camo kodiak

[Broofinez]

Can anybody tell me the last year the factory camo was offered in the kodiak.

[PAPALAPIN]

Probably 1966 - 67  the last year of the Kodiak until it was resurected in the '80's

Many of them were blemished or factory seconds that were camo painted to hide finish defects and such. although if some ordered a camo model and rhey had no blemishe ones, they paint a first run model.

Regardles of being blemished or seconds, they were all solid bows.  Bear would not hide a critical defect and sell it.

On many "blemished" bows you would have a hard time finding the defect.  If there was something really minor, Bear would not let go out as a first quality product.

[Broofinez]

Papalapin  the kodiak,s of the 80's when did they stop making those. And are those good shooting bows.  Thanks.

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

A few years back I re-did a "flocked" Groves.. No doubt as to what he was hiding under that 1/8" of fuzz... It took that much to hide it again. Then again, I had a flocked Bear Mar TD.. There were some serious repairs under that stuff too.

[PAPALAPIN]

BROOFINEZ

I don't like them.  I have one in 70#.  I call them "Mardi Gras" bows.  The risers are of multi colored laminations of hard woods.  

I guess they shoot OK, but they are no match for the Kodiaks of the'60's.  From the ones I have seen, they seem to have made many in heavier weights.  Part of that may be because mine is a 70#.  Stiff bow for me to shoot.

I don't know the start and stop of these models