'69 Bear Kodiak Magnum factory camo

[liv'nonaprayer]

It has been awhile since I have posted,lost my job,sold my collection and now I am back!I just bought a K-Mag in factory camo and don't really like  the looks.My question is should I leave it the way it is (serial #9u994) or see the nice wood hiding under it?Is it a rare item or pretty common?I picked it up for $50.00.

[cmh]

Want to double your money ?  

[Steve O]

This is a 68:





I'm glad I stripped mine. You can always spray some nasty paint back on it. I don't think they are much for collector value. There are a lot of them around IMO. But I am no Bear expert.

[liv'nonaprayer]

cmh-Thank's for the offer but I haven't shot it yet.Steve o-Thank you for the response,I love the look of that wood on your's.What did you use to strip it?

[cmh]

I had to offer but more importantly it's great your back!!    Hope all the bad times are behind you and the future is all good  

[NIGEL01]

I'd leave it on.  Course I've got my eye out for 69 factory camo Grizzly....

[liv'nonaprayer]

Yeah,I think I will shoot it some and then decide to keep it or not.My "go to bow" is a Browning Wasp and I like it but for the price on the K-Mag I couldn't leave it there!

[cmh]

[Sirius Black]

K-Mags are fun too shoot! I've always wanted one, and finally bought one, a 1970.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I had a 67, which I removed the paint. I was torn before and was still torn after.  I loved it the way it was both ways.

[liv'nonaprayer]

Well,I was removing some glue left on the riser and the paint came off with it.I removed the rest of the paint and finished it with poly!It is a much nicer looking bow now.The only not so nice part is I left a slight amount of paint around the logos but since the glass is green it is not too ugly.If I was going to hunt with it the camo would stay.Thank's for the response,Bill.

[cmh]

[Steven E Milbocker]

I had a 69 Kodiak that was factory camo plus some home touch up work someone did.I'm not fond of the camo bows so I stripped the one I had and it was beautiful Tiger wood underneath that nasty paint!

[liv'nonaprayer]

I am glad I took the paint off,the wood is nice looking.The old saying goes"form follows function"and for me that is true most of the time,but with a beautiful wood bow you get both! Bill.

[cmh]

Glad you like it    I was most interested in it as it's my birth year so.... Just one of those odd wants and it was a Bear of course    Good shooting and happy hunting!!

[stagetek]

I'd have taken the paint off as well. Those were not exactly the greatest camo jobs. The wood underneath looks a whole lot nicer.