RE: 300 fps Mongolian bow
 

Saluki?

Yea, I can't imagine them being anywhere near 300 fps.

RE: 300 fps Mongolian bow
 

Bob, What's the draw weight on that bow?

They are talking a bow with a draw weight of 166 lbs.

RE: 300 fps Mongolian bow
 

I honestly don't know. Just a picture on the Saluki website.

But remember that a 166 pound bow would probably have to shoot an arrow close to a tree trunk. I still have a hard time thinking it would be at over 300 fps, but I'm sure it would have an aweful lot of momentum.

RE: 300 fps Mongolian bow
 

http://www.horsebows.com/bows/

Check out this guys workmanship.

RE: 300 fps Mongolian bow
 

Pretty intersting stuff huh Charlie.;)

RE: 300 fps Mongolian bow
 

I have thought about picking up a traditional bow,there are some nice ones on there.

RE: 300 fps Mongolian bow
 

You may want to try on tradgang, there are a few people there that shoot these types of bows. These bowsintimidate me a bit though. ;)

RE: 300 fps Mongolian bow
 

Do you mean horse? Because it would take a horse to draw a bow that would stack that much.:D

RE: 300 fps Mongolian bow
 

Sure pick on a guy for spelling.;):D

They must have been pretty tough to be able to pull 166 lbs while on horse back.

RE: 300 fps Mongolian bow
 

Can't even imagine. Especially after shooting about 16 arrows through my 74# longbow.

A lot of the bows of the past though were very heavy bows. Most old English longbows (back into the 1200's) pulled well over 100 pounds.

BTW, Did you know "giving the bird" originated though archery related events?