Since nobody who really knows has yet posted (I’m betting they will), I’ll venture that I’ve owned 52″ Magnums and they braced really high. I would start at 7.5″ and work up from there until you eliminate excessive string wrist-slap and it’s shooting well. Yes, measure from inside the deepest point of the grip on virtually all deep-grip handle designs. Maybe that will get you started until someone with more precise experience comes along, or you figure it out by trial and error.

My Bear Kodiak Magnum (52″ AMO) is braced at 7.5″ measured to the throat of the grip. It shoots good there from what I can tell.
Hope it helps and is not TOO redundant.

D

wow that is a small bow, these little bows always intrested me, how long is your draw length. I never wanted to try them because I am so tall and lanky, I am afraid that I will rip it apart?

The brace height on a Super 48 is normally around 9.5 inches (string to grip throat), give or take going by sound and vibration. Too slow? lower brace height. Too noisy? raise it.

Yellowfeather? Your brace height on a K Mag is 7.5 inches? That’s less than my 60 inch Super K (and my buddy’s four other 60 inch Super Ks) that runs 8-8.25 inches and at least an inch below the brace height the four Kodiak Mags another friend and I have had. Might want to play a bit?? No offense intended.

The CURRENT Bear archery leaves this pretty vague at “7-8” inches for ALL bows but most of ours are the 60s versions. I’ve yet to see ANY Bear mag, either length that shoots well with less than 9 inches. Ive shot the Super Mag bow with 9.5-10 inches that sounded and felt pretty good but never owned one.

NOT saying it’s not POSSIBLE, but it would be rare indeed. If you like it that way, then the mission is complete. I would be willing to wager that at 7.5 inches of brace height the bow would even register lower on a bow scale than the weight indicated on the riser.

Bear Archery bows have always had a fairly high brace height and built TO have one. I speak ONLY of Grayling, MI bows since all I buy for myself. I know when I buy a Super K, I just start with 8 inches and normally will go up a tad and that’s a 60 inch bow.

I’ll ask around. Im sure one of my buddies shows an ad or spec sheet on both.

God Bless!
Steve

No offense taken, it’s always good get more than one set of eyes on something. I always thought that from 7.5 it shot pretty snappy. I guess some explanation of how I come by then number is in order. I bought the bow used and then bought a string for it. The string is about 48″ total length. If I remember right I kind of asked around and got the 7.5″ number. I did try to change it a little, but never to 9″ that seems a little high. I think maybe I will tweak it a little and try to see if can twist up the string to a 9+” brace, it would be interesting.
Thanks for the info. it is worth investigating,
Damon

Steve Sr. wrote: The brace height on a Super 48 is normally around 9.5 inches (string to grip throat), give or take going by sound and vibration. Too slow? lower brace height. Too noisy? raise it.

Yellowfeather? Your brace height on a K Mag is 7.5 inches? That’s less than my 60 inch Super K (and my buddy’s four other 60 inch Super Ks) that runs 8-8.25 inches and at least an inch below the brace height the four Kodiak Mags another friend and I have had. Might want to play a bit?? No offense intended.

The CURRENT Bear archery leaves this pretty vague at “7-8” inches for ALL bows but most of ours are the 60s versions. I’ve yet to see ANY Bear mag, either length that shoots well with less than 9 inches. Ive shot the Super Mag bow with 9.5-10 inches that sounded and felt pretty good but never owned one.

NOT saying it’s not POSSIBLE, but it would be rare indeed. If you like it that way, then the mission is complete. I would be willing to wager that at 7.5 inches of brace height the bow would even register lower on a bow scale than the weight indicated on the riser.

Bear Archery bows have always had a fairly high brace height and built TO have one. I speak ONLY of Grayling, MI bows since all I buy for myself. I know when I buy a Super K, I just start with 8 inches and normally will go up a tad and that’s a 60 inch bow.

I’ll ask around. Im sure one of my buddies shows an ad or spec sheet on both.

God Bless!
Steve

They are nice in tight quarters like thick oak brush and stuff. I like my bow, but I have shot longer ones that feel much nicer. My uncle is a recurve guy from way back and also pretty tall and lanky, he feels the same way you do when he shoots my bow. But, you would have to be a beast to break it in two. 😉

Greatreearcher wrote: wow that is a small bow, these little bows always intrested me, how long is your draw length. I never wanted to try them because I am so tall and lanky, I am afraid that I will rip it apart?

oops I forgot to add that I draw 28″. 29″ if I stretch really hard.