I dont want to start a thread about whether speed is good or bad just after opinions on a average speed for an all wood long bow shooting 10 grains per pound.I finished a bamboo floor board bow on the weekend and it shot 167fps and I thought that was OK at 60 pound 10 grains per pound.
Cheers KIM
Anytime you get weight plus 100 with 10 gpp your doing good. Most testing is done with 9 gpp and 28" draw. Your bow will be about 176 with that arrow and that's very respectable.
BTW yours is not an "all wood" bow; it's "all grass" LOL
Mike
that's what I get with my Osage selfB, same specs. Very good speed
Marc St Louis has achieved around 190 fps with his elm, static recurve self bows using 10gpp hunting arrows. With the proper design a self bow can achieve the same or better speed than a glass lam bow. On the other hand, I feel good with 150 to 160 fps out of my bows with hunting weight arrows. At 20 yards that is plenty. Pat
I got around to making a proper string for the floor board today and it was shooting 175-179 with a 12 strand 8125 string.I am real happy with this bow.
Cheers KIM
I recently finished out a Dryad blank that was 56 at 27''. It shoots a 540 grain cedar 10 yards farther than a 55 lb.@28 Martin Hunter drawn to 27'' with the same arrow. With less hand shock, dead quiet and more accurate , my buddy is happy with it to say the least. He gets pass throughs on carp.
I always was told bow weight plus 100fps is very, very good with 10gpp. that is excellent. Shawn
All wood bows rule, especially when made by the right hands!
I am still working at it!
Those are impressive numbers. Keep up the good work. Gary