Hitting bunny targets is always fun.
6 layers of eva foam floor mats carved into shape and coated in spray rubber gutter seal. I've hit it hundreds of times with field points and it's still solid, the few times I've used a broad head on it it kinda acted like a self sealing target but not as good.
Broke in the merbau longbow today, head shot at 15m on shot 3 of the day, first one went between the ears. 200 shots with no nasty noises and zero micro fractures or hinges forming.
Got a little bit of finish sanding to do, but it's 99% complete and ready for hunting. 6ft knock to knock when strung, pulls 65lbs and some change/ 32kg at 31.5 inches/ 750 mm
Waiting on some new braid to make a nicer string, Flemish twist for the anti vibration. I'm thinking of inletting a piece of leather onto the shelf and arrow pass.
I don't know why I never tried using merbau before but I think I've found the only bow wood I'll use again, easy to sand nice and dense and it only took about a day to finish.
Trying merbau backed with pre stretched denim for the first time, should get it bending tomorrow...
Got it tillered to about 3/4 of my draw length, approximately40lb at 20 inches, decided to get a little steamy and try to get rid of some set, went from 2 inches of string follow to 6 inches of reflex in the jig hoping it'll hold 2
Heat treating tomorrow and the final tiller then on to shaping the handle....