100# recurve

[Boone the Hunter]

I think a piece of steel re-rod with a spear head up front would make a great arrow combo for those bows           ya'll have some serious muscles!

[JamesJamison]

That would take some horsepower to draw that kind of weight.

[Raging Water]

Well, here is a video of me and my 120# War Bow.

I just started shooting it. So, I guess I am really drawing 26" instead for 27 1/2. So it is a little over 100#. In a couple weeks, I should have full draw.

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[swampthing]

Just build out the side plate. Probably gonna take 3-4 pieces of leather. This will help you move your ceneter shot from 3/16"s past to 3/16"s before. This should allow you to say... {Safaris to weak my eye....}

[SlowBowke]

No clue what they spine at (lots)or if you could get inserts for them anymore but at one time Golden Key Futura had easton makes some 2440 shafts.

Ive a handful of the shafts and turned down another insert to fit. With a snuffer on the end of a 29 incher the total arrow comes out over 1000 grains.

Closest I can come on weight. No one had a scale over 1000 grains.

I think I calculated the whole thing to just under 1100 grains once.

With a COMPLETELY center shot bow Ive gotten them to fly "ok" but never had enough weight to get them to fly "right".

Decades ago I could pull and hold 113 lbs for 30 seconds (afer months and months of working at it, just for kicks). Most I ever pulled to draw was 126 in 1986.

TOO OLD for that now LOL.

Fun, but for the "wilds" of Indiana it was just fun and giggles.

Every once in awhile the 2440s show up in "the auction" but fewer and fewer these days.

Envy those of you going to the dark continent. One dream that got set aside and is not feasable for me now.

God Bless and Good Luck
Steve

[Andy Cooper]

Yeah, you're probably safe in the 80-90# range for the wilds of Indiana!  :D

[SlowBowke]

LOL......well maybe.

About half THAT seems to work pretty well for some several decades as well.

Heavy bows are fun....to a point. I went overboard for awhile...then I got old, er uh I mean I wised up?

(no offense to big boy bow shooters...of course)

God Bless!

[JDunlap]

I'm struggling to shoot my 54# recurve. I'm doing pull ups and push ups. Are there some other good exercises to increase pulling power? I would like to be able to shoot a 70# bow at some point--but I gotta hurry I'm 46 and not getting any younger!!

[Raging Water]

Originally posted by JDunlap:
I'm struggling to shoot my 54# recurve. I'm doing pull ups and push ups. Are there some other good exercises to increase pulling power? I would like to be able to shoot a 70# bow at some point--but I gotta hurry I'm 46 and not getting any younger!!

Only shoot heavy bows because you want to. You can kill a lot of game with a 54# bow.

Just like anything, it needs to be fun. I shoot heavy because, at 47 years old, I can. In the future, I won't be able to. That's okay. No big deal either way.

Today, I shot my 73# Bama Bow at the 3 D shoot. After 30 targets, the other guys were getting tired. I was not.

So, I shot my 100# at 28 Howard Hill for a while at the long distance range targets. When I got tired, I rested, then started again.

Finally, I grabbed my 62# Saluki Ibex. It seemed so easy to draw. I was able to have tight groups and I had a good time.

My advice, shoot heavy if you want to. Don't if you don't want to. End the end, who cares?

Hopefully, only you.

Matt

[JDunlap]

Thanks Matt,
I have a 46# rd and the aforementioned 54# recurve. I do enjoy the heavier bow more...and I want to work up in poundage bec I think it will help on elk, bear, etc. if I ever get to hunt them, and make me a generally more versatile bow hunter. I need to mention, that since I last posted, I did some reading on the shooters forum and learned some things that I think are really going to help. I was using almost all arms instead of my back -- as in Terry's form clock. I was able to pull the 54# well enough but with inconsistent accuracy. The improved form has already made it easier to pull and hold at anchor, and I think it added another inch in draw. So...I feel a whole lot better about things now. Joe

[JimB]

Joe,don't sweat the weight thing.Everyone is different in that department.That 54# bow will shoot through anything in North America with a proper weight arrow and good broadhead.

If you are working on proper back tension,most likely,your draw length will increase.That will add a lot of performance to that bow.

When I started working on that,my draw length expanded 2".Get really good and confident with the 54# bow and you will have no problems on North American big game.

One of the worst mistakes bowhunters make is overbowing themselves and developing form issues that can plague them for a lifetime.

[JDunlap]

JimB,
Thanks. appreciate the encouragement.
I have gotten to work on the back tension / form clock thing in two shooting sessions now. I definitely have more pulling power but feel a little like I am starting over in shooting a bow. It'll take a little time and work but I'll get there.
And you're right -- my 54# bow [Dan Quillian Patriot] has plenty of pop!

[elkbreath]

well said buff.  and THAT is what it comes down to.

[flyne]

I have been drawing high poundage bows since I was 15 and I am by far not a fit person I only have one arm and hold the bow with my prosthetic I think this is the reason y I have never struggled with high poundage bows as my prosthetic dose all the hard work and by high poundage I was shooting a 90# longbow at 15 with my draw of 27"
Most of my shooting is done with 60 and 70# bows now but I still enjoy shooting my heavy bows
Cheers Jim

[arrowking]

I make wood arrow shafts for a living and build bows on the side. I have a 107 lb long bow and yes the problem getting a good shaft that is good for that bow. I have made some shafts out of Irion wood 3/8 diameter with that I can get the spine and weight I need. Arrow weight can be from 1000 to 1200 grains. Can be a hard thing to do to find wood that is that heavy and that strong of spine. That is not my every day bow just a fun one to pull out.

[Hermon]

I just noticed this thread and a question came to mind.  How many strand string do you guys use on these 100# bows?  20-24?  And then what kind of nocks go you use on the arrows to fit a string that big?

[arrowking]

The string I make for a bow around that weight is made out of 8125 BCY string I do around 14-16
strands and i will add some more strands in the tip for added protection. For a bow that cant have a fast string you better have enough around that 20-24.

[Retnuh Wob]

I have played with footing various aluminum arrow sections. A 1916 shaft is pretty loose inside a 2219 section. Better choices would be 2016 inside 2216, or even better for the setup you're using would be a 2117 inside a 2317. If you are looking to get heavy enough spine you need the fit to be close enough so that the two will act in unison when epoxied together. Having the small shafts outside diameter .001" smaller than the larger shafts inside diameter is about right. I have not had the oportunity to hunt larger game, and can not speak from personal experience but it would seem to me that either of the above would work on big mean and ugly beasts.  In fact, I think Chuck Adams used the later example on some of the large animals he shot.

[Fanto]

Originally posted by Hermon:
I just noticed this thread and a question came to mind.  How many strand string do you guys use on these 100# bows?  20-24?  And then what kind of nocks go you use on the arrows to fit a string that big?

the day my 100# Martin Hunter arrived i braced it with a 12 strand B50, with no intention of shooting it just to see it braced and attempt a draw.

The string which was well shot in at 60# immediately stretched out  2 inches and brace height dropped from 7' to 3'!

i use 18 strand FF