1964 Bear Kodiak

[Jmoe324]

Hello,

I am new to traditional archery and I just picked up a nice 1964 Bear Kodiak recurve.  There is a + sign stamped into the last two numbers of the bow's ID.  Does anyone know what this might mean?  What brace height should this bow have?  Thank you.

John

[Orion]

If it is stamped near the poundage number, the x or xxs stand for poundage over or under the marked weight.  For example 45x# equals 46# draw. x45# is 44# draw, and so on.

If it's stamped with a star, I believe that means it was sent back to the factory for some work.

[Jack Shanks]

All kinds of theories for the stars, 2s and + found on many old Bears. I like the one that the bows were end of the model left overs sold at a discount that were marked by the Bear sales rep with a stamp the best. Just seems the most logical to me.  

 I would start out at 8" on brace for the Kodiak and go up or down from there.

[Stixbowdrew]

Great find out side of my takedown it's the best shooting bear I have ever dumped the string on, mines braced at 7 3/4