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Title: First Post - Less than exciting
Post by: Spudnik on March 14, 2014, 03:02:00 PM: Hello all,

Just got into traditional archery a few months ago and have been absolutely hooked. Been shooting an inexpensive takedown recurve and decided I needed to class myself up a bit... so I bought a 1969 Bear Grizzly recurve.

It is in great shape, and I am super pleased with the purchase. But, I've been looking at what the proper string length would be for this older bow, suspecting that age may make a difference. Having worked in a customer service type industry for a long time, I called Bear archery... twice... and got two different answers. One said do the typical 4" shorter than AMO, another said do 3" shorter than AMO. Lovely.

Does anyone have any suggestions or experience with older Grizzlies?

Also, I've been looking at some of the handmade Flemish twist strings out there and was wondering if anyone had a specific maker they could recommend.

Thanks a ton!
Title: Re: First Post - Less than exciting
Post by: bogeyrider63 on March 14, 2014, 03:10:00 PM: check out bearbowman. i believe that is his handle on here. he do's alot of strings for older bear bow's i believe.
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Post by: FerretWYO on March 14, 2014, 04:15:00 PM: Contact RMSGear https://www.rmsgear.com

Great people great knowledge great strings.
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Post by: BOWMARKS on March 14, 2014, 05:03:00 PM: Welcome to the Gang from Pa. :campfire:
Title: Re: First Post - Less than exciting
Post by: on March 14, 2014, 05:30:00 PM: 1969 would be 56" bow and 52" string, great bow in my opinion.
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Post by: dhermon85 on March 14, 2014, 07:21:00 PM: Oh yeah, good year. Got one myself :thumbsup:
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Post by: Butchie on March 14, 2014, 08:26:00 PM: Welcome!

Silent But Deadly Bowstrings (SBD) is a sponsor here...GREAT strings.
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Post by: Gator1 on March 14, 2014, 09:13:00 PM: You do not want to use a fast flite string ... I'm not sure if sbd makes Dacron...

Also check with champion custom archery a sponsor...
Title: Re: First Post - Less than exciting
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on March 14, 2014, 09:37:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by arrow30:
1969 would be 56" bow and 52" string, great bow in my opinion.
I have a 68" bear grizzly with the same specs.

I use a flemish twist string and like my brace height at about 8".

Check with SBD, he should steer you in the right direction.
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Post by: Norminator on March 14, 2014, 09:53:00 PM: I go with 4" less than the AMO and 8 to 8.5 brace
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Post by: Dave Worden on March 15, 2014, 06:24:00 AM: Your bow should be marked AMO xx. If so, the string WILL, not should, be 3" shorter (under tension) than that number. This is not a rule of thumb, or I usually do something. This IS the AMO standard. 3" shorter than the AMO length as marked on the bow.
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Post by: 59Alaskan on March 15, 2014, 07:30:00 AM: Great bow! Welcome to TG. As you can see with your call to Bear and on this thread there are some differences of opinion.

I'd go with Cyclic Rivers recommendation. His bow is exactly the same specs and manufacturer as yours, and he has one in his hand.

I used to, but I sold it. I kind of regret that. Sweet little bows. They do tend to like to be braced in that 8-8.5" range
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Post by: dbd870 on March 15, 2014, 07:53:00 AM: No experience with a 56" Grizzly but for my (2) 58" 71-72 Grizzly's a 3" shorter string would not work well at all. Like ceme24 & Norminator said, mine definitely get unhappy when they are braced below 8".
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Post by: T-Bowhunter on March 15, 2014, 08:01:00 AM: Welcome from Florida!
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Post by: david janssen on March 16, 2014, 10:17:00 AM: Welcome to tradgang.
Hard to beat those Bear bows,we have five in our household.