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AH:
This took me waaay longer than it should have O:)
I got this stave from carson about a year ago. (Thanks, Carson! :laugh:)
It's 78" nock to nock, and about 90 pounds at 29", which makes it...what, 105 at 32? I didn't get to measure it at 32 as my tiller tree blew when measuring it, at the 29" mark...and so the scale broke too. Flew back twenty-odd feet and scared the life out of me. This bow presented me some challenges in a large knot in the bottom limb, as well about an inch of some reflex in the center, which made it just hell to long string tiller. Also the fact that I don't have any fast flight or dyneema...made it hell to string. I could literally feel the dacron stretching as I drew the bow. There was a lot of character in the stave, and really tight, dense yew. This bow also happened to be my first attempt at horn nocks. Finished with tung oil.

AH:
This is about as far as I can pull it without turning something inside out ;D

and that second photo shows how much shorter the dacron string is to compensate for it stretching...i still couldn't get a decent brace height.

JW_Halverson:
Oh my! Spent a little time rubbing in the finish didja?

Prolly ruined your eyesight, huh?   >:D

adb:
You need some FF string. Dacron is just too stretchy for a warbow.

AH:
made with a scrap from roughing out. The mice now have something to fear.

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