Light weight bows

[PatM]

What does Pat know?

 That TB and sinew aren't best friends. 

[Marc St Louis]

Made this light weight recurve out of Elm for a guy many years ago, I don't remember if it's because he had health problems or was old or maybe both.  It pulled 36# @ 28" and would shoot a 500 grain arrow at 155 fps and a 10 GPP arrow in the high 180 fps.  He was shooting exclusively targets and was having trouble shooting out to 180 yards with the bows he had, this did that without any trouble

[bradsmith2010]

when I get old I am going to order one to deer hunt with,, very nice,, I turn 62 in a few weeks,,,, when is old?

[DC]

When you read the obits and your name is there

[Pappy]

That's a beauty Marc, 62 ant old , at least I hope it ant cause I am passed that I think. 
 Pappy

[LittleBen]

Personally I would say add a bunch of reflex, which is why I would go recurve.

[Marc St Louis]

Well the fact that I don't remember why I built it says that it's either been a long time since I made it or that I'm getting old, your a few months ahead of me Brad, or maybe it's both 

[Badger]

  Mark, that bow is a real good example of how much power typical bows loose to hysterisis, very rare for a self bow to approach 180 fps with 10 grains, yet that bow performed at the top of the scale for even laminated wood bows. It also demonstrated that a lot of us may be underbuilding our bows and not realize it. My 35# bows will very often outperform my 50# bows when shot on an equal grains per pound basis.

[wizardgoat]

Marc, I like that design, don't suppose you remember any more specs on it?

[PEARL DRUMS]

What does Marc know?

[wizardgoat]

haha well he knows how to make a 36# bow that shoots faster than most my 50# bows!
I've never tried a reflexed recurve, very nice profiles

[blackhawk]

Fwiw (which aint much) im in the narrow elliptical tillered longbow/elb camp. N thats all i know (which aint much either) 

[Marc St Louis]

The date tag on the pictures for this bow says 2004, which sounds about right.  I still have a bit of a write up on it, saved from an old website I had, and this is what it said.

This is a reflex recurve Elm selfbow. This bow was reflexed using dry heat with the belly wood tempered. The bow is 65" N to N with limbs 1 3/8" wide at the fades tapering to 5/8" wide at the recurves and nocks 3/8" wide. It has a leather wrap for a handle with a built up leather arrow rest. This bow was built for a gentleman with the need for a low draw weight bow and pulls 36# @ 28". Even though this bow is of low draw weight it still chronographs a 500 grain arrow at 155 fps and upper 180 fps with 10 grains/lb

The 180 yard target he was shooting at is called clout shooting, I had forgotten that part