Picked up this Bear Kodiak Magnum today. 52" and 52#. Not sure on the year. Maybe someone can help me figure it out. Looking at the serial # the first digit is a 1. I'm guessing it's a '61, but I'm not certain.
Aaahhh, might be a 71. In 72 is when Bear went with the Green Futurewood. Very nice looking bow whatever year it is. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Thanks. I've been seeing it at my local archery shop for a few weeks. Decided to pick it up today. It was the owners and he really didn't want to sell it. I plan on flinging a few arrows with it tomorrow. What arrow weight would you recommend? You seem to be the trad man on here.lol
That's what I was thinking. The guy at the other archery shop in town said not to go that heavy. He said he has problems with arrow flight with the heavier setups. He had some Easton Gamegetters there that I was looking at. I think they were 11.3 gpi with 75gr. brass inserts. Was thinking of ordering some phat heads in the 190gr. to go with.
Do you plan on hunting with that bow? 8-10gpp is an average most accepted. If you can't get good arrow flight with that weight your bow isn't tuned well. You need to have the arrow spined correctly. Just arrow weight and gpi isn't going to be the answer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yeah I know arrow spine is key. I am wanting a heavy arrow in correct spine. I was playing around with a couple different spines today to see how they performed. According to 3rivers chart, I should shoot a 400-340. Tried some 400s and they never seemed to stabilize. The 340s were better. Only aluminums I had here were 2413s which is another recommended on the 3rivers chart. Those seem to be a little too stiff. I'm thinking 2314 in aluminum or 300 in carbon should be what I need. May order a test kit from 3rivers with different spines since no shops will sell singles around here.
300 will be WAY too stiff. What is the weight at your draw length? I shoot 500 spine from 55# bows. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
You'll gain 3# per inch past 28". The K-Mag being a 52" bow has a tendency to stack up faster. Also being that short it is also a bit twitchy. This website has all the info you should need to set-up and tune you bow. http://www.acsbows.com/bellcurve.html Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
So I went and bought some more shafts today. Picked up half a dozen Easton Tributes in 2016s. They fly very well out of the bow, but here is what I'm getting. This is consistently happening with fletched and bare shafts. Seems my nock point is too high and a little on the stiff side?
Been shooting this bow pretty regular. Grouping consistently at 20yds. I do believe the compound may be collecting dust for the season.
I'm envious. The traditional bug bit me when I made a warf bow out of an old compound. It was never quite right and it left me with the need for a proper recurve. I'm really wanting to get my hands on a classic Bear bow. I'm not sure why when there are several perfectly good and sometimes better new designs out there. I guess there is just something about a bow that was made and designed under Fred Bear's influence while he owned and ran the company.
