Alright, I will try to answer everybody’s questions; hopefully, the pictures will answer most of them.
Sean,
First I have no idea if the bow lost weight after the repair; I am not the original builder of the bow. If anything the lower limb (the broken one) might have gained a little weight as the tiller is about 5/16th of an inch stiffer then the upper limb. At full draw the upper limb definitely bends more then the lower limb, which is the main reason I didn’t try re-tillering the bow.
Brian and Christopher,
Here are pictures of the bow just strung and at full draw. The bow is a youth’s bow, pulling 43#’s @ 26”. The cane arrow in the picture is 29 ½” from back of broadhead to the throat of the nock.
Bob,
I was thinking the same thing until I got through the first hundred shots, now my gut tells me it is going to stay together.
Mike,
I think the first three shots I made with the bow after the repair missed the target completely from eight yards because of my flinching. The more I shot it though the better it feels. If it was my bow I would take to one of my whitetails stands and use it on a doe just to prove to myself it was really still a bow.
For those who are still doubtful, here is video link of me shooting the bow this morning.
The arrow is a 430 grain cane shaft (total weight) with self nock, turkey fletching, tipped with a 145 grain Eclipse broadhead.
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