My new hunting bow

[Swissbow]

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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Anydy

[Dmaxshawn]

Very nice Bow Andy as usual.  

Shawn

[scottm]

Awsum bow Andy!

[kennym]

Looks great Andy!!        

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

How wide is it at the fades?

[Swissbow]

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.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55WPfaUpHCs&feature=g-upl&context=G28ffb30AUAAAAAAAAAA

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Andy

[mwosborn]

Looks like a keeper.  Nice work.

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice Andy...

[Trux Turning]

Very nice!! Those veneers look great!

[jess stuart]

Great job.

[JJB]

Very nice work!
-Jay

[SportHunter]

Nice looking bow, riser design is sweet.

[Pat B]

Another beauty Andy. It's about time you built one for yourself. d;^)

[Bradford]

Come on now Andy.... you put those arrows in the target by hand for the picture. Lol....  nice  bow bro

[Swissbow]

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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Andy

[Ranger44]

Great looking bow and nice job Andy.