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Author Topic: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?  (Read 559 times)

Offline Al Kidner

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Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« on: March 31, 2009, 10:56:00 AM »
Hi all,

 Just wanting some info on the El Grande Grizzly head as I'm sure I read somewhere about the good doc touching up these heads some to get better performance?


Any helpers?


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Offline Ray Hammond

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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2009, 11:09:00 AM »
Al,

use the search function, bud. You will find so many threads to review it isn't funny!

PM me with questions, I'll try to help as well.
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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2009, 11:09:00 AM »
Hey Al,

PM Ron Swartz at KME.....he's the man that taught me how to modify the tips on the El Grande's.  Give him a shout.

Brett
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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2009, 11:10:00 AM »
Hi Al,

My understanding on the 190 is he knocks the angle down to 25 degrees and narrows them to about an inch total cutting width.  He ends up with a head around 170 grains by doing so.  That's just by memory, I believe the details are in one of the Ashby reports linked to this site.
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Offline Recurve50 LBS

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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2009, 11:22:00 AM »
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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2009, 11:25:00 AM »
Sorry the info I gave was wrong. Page does not exist. I just clicked on it to find it but go figure..Stupid computers.

Anyway Go up above and click on "search" Then type in Modifing Grizzly 190 El Grande. Thats how I found it. The thread includes diagrams and all needed info.
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Offline Al Kidner

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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2009, 01:34:00 PM »
Cheers lads, I'll do some homework. Got some big critters need putten on the deck.


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Offline ozy clint

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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2009, 07:29:00 PM »
come on al, what are you hunting?  :archer:
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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2009, 08:00:00 PM »
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Originally posted by ozy clint:
come on al, what are you hunting?   :readit:    :readit:    :bigsmyl:
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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2009, 09:28:00 PM »
Al after several attempts my 190's ended up looking very similar to 160's...so i just ended up using 160's ! great heads when i eventually learnt how to get them sharpened properly. the last large hog i took was dropped in its tracks with a spine shot that....looked like a cleaver had gone through. whilst i'd never intentionally take , nor advocate a spine shot the results from this head were very impressive.great heads!!! let us know how the modified 190 goes.....

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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2009, 07:13:00 AM »
Oh... just some scrub bulls tucked away in a little unknowen spot of aussie somewhere... a big surprise is coming there way real soon!
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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2009, 09:26:00 AM »
well good luck to ya Al, take plenty of pics!
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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2009, 10:26:00 AM »
Ben makes a great point, you can acheive very close to the same result with much less effort by simply using a standard 160.  Now that the hardness on the 160's has been boosted, they are a great option.
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Re: Grizzly El Grande.... mods...?
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2009, 12:50:00 PM »
Yeah I like the 160s, been thinking 190s but for my purposes 160s get it done. I can actually get them sharp on my own these days!!!!! LOL - once you get em there though a file will keep em shavin.

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