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Main Discussion Area => Horn Bows => Topic started by: loefflerchuck on November 04, 2015, 11:11:02 pm

Title: 30" bighorn sheep horn bow 70# @ 18"
Post by: loefflerchuck on November 04, 2015, 11:11:02 pm: I'll write about the bow after pictures post
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Post by: loefflerchuck on November 04, 2015, 11:13:52 pm: strung
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Post by: loefflerchuck on November 04, 2015, 11:56:30 pm: another try
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Post by: Peacebow_Coos on November 05, 2015, 12:06:18 am: That's truly a beauty Chuck! Beautiful unstrung shape, looks just like one I saw at the Warm Springs Tribal Museum
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Post by: bubby on November 05, 2015, 08:45:40 am: That fd is a beauty Chuck sweet
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Post by: Aaron H on November 05, 2015, 10:38:11 am: Very cool Chuck
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Post by: loefflerchuck on November 05, 2015, 12:22:38 pm: 29" n t n measured around the curve. The horns were only 22" long so thats all i could get. the handle splice is a lap splice with 2 bone rivets(Horn rivets have broken on me before) and wrapped thick with sinew. The splice is only 2 3/4" to try to get as much of the bow bending as I can. It had a lot more reflex and was drawing 70# @ 17". I added the double curve with heat to lessen some of it and now it's 70@18. It did not add to the performance. String is 3 ply sinew with the loop copied from a find in Hogup cave in northern Utah. I put a rattler skin on the bow as there are 2 accounts I have read from the 1800s that the Shoshone and Paiute did this on their hornbows. As you can imagine a 29" bow drawing 70#@18" is a little hard to aim. Seems best suited for shooting buffalo from horseback a few feet away.
Thanks for looking
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Post by: wizardgoat on November 05, 2015, 12:53:53 pm: Beauty bow Chuck! I love those profiles and 18" draw from a 29"ntn is amazing.
First I've heard some horn bows had snake skin, will have to put a set on mine 😉
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Post by: Parnell on November 05, 2015, 01:50:53 pm: It is amazing to have so much weight, bending, and ratio. Always cool to see.
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Post by: sieddy on November 07, 2015, 09:44:39 am: Wow that is totally incredible! Outstanding work there. :)
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Post by: BowEd on November 09, 2015, 11:24:59 am: Kudos to you Chuck on your accomplishment there.Do they get any easier?Would that be shot right from the chest as they were riding the horse?Quite a little power package there and even more so the persuading of it to be a bow.Handy, light weight out of the way when riding a horse.That all makes sense to me.
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Post by: simson on November 09, 2015, 11:45:35 am: Didn't think that is possible! That is a lil monster.
I like the lines, good decicion to give her two additional curves. Beautiful!
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Post by: sieddy on November 14, 2015, 03:39:35 am: Absolutely incredible! :)
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Post by: mullet on November 14, 2015, 09:09:03 pm: Another museum piece, Chuck, amazing , little bow.
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Post by: Del the cat on November 15, 2015, 04:24:49 am: Woo :o mind boggling...
Del
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Post by: Redhand on November 19, 2015, 08:43:16 am: Beautiful bow Chuck!
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Post by: MWirwicki on December 08, 2015, 08:12:08 am: Again and again. Amazing work, Chuck.
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Post by: Badger on December 25, 2015, 12:10:07 pm: Very cool! Why don't you make up a little 18" flite arrow and tell us how far it shoots!
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Post by: loefflerchuck on December 28, 2015, 06:03:34 pm: I'll give it a try Badger. Never made a flight arrow before but it would be fun to try and stretch it's range to 200+ yards.