Groves

[DWRay]

I recently got my hands on a Groves Flame Hunter.
The bow is in mint condition, 62" long, 52#@28".
There was no string and the old owner had passed on.
Would anyone know what a good bracing height would be to start off with?
Thanks in advance.

[Bill Carlsen]

I've shot Groves for many years. I always seemed to shoot best with a brace height between 7"-7.5" measured from the throat of the handle.

By the way, use ONLY a Dacron string!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joe skipp]

What Bill said...especially the part about Dacron strings. My Groves is braced at 7 1/4" and is both quiet and quick. Good luck with a real nice bow.

[falconview]

I set mine at 7" and also Dacron,  you should like that bow
Fast and accurate,  great bows

[DWRay]

Thank you all for your help.  I really like this bow and am anxious to start using it.   :D

[BOHO]

Groves sounds so familiar. Was he from MS?

[joe skipp]

New Mexico....

[owlbait]

Didn't he make a Spitfire model also? Harold Groves? Killed my largest buck ever with a Groves years ago.        

[Bill Carlsen]

The Spitfire models were Dynastressed. There was a second step in the lay up process that created a more powerful power stroke. For many years Harold Groves held the word record broadhead flight shooting contest with one of his 56" Spitfires.

[ermont]

Yup he built bows in Albuquerque, New Mexico

[Gav]

Funny thing happened a few years ago. I was visiting with my Aunt and cousins in Albuquerque, NM. The subject got around to my archery addiction. My aunt piped up and said she dated a bowyer. I asked her who it was and she said Harold Groves. She said he even made my cousins bows but the sold them years ago. Small world.

[bamboo]

its a ripper!!!

[joe skipp]

My 56" Spitfire lives up to it's name. One of the fastest and smoothest bows I've shot....and no FF strings.

[BOHO]

oh ok.  thx guys. I must be getting him mixed up with someone else. my mind isnt what it used to be. lol