New Grizzly Broadheads

[mathews4ever]

I have a few questions about the grizzly head. Are all grizzly heads being produced with the 25 degree bevel now? Is there a website I can check them out on?

The head the I am planning on using is either the 115 or 125gr heads. Does anybody know how long these heads are and how wide the cut is? Is there any durability issues with the smaller grizzly heads? I am shooting 43#s so I can't really use the larger 160 and 190gr heads.

[J-dog]

Think someone just rana thread like this with alot of good info. Try a search. Not had a new griz in my hand so am no help at this time. braveheart archery could answer your questions, sure he would have em and just a great person to deal with.

J

[ErikT]

I believe they are all made with the 25 degree bevel now and also available in left wing twist. The El Grande is the larger version in terms of length and width and comes in 160 and 200 grain weights.  You could still shoot the larger heads and/or heavier grain weights with 43# without any problem but you may need to adjust the spine of your arrow.

[JimB]

Braveheart lists the regular Grizzlies at 2 3/4" long and 1 1/16" wide and the El Grandes at 3 1/16" long and 1 1/8" wide.

I have the old 190 El Grandes and they actually measure 3 1/8" long and my new 200's are 3 3/16 long by 1 3/16" wide.Those figures above should still be be very close.

The new ones all have the 25 degree grind but you need to be aware that some dealers may still be selling some old stock so I would want to know which I were buying.

I can't imagine any durability issues with any of the grizzlies,at least as far as whitetail hunters are concerned but in either model size,the heavier versions will have the thicker,stronger blades.

I agree with ErikT that you can go as heavy as you want as long as you go up in spine to handle it.You may not,however get the finished arrow weight you wanted.

[SlowBowinMO]

Lots of good accurate information on this thread.    

All we have on our site are "new" Grizzlies and we still don't have El Grandes.         Good tip above to make sure what you're getting, there are still plenty of "old" Grizzlies new in pack floating around out there.

Grizzly is advertising all the new heads at 25 degrees and it's extremely hard to actually verify but they sure appear to be close.  Our website lists the actual specs on the new Grizzlies we've received, not what Grizzly advertises them at, as we've found over time they don't always match.  I don't doubt some of you have some with slightly different dimensions, fortunately they are so close it makes no practical difference.

  Grizzly Broadheads at Braveheart Archery

[B/W lvr]

Thank God I have enough of the old L hand to last me the rest of my life. They don't weigh anywhere near 160 after sharpening and I'll be darn if I'm going to re tune just because they want to follow some silly trend. Goodbye Grizzly. Frank

[ChuckC]

Yeah,  I am sure you can shoot the large heads with respect to penetration expectations.  Whether they work well with your arrow building and achieving the spine you desire, that I can't answer.
ChuckC

[wulf]

Grizzly heads are about the only head I've ever used where one out of the half-dozen (pack) were so hard a file wouldn't touch it.  I had that happen on more than one half dozen.  I've been a little leery about them ever since but it's been awhile since I've purchased any and maybe the Q.C. is better.

[Fletcher]

M4E, You can certainly do fine with the 125 gr heads, but with the right shaft you can still stay under 500 gr total with the 160's.  The new Grizzlies are a much nicer head than the earlier models.

[mathews4ever]

I am probably going to shoot beman MFX shafts, Max4 shafts to be specific. They are a pretty heavy shaft, but I love em. I am worried that if I shoot a broadhead that heavy it is going to take me way past 500gr.

[tippit]

The one nice thing about finding a broadhead too hard to file is you can re-temper it in the oven to get just the hardness you are looking for.  For me a lot of broadheads are to soft.  Easy to shapen but have more tendency to bend at the tip.  JMHO...tippit

[ErikT]

The new Grizzlys are very nice.  
As mentioned above they will lose a lot of weight after sharpening.  My 200 grn heads dropped 15 grains after sharpening.

[JimB]

I'm not sure why that would be.You must have done a ton of filing.The 200's I bought weighed over 200 grs when I got them and the most they lost was 2 grs each.They are all still a hair over 200 and razor sharp.My guess is,you don't own a KME sharpener.

[Zradix]

Originally posted by JimB:
I'm not sure why that would be.You must have done a ton of filing.The 200's I bought weighed over 200 grs when I got them and the most they lost was 2 grs each.They are all still a hair over 200 and razor sharp.My guess is,you don't own a KME sharpener.

Same here. Seemed a darn good head.