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250 pounder attempt
Rich Saffold:
I'd make it 2.75" wide, 5/16th" boo backing,and I would r/d with a good bit of deflex just outside the grip.
rudderbows:
Its going to be a little bit tricky because i would like to meet or exceed the English 8 to 5 rule on this thing. When I show an American archer a 80" warbow they trip on the idea. Especially the guys who are used to shooting a seriously short bow. However, the english war bow concept had very little to do with hunting and had everything to do with heavy flight shooting in the field. (My buddy Magen wanted to come over here sometime form Holland and hunt wild Hogs with an english warbow of 120 pounds. ) I will keep you posted on results. This next weekend are the first glue ups for the big monster bow. Cant wait to finish the week ion the shop to give it a try.
Davepim:
--- Quote from: rudderbows on December 15, 2009, 12:07:22 am ---Its going to be a little bit tricky because i would like to meet or exceed the English 8 to 5 rule on this thing. When I show an American archer a 80" warbow they trip on the idea. Especially the guys who are used to shooting a seriously short bow. However, the english war bow concept had very little to do with hunting and had everything to do with heavy flight shooting in the field. (My buddy Magen wanted to come over here sometime form Holland and hunt wild Hogs with an english warbow of 120 pounds. ) I will keep you posted on results. This next weekend are the first glue ups for the big monster bow. Cant wait to finish the week ion the shop to give it a try.
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Noone knows what bows were used for hunting in England during the middle ages as no bows exist anymore. However the size of the sockets for big hunting broadheads show that the arrow shafts were thick, therefore the bows were heavy in draw-weight since its difficult to shoot arrows weighing more than 100g and with half-inch shafts from bows that draw less than 100lb.
Dave
Marc St Louis:
I don't think 2" wide would be necessary for a 200# BBIPE. I would start at 1 3/4" wide by about 1" thick for the IPE with a Bamboo backing of at least 1/4" thick, a bit more thickness for each part wouldn't hurt. That would give a thickness of at least 1 1/4" and that should be plenty. Bracing these monsters for the first time is where it becomes real tricky because you need to make them way over target weight
Yeomanbowman:
I think I'd use a loose string on the tiller (on stringing nocks) and when its drawn down enough have a brave and well insured assistant place a shorter string on the actual nocks. I'd also tiller it with temporary horn rather than self nocks. Good luck!
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