anyone done major mods to a 190gr el grande grizzly?

[ozy clint]

i've been looking at the grizzly and thinking  that if you changed the edge angle to bring the point back to the end of the ferrule pressing that it would be stronger. eliminating the part between the original point and the end of the ferrule which is only flat steel.
i know it would reduce the 3-1 ratio a bit but i think it would be stronger as the point would have greater support.

anyone have any idea what a 190gr would weigh after such mods? i'd love to try it and it would be good if they ended up at 125gr as thats what i shoot now. (plus 125gr adapter)

[bm22]

Curious why you would want todo that? Dr. Ashbyhas shot buffalo bones at extreme angles and as far as I know has not had a problem bending heads. Yes that is a long flat piece of metal but it is not an issue. If u want a lighter head u should look. At the abowyer heads. I think if you did shorten the grizzly it would take way to much work to be worth it or it would change the temper way to much!

[ozy clint]

yeah, it was just something i was thinking about. probably nothing wrong with the original

[TomMcDonald]

You might need to ask yourself if the mechanical advantage of the shape is more beneficial than the strength.

[Recurve50 LBS]

Dr Ashby did modeify the El Grande Grizzly heads. I think you can check out what he did and how in his threads. If you can't find what I'm talking about then contact Ron (Sharpster) owner of KME Sharpeners and a sponser here on Trad Gang. I know he would be able to answer your questions.