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Inaugural “junior” bow trade
Muskyman:
I had thought about that Zugal. It’s actually my backup for the other one. If my main bow doesn’t work out then I might heat it but it’s already had some heating on it to help with some twisting and other limb issues.
sleek:
I've been absent, but I knew I would be at the beginning. I've got the design for this bow figured out and I do believe it will be polishing things to an edge. It will certainly be proofing my short recurve design to see if my ideas hold up.
It's a 60 inch recurve, will draw 50 pounds. My goal is for it to shoot a 450 grain arrow into the speed range of 190 fps or higher. To date all my recurves have been shorter and designed to shoot very light weight arrows at high speeds and distances. The idea is that short limbs are good for higher horse power which is great for lightweight arrows but lower torque. Longer limbs give higher torque which benefits heavier arrows and lower horse power. This line of thought has put my son and I into 5 world records between the two of us, and he has one US record.
But I've focused only on short limbed high HP bows. Now it's time to reverse the direction I've been looking, make some torque monsters, and reach for the heavier broad head arrow flight records. With nothing more scientific that gut feeling, and hope, I'm hoping to break the 200 fps mark. But that will be with less that 10gpp, so it won't count to that specific challenge.
With any luck I'll have less that 1/2 inch of set, maybe even 1/4 inch as I get with my current flight bows, and a bow that will be sent off with some medals won. More updates coming in the next few weeks.
Muskyman:
I’m thinking I’ve done about all the damage I can do with these bows. The flip tip bow is just under 45 lbs my target weight.
The other bow still has a bit of extra weight I could play with but the limb with the red markings in the area I still don’t like has a little twist to it and I think that might be what makes it look a little funny. Any thoughts are appreciated as always. I’ll post more photos later on. I’m shaping the handle and sanding at this point.
Muskyman:
Put some whitetail antler tips on the bow today. Used Pat B’s advice and put thin super glue on the antler before I glued them on. First time for me. Not real happy but not the worst thing I’ve ever done. First one got stuck to my fingers and I thought I’d never get it off in time but, I made it.
Didn’t string it up, figured I’ll wait till tomorrow..
Aaron1726:
Those both look good to me! The antler tips look really nice too. Who ever ends up with one of those will definately be happy.
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