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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I have to admit I'm not comfortable with the PVC bow. It may just be my own ignorance, but I really think we need a few guinea - er - volunteers to test a few of these bows to destruction. I would even want to break one open and see what the shards (that will be flying into people's faces<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>) actually look like. </SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Siegfried <siegfried@crossbows.biz><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, October 9, 2012 1:06 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Archers] More on PVC Bows<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>> However, a new bowyer is another matter. How do we judge his or her<BR>> experience? How many bows have they built? How long have their bows been<BR>> in use? Have any failed? Is this a new bow, or one that has had say 100<BR>> shots from it (that's
roughly four royal rounds, barely broken in)?<BR><BR>But that's no different than a wooden bow. Is this someone's first<BR>wooden bow? Or first attempt at a laminated bow?<BR><BR>Or is this even the case of "Archer X drawing selfbow Y for the first<BR>time, and bow Y was tested at a 22" draw length, and Archer X draws at a<BR>30" draw length ... and ... BOOM"<BR><BR>I've seen those on the range, and I've seen them fail AMAZINGLY<BR>catastrophically, with chunks flying.<BR><BR>And we have similarly no way to really inspect a '1st time bowyers' bow<BR>any differently, as it will look perfectly the same as an experienced hand.<BR><BR>Siegfried<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Barun Siegfried Sebastian Faust, OP - Baron Highland Foorde - Atlantia<BR>http://hf.atlantia.sca.org/ - http://crossbows.biz/ - http://eliw.com/<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Archers mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org"
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