Apropos of Nothing: Heaviest bow draw yet
Oh, sure. Lots of people draw heavier bows. But this one is the heaviest I’ve been able to even attempt – mostly due to lack of opportunity. It’s an 85-lb handmade longbow. Well, not that long.
The form makes a big difference. If you hold the bow out and simply pull, it’s a lot harder than a proper warbow draw, which is a lot of legs and back and motion.
Or, as a friend said: “Is that your bow?”
“No. Not yet.“
I also got to talk penetration and Lars Anderson with the proprietor of Grey Goose Bows (he also has a YouTube channel), so a good time all in all. He, of course, made the bow I’m drawing.
If I use the design features of The Deadly Spring, I can model this as 85-lb bow that should be made of walnut (I think that’s what he said) and needs to be 73″ long or longer to give a 30″ draw. It’s modeled as a straight/D-section bow about 0.85″ square. Firing a 31″ poplar arrow with a lightweight armor piercing point (about 680 grains), I should be able to fire an arrow to 305 yards. It will do about 1d penetration to about 200yds, then 1d-1 from there onward. The velocity of that arrow should be about 207fps on release according to the model.
"I also got to talk penetration and Lars Anderson"
O.o
So did you talk about bow shooting too or just . . . penetration and Lars.
Yeah. That phrasing did not go as intended. Took notes from Tim Shorts and rolled a 1.
Hey now, I never rolled a 1 on penetration!
I hear your Lovely Bride disagrees . . .
U_U