early '70's Bear Kodiak Hunter Question

[Wannabe1]

Anyone know what the string length and brace height would be for an early '70's Bear Kodiak Hunter. Bow is 60"? Will it handle D97?    

[Bjorn]

56" will work on that bow. Whether or not you can use D97 is up to you. Lotsa' people will have differing opinions. Here is what I suggest: if you will be major bummed if the bow were to fail go with Dacron.

[Wannabe1]

Suggested brace height?

[59Alaskan]

8" give or take.

Those  are great bows!

[A.S.]

56" string if you are using Dacron. If you decide to try a FF string, it will need to be a bit longer.

[Wannabe1]

I'm going to stick with dacron. Thansk for all the replies. I appreciate all the wisdom and guidance from you more experienced tradgangers!      :D

[ron w]

B-50 or B-55.....I wouldn't use FF on an early 70's bow.

[Wannabe1]

Ron, I don't remember but, what was the difference between the B50 and the B55?

[ron w]

B-55 is just the modern version of a Dacron string material. It's by BCY I think!

[Wannabe1]

Thanks, I got a PM into Josh (Oliverstacy) and will get B-55. Do I need 14 strand or 16 strand? Never can figure all this string crap out!   :rolleyes:

[finkm1]

Bearbowman @ First Class Flemish strings makes a darn good B-50 string and knows a lot about Bear Archery Bows. Check his web site out for the colors, he is a sponsor. Only problem is it takes a while to get the string. I have his B-50 strings on all my older Bears. I would not use fast-flight.

[Wannabe1]

Thanks Mike but, I get all my strings from Josh. He's a Sponsor also and I've had great dealings with him. Plus, his strings get to me pretty fast!

[PICKNGRIN]

14 strands with .018 serving fits my nocks well.

[Wannabe1]

Thanks Rod, that's what I was looking for.

[Wannabe1]

Just got a response from Josh and he's going to make me up a 56" B-55 dacron Brown/Green w/.019 black halo serving. WhooHooo, got the green and brown to match the color of the bow.