Hey all,
Got a  2015 58" Grizzly @ 55lb I'm trying to zero in the brace height on. BH is currently set at 8.5" (measured from the deepest part of the grip). No silencers at the moment while I'm playing with it.
I read somewhere that at proper BH on a recurve, the string groove will be just barely exposed from under the string when braced.
I see no exposed groove @ 8.5", which my 2015 Bear manual says is max of the range. Anyone have to go higher than that to find the sweet spot?  Any validity to the barely exposed groove theory?
Thanks

I like and adhere to the barely exposed string groove formula:  as a starting point with a new to me bow.  Fine tune from there according to sound, performance and feel.  

FWIW, my early 70's Grizzly likes 8.0"; think the more recent version has a deeper grip and slightly more curve in the limbs so would guess 8.25-8.5" to be ideal range.

HTH

I run 8 inches on my old Griz. Don't know about the new ones

Just twisted up the string till I could barely see the string grooves,  BH from deepest part of grip is 9.125", way over factory specs. Kinda scared to shoot it that far out of spec.

Side note,  when I started fooling with the BH, I was shooting with it set at 8.25". Adjusted BH down to 7.5 and went up from there,  2 twists at a time.  @ 8.5" it's way better than @ 7.5, but still feels off a bit.
And I thought trad was going to be sooo  much simpler than the gadgets on my old compound...

Mine is an early 70's as well and like the others I ended up st 8". Over 9"; Even on a new one I'd be a bit nervous with that big a brace height.

Hey Cris, I am waiting for a new 40# Grizzly from Bear right now.  I have already got some arrows ready, and am anxiously awaiting the new bow.  I started shooting a 50# Montana last year and was also surprised at how complicated this trad stuff can be.  I had a hard time tuning my Montana, but with some good advice from this sight I got it figured out.  For me,  trad seems less stressful when shooting.  I was always trying to blame shooting problems on my compound.  With the long bow I know that shooting problems are  form / user related which has translated into hundreds of more practice sessions.  I am brand new into this my self, but looking forward to the journey.

I had a 2012 griz that I gave to a friend. I shot it a bunch before giving it away (good friend huh?) The sweet spot on that one was 8.25. My buddy shoots it at 8.5.  Good luck. I would say in specs just to be safe.


Sturm

In a lot of ways setting up a trad bow and arrows is much more complicated that wheelie tuning, but to me, the mastery of it is part of the fun

Wow,  yeah that must be a good buddy Sturm. I've been shooting it set at 8-3/8 for awhile,  gonna twist up to 8.5 and shoot there for awhile.
I do love the trad,  can't see myself going back to the wheelies anytime soon. I love the challenges it provides,  makes over coming them way more fun