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Offline fishfinder401

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help with determining bow weight
« on: February 12, 2011, 12:26:45 pm »
i was wondering what everyones guesses are on the weight of a bow i made, my scale only goes up to 50lbs( yes i now i need a new one) but it reeds 50lbs at 13inches! i will be drawing it to 32 inches, its an osage d bow that is a little over 6ft, 2 inches wide and around 1 thick at handle. from what iv'e heard my guess is around 110-120, but i'm new to this and id'e like others opinions
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Offline Pat B

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Re: help with determining bow weight
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2011, 02:11:50 pm »
A good rule of thumb would be 2# to 3# per inch of draw.
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Offline woodsrunner

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Re: help with determining bow weight
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2011, 07:50:13 pm »
If you have a bathroom scale you can measure the weight. Take a tiller stick place it on the scale place your bow on the top of your tiller stick and then pull the bow to full draw watching the scale it will tell you your draw weight fairly accurately.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: help with determining bow weight
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2011, 07:53:20 pm »
Quote from: woodsrunner on February 16, 2011, 07:50:13 pm
If you have a bathroom scale you can measure the weight. Take a tiller stick place it on the scale place your bow on the top of your tiller stick and then pull the bow to full draw watching the scale it will tell you your draw weight fairly accurately.

that exactly how i do mine  ;)
but i dobt recomend using a digital one,the ytake too long to take the reading
get an old style analog scale(with the dial that rotates)
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Offline fishfinder401

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Re: help with determining bow weight
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2011, 08:41:39 pm »
i will definatley try that
thanks
noel
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Offline Pat B

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Re: help with determining bow weight
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2011, 08:57:36 pm »
Not a digital bathroom scale.  ;)
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