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alanesq:

Sadly not

This bow was my first try at making a laminated bow and on top of that I bought the wood on a Sunday and the following weekend I desperately needed it to be finished (I cant remember why now, must have been a rove I wanted to go to)
I decided to make it far too long so that I could then shorten it to bring it up to my required draw weight at the end (as I was aiming for around 135lb) but it ended up a good 140lb as it was !
so its 7 foot long and I suspect this is why it looks so impressive in the video ;-)

having said that it is definitely a lot more powerful than the self ash bows I had made before this

With a replica Mary Rose arrow (EWBS livery arrow) my best distance is 203 yards - so a long way to go yet

I suspect it would benefit a lot from having the tips reduced as they are very thick but I am always weary of modifying a working bow as I tend to end up with no bow

BTW - The bow is Hickory, Purple heart and Ipe

Ian B:
Me given it some welly, with my self built 137 lbs. I shot 7 days a week for 2-6 hours a day six months long to get there.

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Have fun Regards Ian

heavybow:
Ian very nice video. Ian not bad 360 meters with a flightarrow very nice mate. >:D ;)

teddybear111111:
may i ask dose any of you have a bad back mine is in the mucle. my mate is making me a 70lbs ish to my ear self bow but 60 for deff to my lip.
i was wondering because i would love to work up to warbows but dont now if i can my mate that has a warbow he made sed that it will probley put me in a wheel chair.
second how far do the arrows go at and angle of 42 as im told that make the arrow goes the bigest distonce.
thank
carnt wate to get my new bow  O:)

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