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Bows / Re: Making fast bows
« Last post by Badger on Today at 09:28:01 pm »


if you are asking about light arrows tho, isn't it true that there is a point of diminishing returns when it comes to reducing arrow mass? and that some bow designs work better with lighter arrows?

  Bows with a low virtual mass may shoot very light arrows faster than the faster bow with heavier arrows. Thats why shorter bows are used in flight shooting but not the broadhead event. Most of the time, the faster bow will always be faster, but not all the time.
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Bows / Re: Making fast bows
« Last post by willie on Today at 08:20:54 pm »
Nah, I mean the bow. If you wanna speed an arrow up, you drop its weight. Speeding a bow up ( semanticly speaking ) means it will shoot any arrow weight faster than another bow.
granted, lighter arrows will generally be faster with most bows (all other things being equal).

if you are asking about light arrows tho, isn't it true that there is a point of diminishing returns when it comes to reducing arrow mass? and that some bow designs work better with lighter arrows?

but maybe you are asking about bows for more typical 10 gpp or thereabouts weight arrows?
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Bows / Re: Making fast bows
« Last post by sleek on Today at 07:15:42 pm »
What features of a bow have you guys learned that speeds your bows up?

Assuming you mean "speeds your arrow up".....
Does it matter if the arrow is a high gpp arrow or a lower gpp?

Nah, I mean the bow. If you wanna speed an arrow up, you drop its weight. Speeding a bow up ( semanticly speaking ) means it will shoot any arrow weight faster than another bow.
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Bows / Re: Making fast bows
« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 07:07:01 pm »
Chosing that magical osage that is as hard as a rock but cuts like butter with no splintering with a drawknife, is much heavier than run of the mill osage and has a perfect early wood to late wood ratio. Add some reflex and heat treatment and you have something special.

The top half of the sample on the left made some extra special bows for me.

The wide ring piece in the middle made very sluggish bows.

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English Warbow / Re: My First Steps into English Warbows
« Last post by Del the cat on Today at 07:05:12 pm »
Yes she is! - We have been laughing a lot on the silliest stuff sometimes...
Hope to see her and her husband again in a couple of weeks here in Eicks/Germany for our annual Roving at the Marks. If you want to check out the venue, it is an I.L.A.A. tournement.
I used to shoot with the ILAA (I was given lifetime membership!) but I can't manage a full day roving these days :)
Del
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Around the Campfire / Re: Pawpaw
« Last post by Pat B on Today at 06:04:32 pm »
Here are my 2 pawpaws patches. The first one is in the shade along our creek...
 
and the one in full sun...
 

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Bows / Re: Making fast bows
« Last post by Pat B on Today at 06:01:03 pm »
Willie, when discussing arrows I always refer to hunting weight arrows, 10 +/- gpp. I shoot the same arrows no matter if I'm hunting or shooting 3D or targets.
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Bows / Re: Making fast bows
« Last post by willie on Today at 05:47:41 pm »
What features of a bow have you guys learned that speeds your bows up?

Assuming you mean "speeds your arrow up".....
Does it matter if the arrow is a high gpp arrow or a lower gpp?
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Bows / Re: Making fast bows
« Last post by bambule on Today at 03:33:13 pm »
That said, I think narrow, light tips, reflexed limbs with reflexed tips, well balanced limbs and a good heat treated belly while reflexing.

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