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mikekeswick:
I've just made a new elb of 100lbs @ 31, bamboo,padauk and ipe. It's still waiting for horn nocks and has only been briefly shot in. I may cut it down a little to up the weight to around 110lb. It seems pretty fast as is. I haven't chronographed it yet as i was a bit tired and scared for my chrony :)
I will be shooting it for distance in the next couple of days with a standard arrow.
I'm just wondering what sort of distances people have got with similar weight bow/arrow combinations for a benchmark. 

Ian.:
Look forward to seeing what it does, as far as expectations I would hazard a guess at 250 knowing the quality of bows you can make. Looking through the EWBS shoots bows of that weight normally do, 210-230 with a standard.

Did you make this one with the sole intention of it being a flight bow?

mikekeswick:
I'm blushing Ian ;D I wouldn't expect anything spectactular from this one...
No it was made with some spare laminations I had already cut up. Glued with a little reflex, 1/2 inch or so. It's 78 inch at the moment and a little overbuilt so there is still 'life' in the wood to play with if I do decide to shorten it a little.
I'm looking forward to launching a few big arrows with it and am thinking about joining the EWBS and going to some of their shoots.
By the way do you know a good supplier of bodkins to fit standard arrows in England.

Del the cat:
In my experience 'Distance expectations' are generally n+20  >:(
where n is the measured distance it actually shoots  ;)
A bit like a Fisherman's weight expectations ::).
Del

fishfinder401:

--- Quote from: Del the cat on March 25, 2012, 05:32:31 pm ---
A bit like a Fisherman's weight expectations ::).


--- End quote ---
i know from experience, that that is all two true ;) ::)

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