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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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plain jane elm bow
« on: October 17, 2009, 03:49:49 pm »
just finished another elm bow.. very plain jane but its shoots great!.  57" long and 64# @ 28"  pretty simple but it just shoots and feels great.  took almost no set at all, just a tiny bit,maybe a half an inch.  and the tips are flipped up just a tad too. even though its so simple i am really please with how this bow performs.  thanks for looking- Ryan

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Offline ken75

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2009, 03:57:47 pm »
i havent been round long but all the bows you have put on here including this one are beautiful !! i love the simple lines from unbraced to full draw . outstanding bow!!
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Offline Pat B

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2009, 04:58:37 pm »
Great little bow and quite pleasant to look at.  Beauty is only skin deep but bad is to the bone! ;)        A good shooting bow is our goal. Pretty is extra. ;D
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Offline Dano

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2009, 05:06:26 pm »
Now that's a great looking little bow, nice job!!
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Offline Tim B

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2009, 06:13:06 pm »
Good looking bow Ryan, what are its dimensions?
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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2009, 09:36:28 pm »
this one rocks, i would love to shoot it!
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Offline jpitts

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2009, 01:00:41 am »
Very pretty and looks like a shooter.

Jimmy
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Offline rebelrecurve

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2009, 08:35:45 am »
Awesome bow, I love it!
Mike
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Offline Granite Mtn

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2009, 08:38:39 am »
It looks just perfect, short and sweet.  57 in long no backing very little set?, whats not to love?

GREAT JOB!
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Offline Timo

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2009, 09:32:10 am »
I built many bows,58" and less, during the ABC contests,but not to many with weights over 60# that held up, and was a pleasure to shoot. This one has my attention. It is not an easy task,and your bows unbraced profile tells me that you have hit a homerun.

Those who think that building such a bow,(while "plain Jane")  seems easy,should try it sometime. They'd learn alot about building bows.

Great job!
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2009, 09:53:15 am »
timo, building no bow is easy. twisted limbs, that is an awesome bow. Congratulations! Jawge
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Offline Kegan

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2009, 09:59:08 am »
I love it :)!
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Offline woodstick

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2009, 11:06:52 am »
looks like the perfect little hunter. i like simple things in life.
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Offline adb

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2009, 11:13:08 am »
That is really some strong work!! Not only is it short, but the poundage is up there. All the short bows I've built have taken a fair bit of set. I have a really hard time shooting short bows with any sort of accuracy, either. Good work! :D
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Offline OldBow

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Re: plain jane elm bow
« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2009, 11:31:20 am »
This is the site for "plain jane" bows. Nice and primitive and bookmarked for Self BOM fun, too. Have a chance to get into the Big Snowy Mtns, yet?
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