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Offline loefflerchuck

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Dall sheep horn bow.
« on: July 26, 2013, 06:29:34 pm »
Measured around the curves it is just over 38" tip to tip. 32" long unstrung and 34.5 braced. 52# @ 23". 7 layers of sinew. 3x sinew string.
I've made a few bighorn bows but this is my first all Dall horn bow. Bighorn horns don't have as much curl and are wider so strait pieces can be cut from them to make a strait bow. Dall horns have more curl. I don't boil horn strips for more than 10 min(It starts to weaken the horn after that) and some of the twist that comes out with that will return in time. To accommodate for this I make the handle splice v off a little so with the twist the string still lines up center of the handle(see pic). The other way to combat this is use horns from the same side of a different ram. This makes a reverse propeller twist. The little matching arrows are wild rose and I used these for testing. All shots were between 148 and 168 fps. 5 shots between 164 and 168. This is pretty good for such a heavy horn sinew combo. Very little stack. weight in the first few inches of draw is not much less than at full draw.
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Offline Ed Brooks

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2013, 06:45:06 pm »
That's a nice looking bow. Ed
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Offline LEGIONNAIRE

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2013, 06:55:13 pm »
HAAAAAA SWEEEEET!

Id enjoy shooting that tinybow so much. looks like a killer to me Chuck. Man you you awesome work
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2013, 07:00:11 pm »
Nice work Chuck!!! That's just plain awesome!

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Offline JonW

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2013, 07:12:22 pm »
Man that is something else Chuck! I dream of bows like that 8)
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2013, 07:23:43 pm »
Quote from: LEGIONNAIRE on July 26, 2013, 06:55:13 pm
HAAAAAA SWEEEEET!



I second this exact statement, :). Beautiful bow.
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Offline HoBow

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2013, 07:36:49 pm »
Very cool. Nice bend!!
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2013, 07:46:11 pm »
Real nice build, very impressive.
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Offline dbb

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2013, 09:54:22 pm »
Oh Cool!
Im not usually in to shorties but i think ill make an exeption here :)
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2013, 09:58:33 pm »
Cupid.  That was the first thing that came to mind.  That and I think the little bugger hit me in the butt with one of his arrows just as I saw the first pic of it! 

Not an easy bow to make, but I think you nailed it.
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Offline loefflerchuck

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2013, 10:14:12 pm »
Thanks everyone. Here is one I just started to bend after 4 months on the rack. Have not strung it yet. Easing into it. It has a long way to bend to make it past 20" draw
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2013, 10:19:59 pm »
Sweet
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Offline mullet

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2013, 10:59:01 pm »
Beautifull bow, Chuck. You must have short arms ;).
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Offline Ozzy

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2013, 11:05:52 pm »
Very cool little bow
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Dall sheep horn bow.
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2013, 11:21:41 pm »
Wow, that is quite a bow! Very authentic looking :D
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