Downsizing huge bow tips?

[britt]

I made a trade for a used bow. Its a Morey longbow. 68in. Its got huge bow tips. Is it possible to downsize the tips? Narrow them down a bit? How far can I down on the limbs from tips? I don't want effect weight or tiller? Thank you.

[Jeff Strubberg]

It depends, Britt.

Can you post a picture?  We could advise you a lot better if we could have a look at the problem.

Generally you can get away with a lot AT the tip.  the farther away from the end you move, the more you affect tiller.  Anything past the string groove can go on the chopping block immediately, except for the central peg supporting the string.

[britt]

I will post pics as soon as I can figure it out. How do you post pics on this site? Thanks

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I would strongly advise leaving your tips alone unless you have bowyer experience.... it just wouldn't take much to ruin a perfectly good bow, and heavy tip overlays are not going to effect your performance that much at all....

Look at the tips that Wes Wallace puts on his bows... or Brackenbury for that matter.... Those bows are not exactly speed demons, but they shoot very nice with heavy tip overlays, and cast an arrow with authority......

Be careful brutha.... this is something that you really need experience with, and can be very tricky.   Kirk

[old_goat2]

Originally posted by britt:
I will post pics as soon as I can figure it out. How do you post pics on this site? Thanks

Britt, only way I know how to do it is to upload them to photobucket, then copy the little tag that says "html" or something like that and paste it in your reply

[M60gunner]

I have a Wes Wallace long bow. Like Kirkll says the tips are thick but they do not deter from performance. I am comfortable using a padded skinny string also. Thick is one thing, wide and long is another. I have been known to reduce the length of a Bear Montana's tips but not the thickness.
I would also consider the fact that someday you may want to sell that bow. Alot of buyers may not trust a modified bow.
Just my .2 cents

[Danny Rowan]

Kirk,

I own a Brack Quest and have owned several and the tips are not large at all, actually on the small side, and I beg to differ, they are plenty fast.

[ron w]

I had 2 Bear Montanas that I reduced the tips on. As long as you stay away from the working limb you will be fine. I made them thinner only in width and had no problem with them. Shot and hunted with them a lot!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Originally posted by Danny Rowan:
Kirk,

I own a Brack Quest and have owned several and the tips are not large at all, actually on the small side, and I beg to differ, they are plenty fast.

Hey Danny, i apologize, I  should have limited that comment regarding tip size to the Wes Wallace bows. I haven't seen any of Bill Howlands tips.....

You really think those bows are plenty fast eh? ... to each his own brutha...

[Jeff Strubberg]

Britt,

Looking at your pictures, there's not much you can do without getting into the working part of the limb.  Your tips aren't wide, the limb itself is.  

You could trim the tips into peg nocks, but the weight savings would be minimal.  Unless you are willing to retiller and lose a pound or two, I don't see much you can do with these.