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Chief AJ 200# bow
duffontap:
I believe that Welch could build it, but we didn't exactly get evidence of a 'full draw.' The tips on a war bow should be 12 mm regardless of the weight but those looked like they were 3/4" +. That bow would not shoot 460+ yards with an 800 grain arrow. Weird story.
J. D.
ChrisD:
I had read about this 'feat' on another forum somewhere. A few comments were made - firstly that Chief AJ is something of a showman and perhaps not entirely to be believed and secondly, that he doesn't hold the record for drawing a 200lb bow - Mark Stretton, an English archer does! He's a pretty stocky bloke I understand and works with heavy machinery and likes to use very heavy bows. Even so, the 200lb bow doesn't exactly make regular appearences - he usually shoots in the 140 -160lb range I'm told.
Marks bow was made by Pip Bickerstaffe and its use was witnessed by Guinnes book of records officials and has been accepted as the record. Interestingly, the ranges achieved with this bow are not that remarkable - something in the region of 237yd apparently - bigger aint always better ;)
Chris
stevesjem:
Just to put the record straight, Mark does hold the record for the heaviest longbow drawn, and he also draws it the full 32", not the rediculous 26" that is shown in this Chief AJ story, with regards distance, Mark as far as i know never shot this bow for distance, it was a personal goal which he realised and was recorded by guiness, Hugh Soar now has the bow in his remarkable collection of longbows.
Steve
Badger:
I think in the pic he is only drawing about 24". I find everyhting about the post including the distance and speed his arrowr reached unbelievable, Steve
sumpitan:
Chief AJ's "world records" were presented in the Spring 1998 issue of Instinctive Archer Magazine. The author speaks of the feats being accepted by Guinness. Haven't seen them in any edition of the Guinness book I have, though (the article is quite silly, actually, speaking of the Chief's "odyssey" to purchase the bow driving his mighty pickup truck for thousands of miles etc.) The reported cast of the 200# bow in both FPS and yards is utter nonsense, in my opinion. I understand the drawing of the big bow was broadcast via the Internet (big deal) but who are the reliable witnesses and verifiers to the 330fps / 466 yard shots?
Claims of spectacular shots and of bowmen out of this world have been common since the day the bow was first accepted as a viable weapon. But when the sceptics with accurate measuring devices arrive, typically little is found apart from lots of hot air.
Tuukka
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