Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: loefflerchuck on December 08, 2017, 11:35:34 pm
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This one is for a hunter doing a primitive bear hunt. 62" ntn. 64# draw @ 30". Nice piece of osage I got from Clint(Osage Outlaw) a while back. Stiff handle with buffalo horn arrow rest and tips. American bison leather handle wrap. I got it tillered to 30" and just over 60# draw. I wanted to get the most out of it so heat treated the belly to a little reflex and added one full layer of sinew and another just in the center for a crown. The sinew is covered with the biggest timber rattler skin I have seen. The scales are of mythological size. I used the center of the skin and probably have enough on both sides left for 2 more bows. Short contact recurve. Sealed with a few coats of tung oil and shellac over that on the back.
I shot the bow 10 times through a chrono with a 687 grain regular ash target arrow. Threw out the fastest and slowest speed. Average arrow speed for the other 8 shots 174.7 feet per second.
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full draw
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Wow that is amazing! Realllllyyy like it! Would love to shoot that one, will probably destroy the target I use for testing >:D
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Beauty & speed what more can you ask for I like every thing about it , I see some dead bears for it in the future !
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That's a good one, you got a lot out of it.
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Sweet work on that bow Chuck.If your friend does his job I'm sure the bow will do it's job.
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Watch out Yogi, that's a bear bow for sure. Let us know how he does hunting. Always enjoy a good hunting story. Nice bow Chuck.
Bjrogg
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Chuck, that's a real beauty. I love the braced profile and you are getting the most with the full draw. Excellent bow! :OK
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When I see snakeskins on a bow the first thing I look for is how well the pattern has been centered on the back of the bow. You nailed it perfectly.
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Great tiller Chuck. That's a bear killer there.
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Killer bow Chuck! Glad to see someone making osage work like it should.
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That is stunning! Excellent. Jawge
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That's awesome! You definitely made the most of primo wood (and skins). How wide are the limbs?
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Terrific in all respects.
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looks great. What does the unstrung side profile look like? at that short, did you deflex the limbs at all? Any set?
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congrats,, thanks for posting chrono results,, I find them informative,, and please show unbraced profile on that beautiful bow,, :)
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Chuck,
Excellent job! That must have been one big snake! Real hunting bow!
Hawkdancer
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Amazing performance, and great tiller. Love it!
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Outstanding work Chuck! :OK
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Great job on the bow. Thanks for posting the chrono stats.
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Great bow all around Chuck, good to see you working some osage
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Beautiful bow! Nice work
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Great work !!! Beautiful bow !!!
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Thanks everybody. It's a busy birthday weekend. Let me come back to this in a day or so to answer individual posts.
Have a great weekend everybody!
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But first this. I thought I posted it already
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Beautiful work Chuck.
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Thats a good one. How wide did you make the limbs?
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Wow! Beautiful!
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Very nice work, that should get the job done. Beautiful. :)
Pappy
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Great looking bow. That bear will never know what hit him.
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It's 1 5/8 at the widest.
I did not deflex the bow. I think the bend is distributed pretty well throughout the limbs. I am very happy with the small amount of set it took after 100+ shots. When the bow is on it's belly unstrung the handle is the only thing that touches the table.