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Offline Keenan

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Re: finished bighorn sheep bow.
« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2012, 12:27:11 am »
Awesome, How dose it shoot?  I have always wanted to try one of those, and have heard mixed reactions of how people like shooting horn bows. What are your thoughts on the performance?

Offline Weylin

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Re: finished bighorn sheep bow.
« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2012, 12:49:57 am »
That's incredible, Chuck. nice work!

Offline Pappy

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Re: finished bighorn sheep bow.
« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2012, 08:17:50 am »
Very cool bow,A little short for me but love looking at them. ;) :)
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Offline HoBow

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Re: finished bighorn sheep bow.
« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2012, 09:33:01 am »
Very impressive bend on that baby.
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Re: finished bighorn sheep bow.
« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2012, 10:15:17 am »
Wow, I was hoping to see that bow :) Very-very cool! It's uplifting to see how much character it is possible to have in such a flexible and reflexed bow. The colour of the horn is kind of inspiring to try to get hold of some like it. Very neat little bow - thanks for sharing!

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Re: finished bighorn sheep bow.
« Reply #20 on: November 13, 2012, 10:40:59 am »
Great work, thanks for posting.
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Re: finished bighorn sheep bow.
« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2012, 06:57:52 pm »
Keenan, of course these are best suited for very close range. Short and powerful does not yeald a accurate bow at more than 15 yards. I shot it through a chrono a few dozen times today and was happy with the speeds, much faster than the last. I used the wild rose plains style arrows in the picture on the rack. They have iron points and drag on the feathers but the average arrow speeds were still 162-166 fps. Got one at 176 and 182 but am sure I probably pushed my hand forward on release. These were all at 21". At 19-20 it dropped to 127fps or so. That tells me 21" is as far as I want to go.

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Re: finished bighorn sheep bow.
« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2012, 08:32:48 pm »
Thank you that is the input I was looking for. Great little bow. I bet it would be fun off a horse