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leehongyi:
have anyone tried bows over 150lb before?
the most articles about bows with such poundage are based on mary rose bows which are from yew.
however, the modules of laminated materials such as BBI are higher than yew. thus the dimension of mary rose bow may not fit BBI or other combos. should anyone give me some successful cases?

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 Bamboo/Ipe - 76 "long, 35х30mm in center and 13x13 in limbs has to work around this weight 140-150.
This is only 74"long 34x27 mm in the handle - boo / Iroko / Ipe and pulled 136#. for 30"

leehongyi:
that seems practical and great. i'll try later.
but a small question: when you laminate the strips, did you reflex them or just let them be straight?

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I glued them just straight..

Marc St Louis:
I made this bow for a guy to shoot at the flight shoots in 2006.  It was a Bamboo backed Bubinga around 72" long.  I had tested the bow with my crappy scale at around 150# @ 30".  When he got it his scale said it pulled more like 165#.  It was a handful

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