Also, alter the height at which you position the targets, placing them between 2 ½ to 4 ½ feet above the ground. Size: Select RH 35 RH 40 RH 45. Price: $479.99 - $503.98. Every hunter owes it to himself, the game animal and innocent bystanders to use a rifle in a caliber that he can consistently shoot accurately. Set up four to six targets in a staggered pattern, placing the farthest 50 feet downrange and the closest at 5 feet. Three of the most practical bear back-up handgun cartridges available are: (from left) Buffalo Boreâs 10mm Auto 220-grain hard-cast load, Garrettâs .44 Magnum 310-grain hard-cast load, and Buffalo Boreâs .480 Ruger 330-grain Dangerous Game monometal load. 1-piece of exotic Green Maple, capped with green and white fiberglass. Select. Setup the Bear Drill. Those bows were 52" length so there is your 52. Many years ago, houndsman friend and neighbor Ernie Blake of Pownal, Vermont, watched another houndsman shoot a black bear six times in the head with a .357 Magnum at close range, and the bear was then killed with a rifle. Super-shooting Bear Kodiak Magnum. A 180 grain bullet from a .30-06 in a vital spot will drop the biggest Kodiak brown bear in Alaska, while a bullet from a .458 Magnum in the guts is an invitation to disaster. You can use IPSC targets or cut out 8-inch circles of cardboard. The bow is 45# at 28" with 52" AMO. I have 4 Kodiak Magnums 2 shooters 1 in my collection and 1 I bought for a freind 3 yrs ago but he changed his mind so I finally sold that one 2 weeks ago to a club member who always wanted one and gave him an awesome deal on it for sure he is now super happy it was a 1972 greenwood Kodiak Magnum but 55 lb. They took the design of the 1965-66 Kodiak and the non-wood phenolic (bowling ball formica) material they'd had success with in the era's target models and re-named the bow the Super Kodiak. Draw weight, I sold him the bow with a dozen custom King yellow cedar ⦠Modeled after the original, famous Kodiak bow, the Kodiak Magnum was first introduced in 1961... View full product details » With bear handguns, itâs all about the bullet. Riser: Radiused, cut-on center shelf with Bear hair rest and leather side plate. Kodiak Magnum 52" $ 479.99 Right Hand only All Bear Bows are a build time of approximately one year. Add 2 pounds additional for every inch over 28. Limbs are straight with no twist-the bow has always been strung with a stringer and has always stored on a bow rack. The Kodiak Magnum is modeled after Bear's famous Kodiak, but with a shorter length for more maneuverability. This is a beautiful bow, made using exotic hardwoods and Fred Bear's classic design. The Kodiak of 1964 (bottom), made of solid bubinga with no accent stripes was certainly not one of the prettiest, but is one of the smoothest shooting and fastest Kodiaks ever produced. All are non-expanding, deep-penetrating bullets with wide, flat noses. Size Chart. In 1965, Bear added accent stripes and mild âhornsâ to the design of the riser (middle bow). Visit the Bear Archery Store. That was probably in the mid 1970's. Bear Archery Kodiak Magnum Bow. The 40 is probably the pounds pull at 28 inches (I think) draw length. Yep...they are green, laminated fiberglass and wood. The tips are in superb condition, there is no separating or checking in the glass in the limbs. Bear Kodiak Magnum was first bow I ever hunted and killed deer with. The Kodiak Magnum continued. 5 answered questions.