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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Wallydog on February 16, 2014, 05:08:00 PM
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I bought this 60" Kodiak about 6 mo. ago and it had a very old string with it. It may have even been an original or near to it. I took it to my bow shop and he measure it at 54.5 ". We strung it up and it had a 10.5" brace length. I told him that surely wasnt right and thought it ought to be nearer 8". Well I have looked all over and cant find a definitive answer to the factory brace height for this bow. It has no AMO on it so I assume it isnt a 58" string by default. Any help here would be great!
Wallydog
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Has it been refinished? In 1968 it would either be a Super Kodiak or a Kodiak Hunter. All 1968 Bear bows had an AMO length listed on them.
A picture would help to verify the year but a 60" Kodiak would normally run 7.5 to 8.5 in brace height. Early Kodiaks run lower brace heights than the later ones. My 67.5 SK likes 8.25.
Brad
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It does not look to be refinished. It is a Kodiak Hunter. No AMO written on it anywhere. The specs are written in a golden ink. 8T871 60" 47#. I would greatly appreciate a string length if you have a 68 Kodiak Hunter.
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The Kodiak Hunter came out in 1967 1/2 at 58". Brought back in 1968 at 60". I believe this to be yours. The AMO is the 60". I usually order my strings 3" shorter and then twist the string as it stretches out until it stops smacking the limb and feels right. This is what works for me.
I would say Brad has it dialed in up above.....
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Thank You Larry. Ill try the 57 in length.
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I'm a bit late, but I have a Green K-Hunter, it likes an 8" brace height.
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Ok, I ended up with a B50 Flemish string of 58 inches but it stretched an inch of brace height. I twisted it till I got a little over 8" and it shoots fine.