Jared Goguen Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 For the first time I started to compare the spread on my grippers and compare what I have for ratings to others and my CoC2.5 which is a big goal for me I noticed is pretty much about as hard as they come at 131lbs and the the spread on it is 3" which is wider then all my other CoC's and more in line with my GHP grippers which I don't really care for all that much because of the spread. So what should the spread on a CoC be? For comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 3" isn't "outlier" wide for a COC gripper. Not by a long shot. 2.75" to 3 and 1/8" is the range I used to see when I was RGC rating tons of grippers a few years back. But I've seen as narrow as 2 and 5/8" and as wide as 3 and 5/16" along the way. Those are outliers though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Goguen Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 3" isn't "outlier" wide for a COC gripper. Not by a long shot. 2.75" to 3 and 1/8" is the range I used to see when I was RGC rating tons of grippers a few years back. But I've seen as narrow as 2 and 5/8" and as wide as 3 and 5/16" along the way. Those are outliers though. Thanks for letting me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pizzo Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Your 2.5 isn't too much different than mine. Mine RGC's at 133 and the spread is 2 7/8" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sharkey Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Cannon lists 131 as the highest 2.5 he's rated, so yours is definitely on the hard side. I have a 130 & a 124. The difference is pronounced. Never measured the spread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave murray Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Cannon lists 131 as the highest 2.5 he's rated, so yours is definitely on the hard side. I have a 130 & a 124. The difference is pronounced. Never measured the spread. hi Mike, Dave here, Ireland, does the size of your hand not have a bearing on the spread of any gripper? no matter the brand or make of gripper? not being sexist, but men generally have bigger palms. but , i suppose if you follow Randall's guidelines , then a credit card makes us all equal. that's part one. part 2 = i tried to start a new thread on here, but i'm usless with a laptop. topic is = folk at 50 years of age, can they improve in the gripper department?? i was 50 yesterday, 31'st December. anyway, Happy New Year to all here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dax Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I have measured some spreads: CoC #1, 67mm CoC#1.5, 69mm CoC#2, 73mm CoC#2 single stamp, 74mm CoC#3 (about same vintage as the single stamp #2), 77mm LT2, 74mm LT3, 77mm 3inches = 76.2mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeezus Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 How do you measure the spread on a gripper? More specifically, what are the reference points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 How do you measure the spread on a gripper? More specifically, what are the reference points? Inside the handles, basically straight across bevel to bevel at the point where the handles touch. Ben's post really nailed this on the head. One thing I can also say for certain from rating grippers is that a wider spread correlates to a harder rating. If you're arranging grippers by sight, I think spread is a better indicator than mount, even though a shallow mount would mean an increased spread. I'm rarely suprised by a rating based on my impressions from the spread. But I've seen deep mounted grippers that had light ratings and found myself thinking "boy, that's odd." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubgeezer Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I started using a gripper that I "won" at a contest of Daniel's from about 2 years ago. It's a Number 3 with a spread as wide as a 158/159 bear of a Number 3 that I failed to Certify on back in 2010. Cannon rated the 2010 gripper I missed. The recent one that I "won" is probably low 150's. It starts off every bit as tough as the 158/159, but the final close is not that bad. Sometimes you can't let the "spread" scare you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exarmy Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Just measure all of mine, I didn't realise there were differences in the spread?? #1 - 69mm #1.5 - hard to say cos its filed but looks a few mm wider than the #1 from looking at the outsides together #2 - 72mm #2.5 - 70mm #3 - 73mm GHP5 - 74mm GHP6 - 75mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Just measure all of mine, I didn't realise there were differences in the spread?? #1 - 69mm #1.5 - hard to say cos its filed but looks a few mm wider than the #1 from looking at the outsides together #2 - 72mm #2.5 - 70mm #3 - 73mm GHP5 - 74mm GHP6 - 75mm Those are really consistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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