Arrows are 21 inch with a crude job of fetching, shoots real nice across te living room into a box.
Been doing some studying about the short bows they used on horse back so had to make one.
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Make sure the box is sturdy enough to catch & stop the arrows! When I was around 10 and getting into archery, I practiced down in the cellar once when it was raining. The arrows hit my target on the box and went through the back -- right into my father's favorite forest green leather chair!
Old No7 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:26 pm That is really neat Lenn, I like it!
Coming up next, you'll be chipping your own arrow heads or something.
Make sure the box is sturdy enough to catch & stop the arrows! When I was around 10 and getting into archery, I practiced down in the cellar once when it was raining. The arrows hit my target on the box and went through the back -- right into my father's favorite forest green leather chair!Of course my 3 brothers ratted me out... When dear 'ol Dad confronted me, all I could say was "Sorry, but look at my group!" The truth is, my mother would not let the old ugly chair be placed upstairs, and I never saw my Dad sit in it down celler; but he always called it his "favorite".
And if I recall, his hand slaps left a pretty good "group" on my butt too!![]()
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I must of been a few things Bill remember these.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 7:46 pm Lenn, you did great. I think you must have been a Comanche in a previous life.![]()
Thanks Bill, the lack on it i found to be really interesting, one of the reasons i built the whole thing.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:04 am Lenn, I had forgotten how well your "siege engine" shoots. It's really well engineered!
Thanks! i am looking into a bow fishing spear gun that i could use from the deck for taking shallow fish or gaffing line caught ones, without falling overboard....
Thanks but it was all made using a side grinder.
maybe so, but you could build one of those also I bet!