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Orion
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Just picked up a Bear Kodiak, sn GL6511. Is this a 1965 bow or 66? Any identifying characteristics to distinguish the two years other than the serial number? Thanks.
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'65 has green glass on limbs and '66 brown glass.

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Jack Shanks
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I'm guessing the G is actually a 6 and it is a 66.

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Orion
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Looks like it's a 66. Has brown glass. Could be a G instead of a six. The top part of the letter/number is straight, doesn't have a curve in it, but folks write differently. Thanks to both of you.
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That first digit would be a 6, not G. Bear marked them that way in '66 with a 6 as the first digit.

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Don't have a clue as to what the "G" would mean.

Anybody?

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Don't have the bow in my hands yet, but upon looking at the pix again, I think the serial number starts with a 6, not a G.
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