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My 2015 bow
Badger:
Good news or bad news first? Bow far exceeded my expectations but will have to be rebuilt as I grossly misjudged the high fdc and the bow came in lighter than I expected. I should have listened to my own mass formula!.
The good news, exeptional FDC bow stores 119.8% of draw weight. About 96% is more typical. Draw weight is only 38.8 # at 28". Stores 46.5# energy. I still plan to shoot the bow in the 50# class and will give it to a youth to shoot in the 35# class.
I need to verify this last one as my chrono is not working right but I did get 2 readings with a 385 grain arrow (10 grains per pound) one was 201 and one was 202. I hope this checks out. My former best with a self bow is 184 fps.
When I rebuild the bow as a 50# I will need to find a stave with a very low crown as I plan to go 2 1/4 wide in the working area and I want it as flat as possible. I never have been the best at execution. With only 12" working limb its really hard to avoid taking set.
sleek:
Steve, did you just break the 200fps mark with a 10 gpp arrow?
Jesse:
201 at 10gpp would be amazing indeed. Hope it checks out. Are you shooting through the chrony outside?
Badger:
It would work out to be about 75% efficiency at 202 fps which is not unreasonable, about what I would expect. I think it is a good reading but I don't want to claim it as fact yet. I took the reading outside in morning light.
sleek:
I have a chronograph you can borrow if you want to double check? Where you at?
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