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Offline Et_tu_brute

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65#@31" Laminated ELB
« on: April 10, 2009, 06:05:06 pm »
Thought I'd share some pics of a laminated longbow I built a few months ago. It's hickory/purpleheart/lemonwood, 76"ntn and 65#@31". Pretty pleased with how it came out, especially the tiller. Performance is OK for me, I've shot a 600 grain arrow with 7" fletchings 170-180 yards, so not too bad.











Also a vid of me shooting it...

http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn122/et_tu_brute_2008/?action=view&current=SDC10317.flv

Cheers,
Dave
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Offline JustAim

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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2009, 06:18:35 pm »
Great Job on the bow Dave!!! l Like the video too! Well Done.
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Offline cracker

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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2009, 06:28:07 pm »
Very nice bow sir.Ron
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Offline Jesse

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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2009, 07:27:18 pm »
Beautiful bow you got there. Cool video also. Great to see how others draw and shoot their bows. I've never tried drawing so far and shooting like that but I can see how it would be helpful for achieving long distances. Nice work
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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2009, 07:50:03 pm »
I like it!
I love warbows, and warbow shooting, and I'm really pleasing to see you drawing to the ear!
the jumping-after the arrow is pretty common for heavy archers, but It won't good to your accuracy. How surprising :p

next one's gonna be 95$@32"? hah!

Nick
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Offline DanaM

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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2009, 08:08:18 pm »
Well done looks good to me and thanks for sharing :)
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Offline african man

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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2009, 08:46:40 pm »
Nice one there , well done .....hope to see more

Chris  ;)
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Offline OldBow

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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2009, 11:54:08 am »
Quite the weapon. Got your ELB bookmarked for April Laminate Bow of the Month, too.
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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2009, 08:17:48 pm »
Very nice bow and good shooting style too. Did you make the nocks?
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Offline shamus

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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2009, 01:02:26 pm »
fantastic job!
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Offline Et_tu_brute

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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2009, 02:46:19 pm »
Thanks very much guys. The active loose where I move forward after/during releasing is just something I was experimenting with there, after seeing others doing it, I only do it when shooting for distance though surprisingly it doesn't affect my accuracy very much. Here's another video of my normal technique when shooting for accuracy over long distance http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn122/et_tu_brute_2008/?action=view&current=SDC10312.flv

Burner, I bought these nocks pre shaped then did the final sanding/finishing myself, however I do normally carve my own.
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Offline JustAim

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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2009, 03:12:17 pm »
It all looks good to me....l wouldnt worry about your shooting technique, just have fun with your bow. Isnt that what its all about?  :)
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Re: 65#@31" Laminated ELB
« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2009, 06:52:44 pm »
Quote from: Et_tu_brute on April 12, 2009, 02:46:19 pm
Thanks very much guys. The active loose where I move forward after/during releasing is just something I was experimenting with there, after seeing others doing it, I only do it when shooting for distance though surprisingly it doesn't affect my accuracy very much.

that's what I thought... but as soon as I started with the passive loose, I found my accuracy increased alot. but it looks cool anyways ;) and maybe you'll get some extra distance.

Nick
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