Bear Experts...Please fill me in!

[Nomadstalker]

I just purchased this on TG and the seller said it was a Super Kodiak.  It just says Kodiak, but I've never seen one like it.  Please let me know what I have here if you can.  I can say this bow flat out SMOKES an 800 grain arrow. (some 2317's that I stuffed with 100 grains of coaxial cable and topped of with a 300 grain field point) First time posting pics so please bear with me--Thanks

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[Ray Lyon]

It's a Gainesville Florida model that's patterned after the Super Kodiaks of the Grayling era of bows. The name is really interchangeable between the two as the basic shape has been the same since the 1964 Kodiak.  

The Kodiak models of 1964-1966 looked very similar to the Super Kodiaks that started being produced and were renamed Super Kodiak in mid 1967 and I believe were produced until about 1977 in Grayling.

[Nomadstalker]

Thanks Ray.  Was it a regular model, special run, unpopular, or undesirable in any way?  Just wondering why I've never seen a more recent Kodiak in this configuration. Thanks for your help.

[Jack Shanks]

That laminated wood color was used in the eighties. I've owned several of them. Good shooters and a great value in Bear bows as there is no collector value to drive the price up.

[Shane Reed]

Jack I have the same bow in 45#'s regardless of the mistake on sellers part, it's a nice bow