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Offline Swissbow

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My new hunting bow
« on: March 17, 2012, 03:14:00 PM »
Since you can't have to many bows I have built a new hunting bow for me. The specs are the following:

r/d-longbow 64"
draw weight: 55@27
limbs: actionboo with bocote veneers
riser: cocobolo with bubinga/osage stripes

Due to a total taper of 0.006 the bow draws very smooth and is a dream to shoot. No handshock at all and I can't see a visible difference to my other bow with a draw weight of 64@28. Will make some measurements to see exactly how fast it is.

 

 

 

Some pics of the bocote limbs. Thanks again Kenny for these awesome lams.
 

 

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Offline Dmaxshawn

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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2012, 04:47:00 PM »
Very nice Bow Andy as usual.  

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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2012, 05:06:00 PM »
Awsum bow Andy!
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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2012, 05:11:00 PM »
Looks great Andy!!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:  

Tiller looks perfect, I figured it would be more limber at tips tho with .006 T

How wide is it at the fades?
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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2012, 05:36:00 PM »
The limbs are 1 3/8" at the fades and 1/2" at the tips. The unstrung profile has pretty much of reflex, that's probably the reason why it bends not to much at the outer ends.

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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2012, 05:48:00 PM »
Looks like a keeper.  Nice work.
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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2012, 06:17:00 PM »
Very nice Andy...
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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2012, 08:17:00 PM »
Very nice!! Those veneers look great!
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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2012, 09:06:00 PM »
Great job.
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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2012, 09:20:00 PM »
Very nice work!
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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2012, 09:37:00 PM »
Nice looking bow, riser design is sweet.
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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2012, 10:55:00 PM »
Another beauty Andy. It's about time you built one for yourself. d;^)
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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2012, 12:04:00 AM »
Come on now Andy.... you put those arrows in the target by hand for the picture. Lol....  nice  bow bro
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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2012, 11:57:00 AM »
I shot some arrows through the chrony this morning and this is what I got:

1. arrow: 51.60 m/s
2. arrow: 51.65 m/s
3. arrow: 50.15 m/s
4. arrow: 51.52 m/s
5. arrow: 51.31 m/s
6. arrow: 51.91 m/s
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mean: 51.35 m/s = 184.88 km/h = 169 ft/s

The draw weight is 55@27 and I used an arrow with 520 grains ( 9.45 gr/lb ).

Brad, if I'd put the arrows in the target by hand it would have used these...
 

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Re: My new hunting bow
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2012, 12:06:00 PM »
Great looking bow and nice job Andy.
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