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Offline 450 marlin

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1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« on: August 29, 2009, 01:44:00 PM »
Picked up this Grizzly today, looks to be a '59 with a silver coin, RH and 49#...64" length,the catalog states 62" only (NO SPECIAL ORDERS) so has anyone seen a 64" Grizzly in their travels?
 
 
 
 
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Offline Cody Roiter

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2009, 01:55:00 PM »
Roy, I just looked at the one Bjorn let me borrow and it's a 62"... I have never seen a 64" before...

Nice Bow,

Cody
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Offline Novaln1975

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2009, 02:05:00 PM »
Never heard of 64" Grizzlys either. I’m no expert but I really like Grizzlys. That’s a great bow right there.

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2009, 02:31:00 PM »
Roy, thats a great looking bow there. I also have never seen a 64" Grizzly.
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Offline TRAP

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2009, 03:44:00 PM »
Hmmmmm, very interesting.  

Looks near mint to boot.

Great find Roy, Trap
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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2009, 05:37:00 PM »
Roy, Great looking bow. The more I see the older Grizzly's the more I like them. Nice find!!!!!
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Offline 450 marlin

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2009, 08:18:00 PM »
That string on it is off my old '59 Kodiak 64", it is not a miss-marked bow..
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Offline Horney Toad

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2009, 09:38:00 PM »
That is a real find there. I wonder if an employee made a lunch box special by using a 64" kodiak form.
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Offline Wade Phillips

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2009, 10:14:00 PM »
Roy - Great score. Have never seen a 64" 1959 Grizzly.

Wonder is the riser is the same length as a 62"? Just measured a 62" 1959 Grizzly, it is 22" from fade out end to fade out end. It is 60-1/4" tip to tip in a straight line.

How does your 64" compare?
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Offline Wade Phillips

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2009, 10:21:00 PM »
Horney Toad - Roy's photos of the 64" Grizzly riser look like a Grizzly upper riser which has a lot more meat in the last 4 to 5" when compared to a 64" 1959 Kodiak which really tapers down those last 4' to 5".
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Offline TRAP

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2009, 12:14:00 AM »
WOW, I find it amazing that after all these years, fresh new unheard of examples of bows and other tackle are showing up.

Roy's 64" Grizzly, Greg's truckload of Stewart Bears, Wade's Zebra Wood Clear glass 60 Kodiak and others I can't think of right now.

What's next?  A 52" MSW 59 Kodiak?

I mean, just think about all of the people that have collected Bear Archery equipment through the years, and this 64" 59 Grizzly has probably just been displayed on someone's wall for the better part of 50 years.  

Is there a story with this bow Roy?

Trap
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Offline Horney Toad

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2009, 02:08:00 AM »
This is a great mystery. Never, ever heard of a 64" grizzly. Too bad Frank Scott is not still around.
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Offline 450 marlin

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2009, 04:23:00 AM »
No story, it was the ladies uncles bow, maybe I will call back and ask some questions. 22" fade out to fade out and tip to tip is 59 3/4"...Roy
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Offline Wade Phillips

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2009, 11:07:00 AM »
Roy - The measurements of your 64" Grizzly are close to the 62" 1959 Grizzly in this photograph taken with your LH 64" 1959 Kodiak.

If the profile of your 64" 1959 Grizzly is the same as the profile of this 62" 1959 Grizzly, your 64" Grizzly may really be a 62" Grizzly that was mis-marked... Does anyone close to you have a 62" 1959 Grizzly that you can put side by side to photograph?

 
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Offline Cody Roiter

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2009, 11:19:00 AM »
Wade, I don't think I live very far from Roy.. I have that one that Bjorn sent me to shoot for this up coming fall....

Cody
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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #15 on: August 30, 2009, 11:23:00 AM »
Roy, It's a 49 minutes  to Fowler.. If you wanted to me me half way say the Lansing grander mountain I think I would be up for that... I just have to see what I have open.....

Let me know,

Cody
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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2009, 11:32:00 AM »
Qoite a find, and a beauty too. The riser length seems pretty normal eyeballing the pic against my '59 Grizzlies. The spec writing is the same handwriting as mine are. And Roy is using the string from a '64" Kodiak, it is a 64" bow.
Maybe a 'lunch box' special built on a 64" Kodiak frame??
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Offline Wade Phillips

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2009, 12:03:00 PM »
Bjorn - I just put the string from Roy's LH 64" 1959 Kodiak in the photograph, on the 1959 Grizzly in the photograph, the brace height is a bit low at 6-1/4".

Roy - If you can post a photograph of the profile of your Grizzly when unstrung, it will clearly show if your Grizzly was built on a Grizzly form.
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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2009, 02:21:00 PM »
Good points Wade. The Grizzly form is not the same.
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Offline Rick Enos

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Re: 1959 Grizzly ((( 64" )))
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2009, 02:36:00 PM »
Is there a post in the tradgang forem that will help identify Grizzlys.I've got one I'm going to sell.Thought it was a 1960 but now Im confused.It looks alot like the grizzly Wade posted under the 59 lefty Kodiak.Mine has the light green glass on the back & carmel brown on the belly.silver coin.
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