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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: HopHornbeam 66in Flat bow 55lbs@28″
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2021, 04:42:15 pm »
   make the best bow you can,, and try to learn ,, improvement will be different with everyone,,,,trying to make the perfect bow is subjective,, just   like trying to make the perfect painting,, or perfect music composition,, I have made bows that won state natiional and world shoots,, were they perfect,, no,, everyone has different goals in bow making and thats great,,enjoy   (-S
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Re: HopHornbeam 66in Flat bow 55lbs@28″
« Reply #16 on: May 04, 2021, 12:12:58 pm »
After some work, it down to 50# and a joy to shot.
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Re: HopHornbeam 66in Flat bow 55lbs@28″
« Reply #17 on: May 04, 2021, 12:24:59 pm »
That’s looking a lot better!
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: HopHornbeam 66in Flat bow 55lbs@28″
« Reply #18 on: May 04, 2021, 07:23:16 pm »
Quote from: Pat B on April 30, 2021, 04:12:48 pm
Don, a foot above and below the handle is way stiff and the tips are a bit whippy.

Spot on Pat!

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Re: HopHornbeam 66in Flat bow 55lbs@28″
« Reply #19 on: May 04, 2021, 07:26:13 pm »
If you flip the tips an inch or two and took a little more off the fades that would fix the problem. Also a good heat treat and with previous mentioned fixes it would be a screamer!

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Offline druid

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Re: HopHornbeam 66in Flat bow 55lbs@28″
« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2021, 03:29:22 am »
Not working enough in inner half of the limbs. But you got good advices from guys so I am sure you can fix it if you want.
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