[Randy]

This is a 3/4" PVC Bow....38 lbs. @ 27" And the color for you Girly men.

The real men us 1" PVC Bow.....47 lbs. @ 27"

 

[rum3002576]

pretty

 

[glassbow201]

Wouldn't a real man pull 31" at minimum?

 

[Randy]

No just one with monkey arms....LOL

 

[JDAWG13767]

Could you give a little more detail on how you made these bows and what you used for the reel mount? I've been wanting to make a PVC bow and these look pretty sweet!

 

[Randy]

The Backyard Bowyer on Youtube is the guy I learned from. They are a flattened 1" PVC sch 40. That is the blue one, the pink is a 3/4" PVC. I like the one inch better because it has more A** . I've went to a 50" pipe after its finished with string they are about 45" and pull from 45-55 lbs. The attachment is a 1/2" square metal tubing with a 5/16 X 24 taped hole to mount the reel seats. I just use heavy duty zip ties to hold it on. Of course you'll have to drill the holes for the ties to go through. Anything else just send me a message. Thanks

 

[Blackdawg]

ive made like 20 of these things. Backyard bowyer might be the most ingenious person in the archery world. All of the bows I have made cost me around 50.00 or so?

 

[Blackdawg]

Made my son a crossbow for roughly 25 dollars. about 120 lb pull and will sling a bolt.

 

[froghunter]

What would that blue one cost?

 

[Hoythntr96]

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Made my son a crossbow for roughly 25 dollars. about 120 lb pull and will sling a bolt.

How did he make the trigger? I could make a crossbow easily enough, but i cant figure out how to build a good trigger

 

[Blackdawg]

its a two piece 2 inch chedule 40 pvc melted down flat. I will try and take pics of the trigger design. works really well and the pressure from the string allows virtually zero trigger creep.

 

[Randy]

They are $60 on my site or you could build your own. They aren't hard to build.

 

[Randy]

55 lbs.@ 27"

45 lbs.@ 27"

 

[froghunter]

They do look good. I want to take a fish with a PVC bow and a primitive bow/arrow set up this year.

I have taken fish with long bow, modern reflex/deflect long bow, recurve, lever bow, and compound.

I think PVC will be next.

 

[Blackdawg]

i chrono'ed a 58" recurve 1inch schedule 40 PVC i made with a buddy fiberglass arrow and a muzzy gar point and it shot 142 FPS at 29 inch draw at 53 lbs. I figured that would be fast enough for a $6.50 rig. Im going to keep 2 for back ups on my boat just in case

 

[Hoythntr96]

i chrono'ed a 58" recurve 1inch schedule 40 PVC i made with a buddy fiberglass arrow and a muzzy gar point and it shot 142 FPS at 29 inch draw at 53 lbs. I figured that would be fast enough for a $6.50 rig. Im going to keep 2 for back ups on my boat just in case

Wow. My 58" sch 40 62lb bow at 30" shot a 400 grain Easton arrow at 161fps. A fiberglass arrow is about 1400grains so if you are getting 142fps you have a damn good design

 

[froghunter]

does that design take a set and lose draw weight over time?

 

[Randy]

Wow. My 58" sch 40 62lb bow at 30" shot a 400 grain Easton arrow at 161fps. A fiberglass arrow is about 1400grains so if you are getting 142fps you have a damn good design

If you would shorten your bow to about 52-50 inches and recurve it, you'll get better with the 400 grain Eastons. But 161 fps will kill anything on the planet.

 

[Hoythntr96]

If you would shorten your bow to about 52-50 inches and recurve it, you'll get better with the 400 grain Eastons. But 161 fps will kill anything on the planet.

Im a 31.5" draw so this one at 58" tip to tip is too short already and 62lbs is way too much weight to shoot for fun. I shoot 67lbs all day on my Hoyt but a loaded up 62lbs tears my arms up after a while.
Im sure there are ways more speed can be had... But even my Oneida Black eagle wont shoot 140fps at 50lbs with a fishing arrow. If it did thatd be great.

 

[water snake 2]

how do they handle 100 degree heat lying on deck of boat?