2024 Bow Swap Progress Thread - Closed

kennym · July 26, 2024, 04:45:21 PM

Quote from: Crooked Stic on July 23, 2024, 04:25:50 PM
Yep if that is spectraply you got to be generous with the glue. I have used 70 psi. From day one. 20 years building bows only 4 failures I know of that got out the door. I have done some dumb things and had failures that never got out the door tho

I always use too much glue, you can't put it in there later...

Nicholi · August 14, 2024, 10:08:41 PM

Alright guys, the replacement is well underway. Overlays are on and it's about 90% to shape.

Nicholi · September 16, 2024, 06:47:32 PM

1 sting and 1 session of testing and this bad boy is off to the great north.

Noah70 · October 10, 2024, 08:28:19 PM

Just curious what stage this was at? Shipped?

Nicholi · October 10, 2024, 09:06:41 PM

Yes sir! I made some last minute adjustment and it went out on Monday.

EvilDogBeast · October 18, 2024, 08:29:15 PM

Been watching the tracking on this. Looks like it has cleared customs twice and since moved on to a few other Canadian facilities. Hopefully it will arrive soon and we can close this out. Fingers crossed!

Noah70 · October 19, 2024, 12:09:40 PM

I've been watching for the notice to pick up the parcel, it seems to take about 2 weeks to clear all the hurdles. Early next week it should be here, I will post asap. Looking forward to this!!

Noah70 · October 23, 2024, 08:47:41 PM

Well I guess we can wrap up this thread for the year, I picked up the bow from the post office yesterday evening, had a quick look at it, everything was in good shape after its long journey.
Got back to it this afternoon, to put a rug rest on it and sling a few arrows through it and get a feel for its potential. It's a 64" longbow, shallow deflex/reflex, very clean, simple and smooth lines. The included B50 string had it braced at 8 3/8", so I picked through my string drawer and found a slightly longer Dyneema 14 strand that brought it down to 7 1/2" brace. My scale put it at 49.5# at 28", so its just at the top of my comfort range at 29" draw. The draw is smooth and fairly even, as I would expect with this length. There is a small amount of hand shock on release, but nothing uncomfortable. After I tried a variety of shafts, the ones that matched it the best were some heavier carbons that weighed in at 540 grains. It's not a speed demon, but quite respectable nonetheless. I'm looking forward to fine tuning it a little, it will make a nice addition to the growing collection.
Many thanks to Nick for your perseverance and dedication. Much appreciated!
The attractive and able-bodied assistant/photographer was away with the grandson, so the full draw shot had to happen within the 10 seconds available on the IPhone .

Nicholi · October 24, 2024, 12:47:52 AM

I'm glad to hear this one worked out better! Thank you for your patience!

EvilDogBeast · October 27, 2024, 10:33:29 PM

Sorry for the delay everyone. It's been a busy weekend.

And with that, we are officially wrapping the 2024 Bow Swap! Thank you to everyone who participated. You all put in an amazing effort and hung in there while we got everyone taken care of. It is because of you that we can keep this going every year.

Please let me know if you have any feedback (positive or negative). You can leave it here or PM me if you like. Once again, thank you all!