2024 Bow Swap Progress Thread - Open

[jess stuart]

Nice work Jon.  It really has a nice full draw profile.
I finally found some time to get my lams milled.  Hopefully get her glued up soon.

[Kirkll]

 

[Longcruise]

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[kennym]

Most excellent!!

[Longcruise]

Finally warmed up to 29f 😀

I and grandson had a little shooting session.  We used some 645 grain carbons, 530 grain woodies and some home doweled pine arrows at about 500 grains.

The 530 woodies shot the best.  It's too cold to run the chronograph but I predict that with a 10 gpp arrow this bow will be shooting in the 190 range. 

More to come

[Jon Lipovac]

Thanks guys.

Glad you like it so far Mike.
I’m pretty skeptical about hitting 190.
I’ll be happy if you get anything over 180 with it. Looking forward to it though. 👍

[4 point]

You guys are making me feel like I’m behind. Very nice! I got things roughed out.

[Crooked Stic]

That gonna be nice.

[kennym]

I am behind !! But next warm day I’ll spray her.

[dbeaver]

I'm with you kenny. Waiting on one warm day.

4 point I'll be waiting for that one to show up on .y porch.

[Crooked Stic]

deaver me thinks my porch 

[Kirkll]

Home stretch on this swap bow this morning.... I'm down to finish sanding now.... i did a full length video of the riser shaping that is in real time. i should probably up load this to my video editing software and shorten it up a bit before i upload it to you tube... but here is the full length process i use to shape all mt risers...... I got a few pictures of it after sanding to 120 here too.  Need to hand sand it again then polish it up a bit more....  Spray booth this afternoon.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HjhkVegWckd8TY9V6

Kirk

[Buemaker]

Very interesting Kirk. Like watching a skilled butcher.

[Crooked Stic]

Looking good Kirk

[dbeaver]

watched the video kirk. nice to see it done( and nice to know im not too far off on my process) hahah

[Mad Max]

Yep

[kennym]

So 24 * this morning, maybe spray tomorrow.  So I made a string for her( least fave job), 12 strand D97, I guess it's a 64.5" bow...

So still 39* at 11:00 so I set up the hooter and ran it thru, untuned arrow, averaged draw weight and weighed the arrow.

Stats:

28" - 10 gpp - 180 average
30" - 9.19 gpp - 194 average

You tall guys have the advantage on the rest of us!!

You can deduct 4-5 fps with fingers if you are drawing what you think you are...

[Kirkll]

I don't know about that Kenny..... I've seen flight shooters get better chrono numbers with fingers vs a shooting machine...... But longer draw lengths definitely get higher performance.

[kennym]

Yes I've read that also, guess it has to do with a hold and release vs a draw and let her go release.

[Jon Lipovac]

That’s a pretty fast bow Kenny. Good job!

The only explanation IMO, is that when anyone shoots with fingers they are pulling back further when they release, especially through a chrono. We are, after all, wanting a bigger number.
I know that for me, on longer shots, I subconsciously pull North of my normal draw length compared to shooting groups at a 15-20yd target.

All things being EXACTLY the same draw length, it’s physically impossible for fingers to be faster than a release