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GANGGREEN
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 107
'67 Bear Grizzly
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July 31, 2013, 01:31:00 PM »
I recently traded with a member here for a Bear Grizzly. I sent photos and the serial number into Bear and they told me that they believe it's a 1967 model but they couldn't be sure without getting their hands on it.
I'm not done fiddling with the bow as far as brace height, arrow choices, shelf material, etc. but so far I like it and shoot it fairly well. Is there anything peculiar or specific to the '67 or similar age bows that I should know?
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Northwind Sage 60" 52#
Shakespeare Kaibab 58" 45#
Shakespeare X-26 55" 40#
Bear Grizzly 58" 50#
Cyclic-Rivers
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Posts: 17675
Re: '67 Bear Grizzly
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July 31, 2013, 05:52:00 PM »
IMHO its one of the best years of a grizzly bow.
I like a 7 3/4 inch brace height. A rug rest is fine.
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GANGGREEN
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 107
Re: '67 Bear Grizzly
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July 31, 2013, 07:19:00 PM »
OK, thanks. I have one of the "original" rests on order. I kept bumping the brace height up and it got better and better but I topped out at roughly 7 5/8" before I started to run out of string. I'll get everything put together and figure it all out.
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Northwind Sage 60" 52#
Shakespeare Kaibab 58" 45#
Shakespeare X-26 55" 40#
Bear Grizzly 58" 50#
Eric Sprick
Trad Bowhunter
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Re: '67 Bear Grizzly
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July 31, 2013, 07:26:00 PM »
I had a very nice '67...foolishly sold it. The one bow I've had that I really regret selling. Great little bow.
Eric
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Kituwa
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 375
Re: '67 Bear Grizzly
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July 31, 2013, 10:58:00 PM »
You should try one of Traps feather rests on it. I use them on all my bows now and they work better than anything i have tried before.
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GANGGREEN
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 107
Re: '67 Bear Grizzly
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August 01, 2013, 11:22:00 AM »
Forgive me but I'm not sure who Trap is or what his rests look like. Is he a sponsor? Is there a link? I'd definitely give them a try if they work well for others.
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Northwind Sage 60" 52#
Shakespeare Kaibab 58" 45#
Shakespeare X-26 55" 40#
Bear Grizzly 58" 50#
Kituwa
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 375
Re: '67 Bear Grizzly
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August 01, 2013, 02:06:00 PM »
He is a member here, Trap is his nic. The feather rest is what came on most bear bows from i think 59 through the early 60's. Trap makes repo's of them.They give a nice soft cusion for the arrow and i think makes it easier to tune the bow than shooting off a rug rest.I dont have a way to post a pic right now but maybe someone else will see this and put one up for you.
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Kituwa
Trad Bowhunter
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Re: '67 Bear Grizzly
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August 01, 2013, 02:09:00 PM »
Here i found you a link that has a good picture of one.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=006037#000000
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GANGGREEN
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 107
Re: '67 Bear Grizzly
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August 01, 2013, 04:07:00 PM »
Sadly, the picture doesn't show and I can't get it to open. I know what you mean by a feather rest though, I used to have them on some of my old Shakespeares. I'll definitely keep my eyes open and try some different things because I'm enjoying the Bear and think I'm going to make it my hunting bow this fall.
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Northwind Sage 60" 52#
Shakespeare Kaibab 58" 45#
Shakespeare X-26 55" 40#
Bear Grizzly 58" 50#
Kituwa
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 375
Re: '67 Bear Grizzly
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August 01, 2013, 04:18:00 PM »
You may well be just fine with a rug rest, many people like them. When i have used them though, i always had to put a match stick under them to make them work right for me. Really no need to order a rug rest though. You can get the heavy duty velcro and use that, its just as good and i think lasts longer than the rug rest stuff they sell.
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