45.5" TTT 65#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 ) fd chart pg 5

[sleek]

I promise I will post them soon as I have them. I will be shooting it at Ojam through the chrono this weekend. The bowdoes burry the arrow head clean into a 2x4 though. Im sure its a good hunter.

[Redhand]

Nice job on that bow Sleek. You sure pushed the limits on that bow

[sleek]

Thanks redhand. I really appreciate it.

[sleek]

Wow Kevin,  you've proved me wrong. I said I didn't think you could do it and you did. You even went and showed off and made it sapwood backed! 

Patrick

I know you thought I could do it. And I wasnt showing off with the sapwood. I needed it to maximize bow width. It wasa pizza slice billet.

[sleek]

Inches.    Weight
10.        5
11.        9
12.       11
13.       14
14.       17
15.       19
16.       22
17.       25
18.       28
19.       30
20.       35
21.       40
22.       44
23.       50
24.       53
25.       60
26.       65.


I guess it lost some moisture and picked up 5 pounds after drying out all the steam and boiling I did to it.

[Badger]

   Sleek what that is showing is an extremely low amount of stored energy for a 65# bow. I will likely shoot not much better than a 35# bow if that is indeed accurate.

[sleek]

Wow. That sucks. Probably too much deflex. That will be remedied on the next one.

[sleek]

I just measured the other one i built like this. Identical weigjt and draw length. Also identical fd chart, even though it has 4 inches longer limbs.

[Badger]

 I meant 45# bow

[sleek]

That actually does make me feel better then! Whew! So it is possible to make a viable weapon with this badger? So long as i shoot 450 grain arrows?

[sleek]

And i want to add to the question. Because i have a bow that has less physical mass than a longer bow, and its recurves prevent stacking, does that make these bows benefit from essentially zero mass tips of a longer bow and would allow for more efficient cast PER its amount of stores energy? For example, it stores the weight of a 45 pound bow but shoots like a 50?

[bradsmith2010]

Sleek, if it is shooting the same as a 45# bow,, lets say it will shoot a 500 grain arrow 150fps,, you have enough for a really nice hunting bow, it will kill deer or hog,, it may be shooting more than that,, maybe Badger means it will cast a 450 grain arrow 160 fps,, its enough for hunting for sure,, but you are having to pull alot of extra weight to get that,,the chronograph will tell you for sure,, I like to get 150fps with a 500 grain arrow to hunt with,, if my hunting bow will shoot harder than that, thats great too,, and I am sure at close range ,, less fps can be effective,,

[Badger]

Sleek, shorter bows do tend to be more efficient, with a 26" instead of 28 that most are usually measured at you would still have a very serviceable bow. You really have to shoot a bow and test it to figure out what is is getting, too many variables.

[sleek]

Well then, these bows ar on track to do everything I want them to do. Thanks guus for all your help!

[sleek]

Just got back from shooting the ever loving crap out of these bows. Performance was phenomenal.  Absolutely above what I had hoped for. Both this bow and its 49 inch big brother outshot any bow I compared them to in regards to penetration and apparent speed.it was too cloudy and windy to chrono them.

The 45" bow lifted a splinter while it was being tested to maximum draw. I removed it and am going to sinew it, then make another 45.5" self bow so I can still have one.

We did a 100 yard clout shoot into 30 mph head winds. Most folk had to really arc them to get any distance and still fell very short. Mine had zero trouble getting there. Actually I found myself very capable of over shooting the target with half the arc everyone else was using. I had lts of compliments on how well these bows shot and with their performance.   I will be making many many more of them and trying to eek all I can out of them. 

In summary,  I believe I have very capable weapons for hunting and would have no trouble with pass through shots on deer inside 20 yards.  I will post more when I have chrono numbers.