Primitive Archer

I haunt the Facebook Marketplace, mostly for good deals on canning jars, used 20# propane bottles for a song and anything else that catches my eye.

I saw this lot for sale this week for $100, the molds and dipper alone are worth $100. If I keep this stuff I will need to find a .45 barrel for my TC Hawken. I have two TC Hawkens, one in .50 and .54 but not in .45



I met the guy and it turned out he was settling his dad's estate and wanted to get rid of a lot more stuff so he thew it in on deal. Black powder never goes bad, I suspect this full can of 2F is from the 60s along with 5 tins of #11 caps, the price tag on the can is $4.95. I asked if he wanted to sell his dad's gun but he wanted to hold on to it. With the 13/16" TC breechplug wrench in the box the gun has to be a Senica or Cherokee which are more valuable than the Hawken or Renegade.

   

I'll bet Momma will be happy and I know you are. 

There's still a Connexion-style hinge being made by a broadhead manufacturer (not sure if I can say their name or not). The hinge is not on the website but if you email they'll send a brochure.

Still costs $100USD. There's a straight layup version and a version that will accommodate up to 11 degrees past flat.

That three-plated hinge looks fascinating. The pins must be mighty tough indeed.

Arvin,
if you overbuilt the entire linb you would lower the actual stress throughout the entire limb, which might incur a mass penalty.  I dont think it matters if the first few inches coming out of the fades were thicker or wider so long as its stiffer.

Badger used to leave the inners on the stiffside as he tillered out, and brought the bend in towards the handle more if it looked like he was getting too much set too early. My guess is that near handle set is to be avoided more over set taking further out.  Perhaps he is reading along

Do you mean grams of bow mass against the stiffness or stress of the timber against arrow speed? No, I haven't. Could be interesting though.

grams of mass/MOE as determined by a bend test of the wood.
I guess you could calculate out the actual stress.........
but either way, you would need a bend test of the wood for the next bow to plan acordingly.