Author Topic: Garage sale find.. grizzly and gear! (Read 580 times)

elk ninja · « **on:** April 10, 2010, 02:35:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2010, 02:52:00 PM »

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

elk ninja · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2010, 03:03:00 PM »

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

Bjorn · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2010, 03:09:00 PM »

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

Mudd · « **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2010, 03:28:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 10, 2010, 03:40:00 PM »

I'll get some pics this afternoon.

59Alaskan · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2010, 03:48:00 PM »

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

JRY309 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 10, 2010, 04:05:00 PM »

Sounds like a great find,sweet!

elkken · « **Reply #8 on:** April 10, 2010, 04:12:00 PM »

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

Congrats

elk ninja · « **Reply #9 on:** April 10, 2010, 05:53:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 10, 2010, 06:03:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 10, 2010, 06:05:00 PM »

Great finds Love yard sales!!

elk ninja · « **Reply #12 on:** April 10, 2010, 06:36:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 10, 2010, 06:38:00 PM »

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

frassettor · « **Reply #14 on:** April 10, 2010, 06:39:00 PM »

Glad to see you got another great deal

Bjorn · « **Reply #15 on:** April 10, 2010, 07:00:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 10, 2010, 08:09:00 PM »

Bunny buster · « **Reply #17 on:** April 10, 2010, 08:37:00 PM »

good deal!

bolong · « **Reply #18 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:13:00 PM »

Nice find.


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