Hello,
I just bought a graying green Bear Grizzly, 45 lb. I paid $125 for it. Whether it was a good deal, or not I'm really excited about it. I had one of these when I was a kid. Shot it daily for years, but gave it away when I left for college. I've been missing it and have been keeping my eyes open for one for a while. Found one that hadn't been drilled and pounced. Can someone please give me some advice about buying a string. What should I buy (AMO 58") for it? Also, any idea what the brace height should be?
Thanks
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Usually string is 3" shorter than the AMO length. That is where I would start.
Any of our string making sponsors can make you a perfect string for your Grizzly. Call to order and talk to the string maker he can give you some good info.
I'm not familiar with the Grizzly but I imagine a brace height around 8" should be ball park.
Thank you
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You should probably use a B-50 or B-55 string on that bow. So... the AMO standard would be a 55" string, but since those materials will stretch, you might want to try a 54.25 or 54.50" string on it.
As for the brace height, on most recurves if you twist the string up/down until you can see about .50 to .75" of string grove under the string, that's usually a good place to start.
Defiantly hit up RMSGear. They have a knowledgable team that can help you get the right string on your bow.
I am not sure what is meant by the 0.5 inch string groove under the string. Can you please explain Jim?
I'll check out RMS gear.
Thanks.
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Quote from: TrapperJohn77 on April 28, 2019, 11:39:00 PM
I am not sure what is meant by the 0.5 inch string groove under the string. Can you please explain Jim?
I'll check out RMS gear.
Thanks.
Most recurve bows have a string grove at the curve of the limb to keep the string tracking in the center--some older bows don't have a groove. When you string your bow, if you can see about one half inch to three quarters of an inch of that grove under the string, that's a good place to start with brace height. You don't want the string laying on the flat part of the limb.
10Ring has made a couple for the Grizzlies I had; I'll look and see what length they were made at.
Thanks for taking the time to post a pic of the string groove Jim. After I thought about it for a minute, that is what I thought you were referring to with the string groove.
None of the Grayling Bear Grizzlies are Fast Flight compatible. Any of the strings mentioned earlier should be fine.
I picked up a hybrid long bow (Galaxy) that is FF compatible. Is there a reason not to use a FF string if you can use one?
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FF strings are (many times) thinner if you buy them pre-made. You can have more strands added if ordering a custom FF. This can cause nocking issues if your nocks are a good fit with a standard 3 bundle string. I have found them less forgiving on the fingers (harsher) and a bit noisier as well, nothing that string silencers can't fix though. The biggest caveat is they will chew the string nocks off a non-FF bow limb very quickly, pretty much destroying the bow. A few fps isn't worth risking it, IMHO.
Thanks for the advice
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