Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: fishfinder401 on March 14, 2011, 07:24:50 pm
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i am just curious, what is the farthest everyone has shot, i just set my own personal record at around 215 yards ;D
noel
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are you talking just distance
or accuaracy at distance
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Farthest I have shot was 500yards accurately with a 7mm >:D
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are you talking just distance
or accuaracy at distance
either, and elk tracker, im guessing thats with a gun ? ::)
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you never said longest shot with a bow ;D I never measured usually 20 yards but I have tried at 40 yards :-[ didnt turn out good lol
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you never said longest shot with a bow ;D I never measured usually 20 yards but I have tried at 40 yards :-[ didnt turn out good lol
true i never did say bow, but that is impressive for a gun ;D
have you ever tried aiming at 45degrees, pulling to full draw and letting go, it fun until you have to go find it >:D
noel
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'Bout 18 miles, but that was with a Howitzer. ;D
Really though, I dunno. I have held at 45ish and let her fly a few times, and it's really cool to watch. I have never measured it though. Nothing I shoot would produce very impressive flight shooting numbers, but it does hit pretty well with a heavy arrow at 20 some yards or less.
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fishfinder, I'm with you, I love to go out to an open field and just send the arrows flying!
Unfortunately, I neither have a very accurate method of measuring (I pace things off) nor do I have very good arrows. The farthest I've shot so far has been somewhere between 160-170 yards with a 55# red oak board bow and my 5/16" arrows fletched with Hobby Lobby duck feathers :-[ ;D
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fishfinder, I'm with you, I love to go out to an open field and just send the arrows flying!
Unfortunately, I neither have a very accurate method of measuring (I pace things off) nor do I have very good arrows. The farthest I've shot so far has been somewhere between 160-170 yards with a 55# red oak board bow and my 5/16" arrows fletched with Hobby Lobby duck feathers :-[ ;D
the way i measure is using Google eat, and land marks as references, you can get pretty accurate, and 170 is very respectable, especially with a 55. i just today got over 200yards and it was with a bow around 150@27, talk about needing an arm guard OUCH, not again, oh look another blood blister
noel ;D
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I always flight test my bows to measure performance and have gotten 212 stepped off yards with 62# hunting bows with 600 grain arrows two different times with bows of the same design. I think I can get a bit more. Kenneth
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i would be interested in seeing the bow and maybe a build along. i have built a few flight bows and may again . would be nice to get some pointers ,i have never broken 200yrds
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I would like to see the bow as well ;D but who doesnt like to see bows ;D
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Well, I have gotten 110-120 yards out of a couple of doggy early bows last summer, though to be fair, a lot of that had to do with not being a very good shot, and over shooting the 100 yard target. Mighta had a little tailwind help, too ;). Having picked up a lot of good tips here, I hope to get something better, on purpose this time, this summer.
Frode
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if i can ill try to post some pics, its not completely finished, needs final sanding and maybe a handle and a sealer ;D
other than thats its done
noel
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Both of my bows were straight limbed osage 64-65 inches nock to nock 1 3/4" wide and rectangular shape to half way then eifel tower shaped taper to 1/4" wide nocks. The last six inches were thick enough to be just barely bending, barely bending enough to know all the outer limb mass possible has been removed. These bows drew 62# at 28" but I probably drew them at least to 29" while flight testing. I still have one of the bows and it retains all of its performance. It has almost 2" of follow. I have a premium piece of seasoned osage that I aim to do better with, I will heat treat two or more inches into it and do everything else the same. Kenneth
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hope it works ;D
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About 325 yards with a 50# bow and a 300 grain arrow and about 230 yards with 55# bow and a hunting weight arrow of about 520 grains, these were measured distances
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this is at full draw
gstoneberg this is the bottom part of the borereless stave, as you can see, its working out great ;D
thanks
noel
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About 325 yards with a 50# bow and a 300 grain arrow and about 230 yards with 55# bow and a hunting weight arrow of about 520 grains, these were measured distances
how did you do that :o
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Marc if that was a selfbow in the broadhead class thats a new world record
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Fish not bad ;) thats 150lb at 27" wow :o you got any other specs on it length width limb thickness ect? What kind of wood is that? Are you at full draw 27" there in the picture? looks pretty heavy ;D
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fishfinder, I'm with you, I love to go out to an open field and just send the arrows flying!
Unfortunately, I neither have a very accurate method of measuring, but probably about 250 yards with a #50 rockelm long bow.
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Noel. I've had several bows that have shot that far over the years
Ken. It was a selfbow but with a target arrow. A broadhead arrow would not go as far.
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Back in 79 I shot a 8 point 56 yards in the white spot. Put my 40 yard pin top of his head. This was when I younger and into head counts. My longest recuve was also and 8 point 25 yards on a dryed up rim of a pond standing on his hind feet makeing a scrape. Longest long bow shot was 18 yards 6 point troting. And longest selfbow out of 36 bucks longest was 15 closest was 3. I use to cast my selfbows, 150 to 200 yards with hunting arrows with broad heads. Once saw a guy shoot 854 yards with a 93 pound high country. Don't remember the arrow grain.
Had many hunting rifles and built 6 bench rest rifles regurely shot 200 to 1000 yards.
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Fish not bad ;) thats 150lb at 27" wow :o you got any other specs on it length width limb thickness ect? What kind of wood is that? Are you at full draw 27" there in the picture? looks pretty heavy ;D
that is around full draw, i didnt want to push ot while inside, its made of osage, ill measure the dimensions when i get home, it may be under 150 a little i havnt been able to measure it yet, but from the feel of it, its somewhere in that neighborhood. if it was longer, i would pull it to my full 32, but the bow is too short and i just pull what feel scomfortable with it.
noel
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370 meters with a ~80# @ ~25" Boo/ipe Möllegabet, and a spruce arrow.
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1932/234/88/613131899/n613131899_2357623_4363.jpg)
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Popped a few rounds down range at about 1000 meters with this sucker (see below). With a bow? Not so much. ;D
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370 meters with a ~80# @ ~25" Boo/ipe Möllegabet, and a spruce arrow.
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1932/234/88/613131899/n613131899_2357623_4363.jpg)
:o wow, nice shot and bow, never thought of an ipe mollegabet
ill have to try that sometime
and jackcrafty, what i would do is make that thing into a giant cross bow
noel
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this is at full draw
gstoneberg this is the bottom part of the borereless stave, as you can see, its working out great ;D
thanks
noel
Sorry Noel, somehow I missed this thread. I'm glad to see the wood worked out.
George
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I try to flight test my selfbows as a cheap and fun way to measure performance against my old 65# Bear Kokiak recurve. I was confident hunting anything with the Bear bow so it seemed like a good measuring stick. With my 500 - 530 grain arrows I was able to shoot the Bear 215 paces (my paces are very close to yards). With my favorite osage flatbow - 65 inches tip to tip, 63# at 27, I shoot consistently in the 210 range. With a 71 inch hickory longbow (58#) I have shot 190 . . . but I think that was a bit wind aided.