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Offline HickoryBill

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Pvc pipe bows???
« on: February 25, 2013, 12:47:53 am »
Anyone here ever experiment with pvc pipe bows..? I recently saw the youtube videos by the Backyard Bowyer..I couldn't believe it would work..So i tried it..I started with a 60" piece of 1' schedule 40 pvc and flattened it, shaped the handle added some reflex and recurved it..I can't hardly believe it but it worked..ended up 55#@27"Shoots real nice....Anyone else ever have luck with this?
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Pvc pipe bows???
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2013, 07:29:08 am »
Pics? Sounds like a cheap bow for new shooters.
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Offline littlehunters19862011

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Re: Pvc pipe bows???
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2013, 02:36:16 pm »
i have  not  try-ed it yet. but  i have  watched a lot of is  videos on you  tube  . he is good at what he does.  thought it  would be an easy way to make sum kid bows .. ill have to give it a try sum time and see how it works out .
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Re: Pvc pipe bows???
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2013, 02:57:40 pm »
Bill....where ya been buddy? And what the heck are ya doing with that plastic stuff? Ill send ya some wheels if ya wood like to try those too...lol  ;D

By the way I lost ur phone number when my old phone kicked the bucket  :-\
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Pvc pipe bows???
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2013, 03:01:14 pm »
Sacrilegious I say!
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Offline darwin

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Re: Pvc pipe bows???
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2013, 03:19:58 pm »
Ive done it a few times must say that i much prefer wood, however for the price the PVC bow is quick fun to build and shoot and it doesn't explode when it breaks it just bends and creases
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Offline Cameroo

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Re: Pvc pipe bows???
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2013, 06:09:15 pm »
Heresy, heresy! Where's my pitchfork?   ;)
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Offline Dane

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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2013, 06:43:04 pm »
PVC pipe bows are easy and quick. They make a kind of whomp sound when you shoot them.
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Offline JackCrafty

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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2013, 07:27:26 pm »
Yep, and I hear that PVC is good for lawn furniture too....  and water pipes of all things.   ;D >:D

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Offline bow101

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Re: Pvc pipe bows???
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2013, 07:57:54 pm »
Yup palstic is the death of us. In America at one time we made all things from steal, wood  and other organic material. Now WE HAVE UNEMPLOYMENT.....!.. :( :( :( :( :( :(
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