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Re: Shooting a Compound Instinctively
[Re: R_H_Clark]
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01/21/17 07:06 AM
01/21/17 07:06 AM
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No sir, I'm not familiar with them. Have you shot any longbows before? One of the ASTB shoots would be a great place to try a bunch of different bows. You can shoot my Widow PL 55lbs at 28 and 62" long. PM me if you want and we will try to get together sometime and shoot. Nope, only shot a recurve before. Longbow just intrigues me for some reason. The Wolf Archery folks make custom longbows, not a bad price for them either. The archery pro at Shoals Outdoor was telling me about them, he has one of this guys bows. Website is www.wolf-archery.com
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Re: Shooting a Compound Instinctively
[Re: NWALJM]
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01/21/17 07:18 AM
01/21/17 07:18 AM
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NW Alabama
R_H_Clark
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No sir, I'm not familiar with them. Have you shot any longbows before? One of the ASTB shoots would be a great place to try a bunch of different bows. You can shoot my Widow PL 55lbs at 28 and 62" long. PM me if you want and we will try to get together sometime and shoot. Nope, only shot a recurve before. Longbow just intrigues me for some reason. The Wolf Archery folks make custom longbows, not a bad price for them either. The archery pro at Shoals Outdoor was telling me about them, he has one of this guys bows. Website is www.wolf-archery.com They look like all wood bows made by someone who doesn't know how to make all wood bows. That sounds a little bad but I absolutely would not recommend one of those based on what I can see. I can help you build a better bow out of Osage or Hickory if you want an all wood bow. What I recommend is a laminated RD longbow that will cost you about $400 entry level. We can also make you a very good Osage bow for free if you are willing to do the work on it. I'll be happy to show you how. This is a bamboo backed Osage I built. I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner though. If you build one just build an unbacked Osage or Hickory to start. 
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Re: Shooting a Compound Instinctively
[Re: NWALJM]
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01/21/17 04:31 PM
01/21/17 04:31 PM
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Great looking bow RH. Thanks for schooling me some on what's quality and not, I wouldn't know without some help. I appreciate your offer may have to take you up on that some day. I hate to say anything about someone's work but those bows just aren't something I would recommend if they are all wood designs as I am thinking.
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Re: Shooting a Compound Instinctively
[Re: NWALJM]
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01/21/17 07:15 PM
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I wish I had some better pictures of the riser. The shelf is a glued on piece of wood covered in leather. You don't want to make a big bulky handle then cut it in half for a shelf. You want it to be small and lively in the hand. If you do that with an all wood design but cut out the shelf,it will be too weak and could break. The only way to make it strong enough to cut out a shelf is to make it big and bulky like a laminated recurve.
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Re: Shooting a Compound Instinctively
[Re: NWALJM]
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01/25/17 02:41 PM
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Arab/Stevenson AL
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R_H, have you had any experience with Bingham Projects? I'm with you on the all wood for a novice. They sell the kits complete with laminations, black glass and maple core. I haven't researched them much but it sounds similar to the construction BW uses. You have to make the mold and press I think.
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Re: Shooting a Compound Instinctively
[Re: Recurve]
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01/25/17 04:09 PM
01/25/17 04:09 PM
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R_H, have you had any experience with Bingham Projects? I'm with you on the all wood for a novice. They sell the kits complete with laminations, black glass and maple core. I haven't researched them much but it sounds similar to the construction BW uses. You have to make the mold and press I think. I actually ordered the Bingham plans to build one. I didn't order the materials though. If you had a few wood working tools,you can make a nice bow using a Bingham kit. Yea,you have to make a press,that uses an inflated fire hose to press the laminations. You also have to build a heated box for curing. It would be great if you just wanted to build your own but you could buy a Samick Sage about as cheap as all the parts and building the other stuff.
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