Garage sale find.. grizzly and gear!

[elk ninja]

After years of tagging along with my wife on garage sale Saturdays I finally ran across a find!  Long story short, a nice '70-'72 56" 53# Grizzly (flush coin, Grayling mfg) in fantastic shape, a bag of vintage stuff (some bear razorhead bleeders and, I think, at least one Bear modified Zwikey bleeder (the big airplane wing style), a couple gloves and a couple armguards).  Also had a no hoop style Quicky quiver, and a set of gold tip carbons that look like they have never been shot.  All in all I am pretty pumped about it.  Shoots like a dream but I need to make up a flemish string and some silencers.

[Bjorn]

Wow! What a reward! Got any pics?
Does it look like the lower head?

[elk ninja]

That looks like it.  Big old wing, and certainly not of the 3:1 school of thought..

[Bjorn]

Let me know if you want to sell or trade for a vintage Bear bow or other stuff.

[Mudd]

Congratulations! Now show us the pictures, then you can make at least me holler when you tell me you had to give $20. bucks for it all...lol

God bless,Mudd

[elk ninja]

I'll get some pics this afternoon.

[59Alaskan]

Congratulations!  I have been looking for a 1972 over 50#'s.  This leaves me hope! Sounds like a great find.

[JRY309]

Sounds like a great find,sweet!

[elkken]

dream about that kind of find every time I pull into a garage sale ... no such luck yet.

Congrats

[elk ninja]

After some help from a couple fellas on here and our good friend Google, I am fairly certain it is a '69.  There is just a hair of limb twist in both upper and lower limbs, but other than that, she is in fine shape!  I am happy.  Pics in a bit when my wife gets home with the camera.

http://www.fredbear-online.com/bows/69grizzly.html

[Bjorn]

56" Grizzlies were only made in '68 '69 '70
That means they can be id'd by just the serial number. Very good shooting bow.

[lpcjon2]

Great finds Love yard sales!!

[elk ninja]

Took some pics with my cell phone, my shoulder is already getting sore from shooting and I am supposed to be taking it easy.... and I took a closer look at the "wing" bleeder blade, not what I thought it was at all.  It looks like he bought a bunch of extra bleeders and taped them to the cut up cardboard, and used this extra piece of spring steel as a stiffener for the package.  








LPCjon2- you have one of my favorite Reagan quotes in your signature, thanks for making my day!

[Spectre]

That is just cool right there! Nice find. Hows she shoot?

[frassettor]

Glad to see you got another great deal

[Bjorn]

Mike the larger piece of steel is for installing the bleeder blades and cleaning the groove in the bear broadheads.
The bow is a '69 as you had correctly found out.
Great find!

[Benny Nganabbarru]

[Bunny buster]

good deal!  

[bolong]

Nice find.