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150lb at 30" English Yew bow
WillS:
This is a bow I finished late last year, but was finally able to get it shot at the recent Warbow Wales shoot in Chepstow on Sunday.
It's a dimensionally exact replica of the Mary Rose bow MR80A0451 in reasonable quality English yew, with cow horn sidenocks. I don't tiller or weigh my heavy bows past 28", so it was nice to see it at full draw finally! It was about 135lb or 140lb at 28" and when Joe shot a couple of arrows from it he said it was around 150lb at 30" which is more or less average for the MR bows. I imagine if it was made from really good European yew it would be a fair bit heavier still.
The sapwood is too thick in some places, but you can see the heartwood around both sides when looking directly at the back over most of the bow, so it's not far out.
There's a quick video of Joe shooting a 29" Westminster Abbey arrow out of it at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5_lMpfAVkM
loon:
Very nice!!
Are these warbows at all handshocky? That one sounds very.. smooth..
WillS:
Depends how they're tillered I guess. Same with any bow - if the tips are heavy and stiff it'll give you shock unless the arrow is overly heavy.
Del the cat:
Nice to see English Yew, cool nocks.
Del
Ruddy Darter:
Very nice WillS 8), great work, and again, nice to see some English yew get up there.
R.D.
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