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Title: kodiak magnum or supermag 48
Post by: michael kavouklis on October 23, 2008, 04:06:00 AM

has any one shot or currently own a Fred Bear kodiak magnum or supermag 48? Is their a good amount of "hand shock' from much shorter bows?

Title: Re: kodiak magnum or supermag 48
Post by: d. ward on October 23, 2008, 07:47:00 AM

Hi MK I've not found much hand shock in eather the Mag or SM with a good heavy arrow,but they do stack a bit.........bowdoc

Title: Re: kodiak magnum or supermag 48
Post by: Squirrelbane on October 23, 2008, 10:36:00 AM

I've got a Kmag bow and it doesn't seem to have any handshock that I can detect. - I shot little goldtip carbons with it before, and I shoot big heavy Ash arrows now - even with the dinky carbons, I still couldn't feel any handshock. The bow sounded alot different though.

Title: Re: kodiak magnum or supermag 48
Post by: MI_Bowhunter on October 23, 2008, 10:47:00 AM

Never shot a Supermag 48 but I don't notice any difference in hand shock between my KMag and my Grizzly.  No shock from either.

Title: Re: kodiak magnum or supermag 48
Post by: MnFn on October 23, 2008, 01:17:00 PM

I bought a supermag(45#) in the early 70's. Still have it. At my draw (28.25") it is quite smooth, I have not noticed any handshock. Don't use it anymore as the grip is too different from my other bows, and I am shooting 55-60lb bows now. But, other than that I thought it a nice, shootable bow.

Title: Re: kodiak magnum or supermag 48
Post by: NDTerminator on October 23, 2008, 08:38:00 PM

I had a K-Mag and it was a very nice bow, but not easy to shoot well.  Very much a special purpose type bow, IMO...

Title: Re: kodiak magnum or supermag 48
Post by: Mechslasher on October 23, 2008, 09:49:00 PM

i love the 48 mag.  no shock and i've never felt any stack at my 28-29" draw.  they are sweet bows that are great for sneaking around the woods.

Title: Re: kodiak magnum or supermag 48
Post by: mahantango on October 23, 2008, 10:03:00 PM

Handshock? NO.I have a '61 48# and a '67 53# K-mag. IMO the best shooting short recurves ever made. No problems unless you have an unusually long draw length. Never cared for the Supermag - neat looking but too high-wrist for me.

Title: Re: kodiak magnum or supermag 48
Post by: TNstickn on October 24, 2008, 12:16:00 AM

No handshock outa my 70's K-Mag. Great little recurve.

Title: Re: kodiak magnum or supermag 48
Post by: Falk on October 25, 2008, 08:21:00 AM

Like MnFn I dont like the deep grip of my SuperMag to much - and it stacks quite a bit when it reachs it's 80# - right at 28". No hand shock I can notice though. Nasty little devil!