After seeing Marc's crossbow in PA magazine a few months ago I had to build a few of them. here is one of them. its a bamboo backed hickory prod pulling 145-150 pounds at 12" . Shoots like a rocket. The bow prod is 35" tip to tip. Its surprising at the energy stored in a high draw weight ,short bow. It buries the bolts in a bale of hay completly.
Yeah thats a an ugly bailing twine temporary string. These are allot easier to make than they look . Dangerous too, be careful.
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