PCV pipe bow

Pretty happy with the pvc bow I made. I've got it down to 6" groups at 20 yards, I'm ready to put a deer down with it. Hits pretty hard with 580 grains....I'm guessing its shooting in the 150 to 160 fps range. click pic for video.

 

Whats the draw weight?

 

I'm releasing in the 28-29" range....48lbs at 28 and 52lbs at 29.

 

That's awesome


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Did you heat and shape the PVC? I’ve heard of guys doing that. I made one for my 3 year old but it’s just wrapped in tape and strung with braided masonry line. It will shoot pretty hard (plenty hard for a three year old) but nowhere near the speed and weight you are getting.

 

No, its just a straight long bow....1/2" pipe ripped and shoved into a 3/4" pipe, with a 3/8" fiberglass rod in the center.

 

Thats sweet!

 

Cool. Thanks for the explanation.

 

Very interesting. neat to have and shoot

 

I may even make a few more of this in the 180 grain range to shoot through it.

 

If you can make that.... I'm pretty disappointed you made the bow out of PVC... and Jealous.

 

i've seen this done on youtube. it looked hard getting the pvc pipe into the other one

 

It is, lol...I beat that thing on the concrete for 30 min. getting it in there.

 

i've kinda wanted to do it for fun for just a target bow but the work would be time consuming

 

I've got less than an hour and less than $10 in it.

 

Definitely make a flattened pipe version!!! Use 1" pipe and flatten it and make recurve shaped tips. I made a shorter bow pulling 62lbs at 30" and it shoots 10times harder than the round pipe bows, mostly because its so much less weight to carry in the limb as well as a more natural way for the pipe to bend. There is even an instructional for a centershot version on youtube

 

Heres mine
62lb Recurve PVC bow! - YouTube

 

He can, I have a couple of them he made. They are pretty awesome.

Are safety glasses required with the bow:D

Pvc isn't made to bend:what:

Nice job and good luck dropping something with it.

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Thats sweet!!