I consider this bow my lifetime achievement bow for several reasons. It is currently the bow I hold the world record with in the 50# broadhead flight class ( 500 grain arrows, with a broadhead tip) 221 yards.
I built this bow about 2007 and have compted with it for several years. It is 65" nock to nock, draws 50#@28". 22 oz of mass, limbs aremostly paralell but start to slightly taper just past mid limb. Nearly all the bending area is mid limb and very stiff out of the fades and slightly working outer limbs. Net reflex is about 3 1/2". The osage has a ring count of about 20 rings per inch. It must have been some good wood because the bow has remained in absolutely pristine prime condition since its first shot. It has not lost so much as an ounce of draw weight or a speck of speed. Bow currently tests at between 188 fps and 191 fps with a 500 grain arrow. By far this is my lifetime best with a self bow. I have been keeping it a secret for a while now. I have to admit that I credit the wood more than myself. I kind of feel like this bow was my reward for building so many and staying after it for so long. Kind of like the old miner who spends his life hunting for gold and finaly finds it.
The reason I called this bow overbuilt was because I built it like a hunting bow, not a flight bow. Tips are a full 3/8 wide limbs are about 1 5/16 wide. I used to be a big proponet of low mass bows but now I believe you have to have enough wood to do the job, low set trumps everything else in my opinion.
