ok this bow has little bit of back story,,its made from a split of a split, and was pretty questionable if it would make a bow,,
so I tried it just for fun,, had not made a sinew bow in a while and it gave me a good reason to get my stuff together to make one,,I degreased the bow with ashes and boiling water,, and put about 1000 grains of sinew on all at once, not processed very thin,, then wrapped with a string, Im not recommending that,, I think inner tube or ace bandage would be alot better ,,,,
I was working outside and had little day light left and didnt do a very neat job of putting it on,, thus the ugly bow title,, thats how I decribed it to my bow making friend as I worked on it,,
it had some issues,, knots on side of limb etc,, some roller coaster that I just left,, I did but slight set back and reflex in tips but I would call it moderate,, then I didnt wait to long to string it and shoot it,, less than two weeks,, its very dry here and I can get away with it sometimes,, I was interested to see what it would do anyway,,,, its seems fine,, and was not really picking up weight so I thought it was pretty dry,, probably not cured ,, but shot fine,,
I made some 23 inch arrows which I have not done much ,, trying to learn about Sioux arrows,, some dogwood some maple and some cedar,, the dogwoods were in the 500 grain weight,, even being short,,
the cedar arrow was light and I tested with that 417 grains,, I considered that ok for hunting weight for deer,,at that point the ugly bow turned to a Swan,, it shot the 417 grain arrow 182 fps,,,53#@ 23 inches,, I know its not 10 gpp but for the shorter draw bow I thought very respectable and huntable,,
its my favorite bow to shoot right now,, enjoy the pics,,
