Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?

[Al Kidner]

Hi all,

 Just wanting some info on the El Grande Grizzly head as I'm sure I read somewhere about the good doc touching up these heads some to get better performance?


Any helpers?


ak.

[Ray Hammond]

Al,

use the search function, bud. You will find so many threads to review it isn't funny!

PM me with questions, I'll try to help as well.

[Steertalker]

Hey Al,

PM Ron Swartz at KME.....he's the man that taught me how to modify the tips on the El Grande's.  Give him a shout.

Brett

[SlowBowinMO]

Hi Al,

My understanding on the 190 is he knocks the angle down to 25 degrees and narrows them to about an inch total cutting width.  He ends up with a head around 170 grains by doing so.  That's just by memory, I believe the details are in one of the Ashby reports linked to this site.

[Recurve50 LBS]

I found this from the Dr.

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=gettopic;f=1;+=049958

[Recurve50 LBS]

Sorry the info I gave was wrong. Page does not exist. I just clicked on it to find it but go figure..Stupid computers.

Anyway Go up above and click on "search" Then type in Modifing Grizzly 190 El Grande. Thats how I found it. The thread includes diagrams and all needed info.

[Al Kidner]

Cheers lads, I'll do some homework. Got some big critters need putten on the deck.


ak.

[ozy clint]

come on al, what are you hunting?  

[tradtusker]

quote:Originally posted by ozy clint:
come on al, what are you hunting?          

[Ben Maher]

Al after several attempts my 190's ended up looking very similar to 160's...so i just ended up using 160's ! great heads when i eventually learnt how to get them sharpened properly. the last large hog i took was dropped in its tracks with a spine shot that....looked like a cleaver had gone through. whilst i'd never intentionally take , nor advocate a spine shot the results from this head were very impressive.great heads!!! let us know how the modified 190 goes.....

cheers
ben

[Al Kidner]

Oh... just some scrub bulls tucked away in a little unknowen spot of aussie somewhere... a big surprise is coming there way real soon!

[tradtusker]

well good luck to ya Al, take plenty of pics!

[SlowBowinMO]

Ben makes a great point, you can acheive very close to the same result with much less effort by simply using a standard 160.  Now that the hardness on the 160's has been boosted, they are a great option.

[J-dog]

Yeah I like the 160s, been thinking 190s but for my purposes 160s get it done. I can actually get them sharp on my own these days!!!!! LOL - once you get em there though a file will keep em shavin.

J