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2022 Bow Trade - complete
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Mafort on March 29, 2022, 03:27:38 pm ---I’ll upload progress pics when I can. Was in a car wreck on Sunday and pretty banged up.
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That’s sucks man. Hope you recover soon.
superdav95:
Made some more progress on this bow…. Shot it a bunch after tillering it and it shoots sweet. Very smooth shooter. I still may do a backing on it. I’m not 100% sure yet maybe hide back or something. It’s dimensions are 65 1/2” ttt and 64” ntn and weighs 528.80gr. Added the overlays which dressed it up a little. I had some scrap pieces of Buffalo horn and blood wood pieces left over from a knife build last year that I used. Turned out pretty nice I think. The handle will be a leather wrap when done with deciding on stain or finish I’m gonna use. The bow held around 4 1/2” reflex after shooting today. After about 30 mins it creeps back to about 5 1/2” reflex. I’ll do another shooting session tomorrow when warmer out and see what I’m left with then. Suspect I’ll end up with about 3-4” of reflex when it settles in to its permanent shape and set. Not too bad. The top recurve tips out to the side slightly when braced but is perfectly straight when unstrung. That’s wood I guess. Still shoots very well and won’t mess with it. Even though my ocd wants me to. Without giving too much away at this point that’s all for now. More to to come. enjoy the pics.
Cheers
Kidder:
Dang Superdav95 you are cracking along! That is a beauty too! You definitely win the award for most progress! The rest of us slackers need to take note.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Kidder on March 30, 2022, 03:04:20 am ---Dang Superdav95 you are cracking along! That is a beauty too! You definitely win the award for most progress! The rest of us slackers need to take note.
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Thanks kidder. There’s still lots of time.
superdav95:
Made this bow to be within a very specific poundage range. I ended up a pound or two just short of my target draw weight after shooting in. Bow still shoots very well and holds some reflex. I added a 4 layer hog gut backing to see if it would push it to my target draw but after all said and done it lost a couple pounds. Unfortunately this will not do so I’m left with a decision to start another bow and set this one aside to finish up later. My other option is to shorten this bow an inch on each side and see if it’s with in my specs needed. So close but close only counts in horseshoes. Oh well it was a fun build either way. If I shorten it it will loose some of the recurve feature and be more like a flipped tip style. I may go for it and see. I’ll post updates soon.
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