performance

[jb]

hi JB here looking for more bowisdom...I finished a couple more bows that I am fairly pleased with...I have an old fibreglass laminate bow that was pretty good tecnology from about 30 years ago..it draws 45 at 28..these last few bows I made are similar..I would say these bows perform at about 70 to 75 percent of the laminate bow as far as arrow speed and distance are concerned...can I expect to achieve more with a traditional stick?

[Marc St Louis]

hi JB here looking for more bowisdom...I finished a couple more bows that I am fairly pleased with...I have an old fibreglass laminate bow that was pretty good tecnology from about 30 years ago..it draws 45 at 28..these last few bows I made are similar..I would say these bows perform at about 70 to 75 percent of the laminate bow as far as arrow speed and distance are concerned...can I expect to achieve more with a traditional stick?

Absolutely

[medicinewheel]

I shoot an Osage bow I made some time ago, and I got suspected to have a layer of carbon hidden underneath the snakeskin backing. 
I reduced tip mass on that bow twice and performance became noticeably better every time.

[Justin Snyder]

YES

[Hillbilly]

I've seen bows made by several people on here that shoot every bit as good or better than top-of-the-line glass bows.

[sailordad]

I've seen bows made by several people on here that shoot every bit as good or better than top-of-the-line glass bows.

youve never shot one of mine then   

[Kegan]

Even an average selfbow is only slightly, if at all, slower than your average fiberglass laniated longbow these days. Unlike you, the companies don't spend a great deal of time trying to lighten the tips, achieve a perfect tiller, or design the bow to your draw.

For example: my friend was shooting his Beart Montanna with me a few months ago. We were eaching shooting arrows that were 9 gpp, and my selfbow was noticeably faster. Later I put a FF Plus string on his bow and it picked up some speed, but not much more than my bow still. It wasn't until I shot his bow that I realized it didn't shoot much better either (in terms of forgiveness or accuracy)! Sure suprised me

[Pappy]

For sure.
   Pappy

[jb]

hey thanks a lot guys..i will try taking some wood off the tips.. none of my broken bows ever broke on the tips.. i will put a real string on there as i mickey moused that cause i was anxious to try it ..thanx again this site is right deadly jb

[recurve shooter]

even if you cant get a super fast bow right away, i promise you these suckers are MUCH quieter than glass bows, and in my oppinion that makes alot more of a difference in the woods.

[Kent D.]

Darn skippy.  Some of my fastest bows are bamboo.  Ive got a bamboo osage bow that shots right with a glass, lam of equal weight and draw.