A take down recurve for Dad.. lite build a long

[Bradford]

Thanks guys.. man.. got paid today so bought some goodies for the bow...

 

 

 

 

 

Now she looks bad-a$$... I LOVE it.. don't want to give it away....LOL

I could not help it.. it's dark, but took it out anyway.. man does she fling an arrow.  All my bows are below 30# because of my arthritis... So firing away a 45# bow is SWEET.. hurts a bit.. but SWEET!

It's funny I only pull about 26".. so probably only getting 35 to 40#.. but still a big difference..

I pulled back.. aimed.... and ZIPPPPPPPPPP!

NO hand shock!  It is balanced well, but also the limb savers, string silencers and the small stabilizer really help.

It is shooting high, but all the arrows in the same spot in the center.. so no torque.  Just need to adjust the nock tomorrow!

TOTALLY AWESOME DUDES!  Love it when a plan comes together.

Did have a little scare.. heard a faint crack when I put the new string on it.. did not give it to much thought..

Shot two arrows.. adjusted the nock a bit, pulled back and heard another crack.. oh boy... took into the house and got the string off.  Took the limbs off.. examined everything.. can't find any cracks or seperations.. so I did not put on limb pads yet.  Cut some sticky felt.. and put it on the limb attaching area... put it back together.. no more noise.  Been sitting on the couch pulling it back over and over and nothing.

So went out and fired a few more arrows.. all seem well.  I think the limbs where just setting in place.

Thanks all for watching!  and the great feed back.

Ready to build the next one.. oh yeah, got to do the bow swap bow!  Cool.

[Ricky Wallace]

You do good work Bradford! I think after this board bow im working on is done im going to move up a step and try one of those! 8 board bows under my belt so its time to graduate!

[Bradford]

Finally got it tuned up and put quite a few arrows thru it..

 

 

Hate posing for that picture...LOL

[KellyG]

Nice work! It is like she came out like a dream.