bear grizzly

[alice]

There is bear grizzly for sale on auction site has green limbs like a 60 and what appears to be a zebra wood riser like a 62.I havent seen grizzly like this.Can anyone  identify year?

[Horney Toad]

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Good question, I don't know.

[ckruse]

It appears to be a 62 made with green glass. The glass appears to be the same color as the 61 Kodiak and Kodiak Magnum. It may be an early 62 that for whatever reason got made this way. The coin is 62, the leather grip is missing, the zebra window is 62, the glass is 61. I know for a fact Bowdoc has ran across several oddities such as this. CKruse

[d. ward]

Odd duck is'nt it.It sure is a 1962 Grizzly with green glass ? I would say the glass looks more like 1959-1960 Griz back glass on both sides.But one thought also is Bear Archery painted about 1/3 of there bows limbs at the factory do to stress cracks showing right out of the form,and not just with factory camo..Lots and lots of 1961 and 1962 Kodiaks have painted limbs...i.e.green on the 61's and gray on the 1962's but the color match is so good it's kinda hard to tell from a pic..they were real good at it believe me.And putting green over green or gray over gray is purty easy and color matches very good.So they may have a white fiberglass 1962 Grizzly with factory green painted limbs....but I would more likely guess on that one it's as mentioned above the odd duck..and a purty cool one I might add.I have seen lots of different Grizzly's with clear fiberglass to one with brown fiberglass on both sides,several orange on both sides mostly 1961 after the factory camo was removed(all 1961 grizzly's were factory camo for a reason)....but I checked this morning before posting,I've not seen the green glass 1962 well until this morning.....ODD DUCK and somewhat rare for a Grizzly.........bowdoc

[alaskabowhunter]

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