso on March 27, 2011, 02:15:00 PM

Title: 56 kodiaks
Post by: copicasso on March 27, 2011, 02:15:00 PM
Why do the 56 kodiaks get no respect? I see the 57,58 etc when for sale bring good money and the 56 kodiaks have been barely bringing $100-$125 in excellent shape.
A 57 in ok condition brought $240 on the auction site. I own all theese bows and the 56 in my opinion shoots the hardest and fastest and feel good in the hand.
Title: Re: 56 kodiaks
Post by: Mikenmn on March 27, 2011, 02:24:00 PM
My guess would be the double shelf on the 1956 vs. the single shelf. I like my 56 kodiak but would love to try/get a 57 kodiak.

Mike S.
Title: Re: 56 kodiaks
Post by: SlowBowke on March 27, 2011, 04:25:00 PM
shhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Aint got mine yet!

lol
Title: Re: 56 kodiaks
Post by: OldSkoolArcher on March 27, 2011, 04:36:00 PM
It's gotta be the narrow shelves. At least that is what it is for me. I have had two screamers of '56 Kodiaks and just couldn't get used to the narrow shelves so I sent them packing. The narrow limbs really launch an arrow. I have been looking for a '57 or '58 Kodiak to fill their place but haven't found the right one yet.
Title: Re: 56 kodiaks
Post by: reddogge on March 27, 2011, 05:36:00 PM
The are quick but the narrow shelf and lack of mass weight makes them tough to shoot for a long stretch like round of 3-D. I prefer more mass weight. I have to cant mine more to get the arrows to strike center.

Mine now hangs in my son's den over the flintlock rifle I built him when he was 11.