I have always been a fan of the mid 60's Kodiaks and always heard the 64 was favored by those in the know. The hunt was on. I already had a 65 and 66 on the rack and 64 is my birth year (bonus!). Fella listed this 64 in the bow section a while back and I was all over it. The bow is marked 45# but I bet it's closer to 48-50 at my draw. Everything I heard about the 64 turned out to be true. It is one fast and sweet shooting bow! This was a very good find for me!
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Very nice indeed. Love the older Bears.
Baltimore? :bigsmyl:
congrats...They make those in Lefties back then???LOL.. :thumbsup:
Nice bow! ;) :thumbsup:
Those '64's are truly special! Congradulations on a great find. You'll make many great memories with that bow.
I love it! Congratz!!
SWEET :thumbsup: :campfire:
"62" is the year I was born and I'm now in the process of finding one Of each model made that year. The 64's are spoken of very highly by Everyone. After I finish getting all My 62's I will try for a 64. Nice bow and a great find Hope You enjoy many years of shooting with it. bretto
Yea, them vintage Kodiaks really are sweet bows. I have been spending most my time with the 64 lately and it will be in tow at Baltmore, hun! If you want to give her a whirl, just say the word and she's all yours, for a few shots that is. She'll most likely go to Denton Hill this year also and I'm hoping to take some venison with her this fall. The grip is a bit smaller/narrower then the 65 and 66 and fits real snug in my grippers. The 65 and 66 are more forgiving on the shot but the 64 is a bit faster and most certainly quieter. Good stuff!
JL
glad you found her. those old Bears sure are sweet shooters,good luck with yours.
NICE! I'd like a shot or two at Baltimore :wavey:
JL, I know you have a few Kodiaks.....got any pics of them all together?
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet........bowdoc
I think my search for a 50# 1964 Kodiak just got harder. :(
Thanks, JL. :knothead: :bigsmyl:
quietest bow I've ever heard.... or not heard for that matter! Super shooter too. I was envious when I picked it up and I was shooting a Snakebit... Tells ya something about them old Bear bows. They made em good back then.
Greg
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/bowdocsarchery/641001.jpg)No thread hijacking intended...we are like brothers now JL....I just caught this one sleeping in the chair and thought I would snap a quick pic of it...I know,she ai'nt pretty....but I love her just the same.They are sweet bows....bowdoc
Heck yea, post em if ya got em! I always enjoy lookin at some eye candy.
Did that 64 come camo'ed from the factory, Don? I know they offered camo on some bows (something about covering up some finish flaws). I knew Greg liked the 64 right after he first shot it and his groups were proof positive. Took the boys killin stumps yesterday on the back 40 and they were asking about you.
These old Bears start to get in your blood and you realize that there ain't a whole lot of perfomance difference between some of these select vintage bows and current bows being offered today. They really do blur the line and I am starting to see why some vintage bows are more desirable over others.
I think I'm going to need a bigger bow rack here shortly...and a second job to support my habit :saywhat:
JL
Oh yeah JL it's factory camo and has a big + stamped right on the serial number from the factory...Sold with no warrenty....it may be blemished..I never removed the factory camo to see,but pretty sure it would be.Some bows were blemished so they got camo painted stamped and sold at a discount price with no warrenty to big time Bear dealers who bought lots of hunting models(like the one I have)....But pretty much as a rule the bows that were camo painted and do not have a star,+,Y or 22's stamped over the serial number...were not blemished but actually ordered in camo.Bear would pull a bow from stock camo paint it and away it went....Most all of those have the original info and silk screens under the camo paint as well.But yes camo was a great way to hide stress cracks and other blems that were in the bows.Well known fact with Bear collecters too....from 1961 until 1965 Bear painted the limbs the same color or very near the same color as the fiberglass.That was a little trick also used to hide stress cracks.I love those old Kodiaks.....bowdoc
JL
Here's a couple more for you. My 63, 64 and 65 Kodiaks.
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I see the foliage is the same where you are.
really guy's,I don't want to insult anyone.I think some of the new bows are pretty sharp looking.And some of em shoot just great,but come on...take a look at the pic Otto posted and look at the form of them beauties..you gotta admit it come on....bowdoc
I seen 64 kodiak and drewlled on the key bord,, Very nice bow,,Thnakyou for sharing,,
For my nephews I have a 1962 62" 40#@28"grizzly,Factory camo ,and a 1969 62" alaskan 40#@28" They both love shooting the bows and I really enjoy seein the boys with them,,I was buying a bow from Comber and he says,,I'll throw in the rest of the bears that I got,, I didn't know what to expect but when I opened the box it was beautifull,,68 Hunter and the two above,, Thankyou Comber for your generosity my nephews are still enjoying them and My boy and little girl will enjoy them as well,God bless,Jason B.
Not sure what I did in that last post.Don't push buttons if you don't know what there for huh.Hey here's another one I truely do love to shoot...It's a 1966 Kodiak but it's a 64" model.bowdoc (http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/bowdocsarchery/66001.jpg)....bowdoc
Donnie
Gorgeous for sure.
Hah!!! Gotta tell you a kind of funny story. I always wanted to have 63 thru 65 models. Well the 63 was the last one I bought. I always knew about the funky riser and how they quit making it after a year as a few of them broke.
Well, I get my bow and as I'm looking at it, I'm looking at that line that is formed in the sight window where one of the sections of wood is milled away to create the sight window. And I'm looking at this line thinking "I've been duped!!!! This bow has a crack in the riser!!!!" Then after I began to study how the thing was made, I calmed down. Then I continued to study it and began to see why the things broke. The 63 model is a flawed design for sure.
But man them Kodiaks are beautiful!!!
I was just lookin at that dogleg stacked up against the 64 and 65 in Otto's pic and started thinking "Man, I bet there is a lot of stress right around where that grip/rest is". You can see in the profile pic how Bear beefed up the riser after 63 and the risers just look like they will distribute the stress/pressure of a drawn bow better. The 63 is a cool looking bow tho! Bet 64"er is one smooooothhhh shooting Bear. I owned a 64" 51# 1960 Kodiak a while back and it too was a sweet shooter but someone made me an offer that was too hard to refuse...
JL
Ah but,the 1963 Kodiaks and Grizzlys were never recalled...It was the type one and type two Kodiak Magnums that were recalled do to breakage.Type three mags were never recalled..But the 1963 Kodiaks never really had any problems...The one I have is 55# and probley had been shot at least 10,000 times before I got it.Like any of the 1960's vintage Bear Kodiaks...very good shooters.One other thought on the recalls,after Bear archery realized what was happening...they kinda did not recommend the step thru stringing anymore.Eather push pull or a bow stringer only..Thats what actually broke over 50% of Bears returns was step thru stringing....You know you got a guy 6'8" 350 pounds stepping thru a 52 inch mag and then just twisting heTT out of the upper limb.Bang something had to give..Thats want broke most bows back then and still does today....But the 1963 Kodiaks and Grizzlys are great shooters and were never recalled only the 1963 mags type 1&2 ...bowdoc