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Badger:
  Tested a couple of Mark St Louis bows today. Shot out of a shooting machine at exactly 28" draw, bows had 10 strand fast flight strings, both bows shot at 10 grains per pound

Self bow recurve 52#@28"   179 fps   elm

Backed recurve bow, 46#@28"  188 fps, ( I believe this is ash backed hornbeam) Mark please edit this if I am wrong.

 I think these two bows are a good place to start keeping records as they will be hard to beat. , we are going to start keeping some records on this at a dedicated records sight. At present this puts mark in the lead for both self bow and backed bows. All challengers welcome ( myself included) Steve

Marc St Louis:
Steve
The self bow is Elm.  Not the best example but good enough.  The backed bow is Ash backed HHB

Badger:
Mark, you hear a lot of reports of self bows doing over 180 fps but once strictly tested I haven't seen any yet. The difference between these two bows backed and unbacked is pretty typical for otherwise identical style bows. I took them to full draw several times before testing and all 5 test shots were virtualy identical , no sign of dropping off at all. Steve

Pat B:
Steve, this is gonna be interesting seeing how wood bows actually perform. Having a standard draw length from a static machine will  really level the playing field.
  Excellent numbers, Marc...but I'm not surprised.

Marc St Louis:
These tests are not restricted to the higher performance designs like R/D bows and recurves but open to all bows.  This is to see what can be had from optimized bows of all types so people feel free to participate.  I may make another self recurve in the future and submit it for testing, I know the numbers for that class can be easily beaten.

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