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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow" data-source="post: 1390730" data-attributes="member: 7123"><p>Ya know, doctorjj, if you study the Gearhead crossbow video and design, it actually does do what I'm describing, but in a different/roundabout way - the string goes from the front backward toward you (the shooter) when drawn. But unlike the Horton, it goes PAST the "end" of the bow - the spot where the riser *would be* if the bow was backward like the Horton and the home build, and then goes on back a ways before being cocked - so you do effectively get a longer power stroke and draw length *for* the length of the bow and weight of the limbs - just by virtue of the string going past where it would normally stop at the *back* of the bow and going forward to the front of the bow - longer power stroke for the same bow length & weight. Evidently this is how they get a 350 grain arrow to launch at 325 fps from a 75 lb bow! If they're not fibbing, this is actual arrow speed, not "IBO" speed.</p><p></p><p><strong>cooljeff, sorry I just realized I posted in the wrong forum accidentally - somehow ended up here but thougth I was in Hunting & Fishing?</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow, post: 1390730, member: 7123"] Ya know, doctorjj, if you study the Gearhead crossbow video and design, it actually does do what I'm describing, but in a different/roundabout way - the string goes from the front backward toward you (the shooter) when drawn. But unlike the Horton, it goes PAST the "end" of the bow - the spot where the riser *would be* if the bow was backward like the Horton and the home build, and then goes on back a ways before being cocked - so you do effectively get a longer power stroke and draw length *for* the length of the bow and weight of the limbs - just by virtue of the string going past where it would normally stop at the *back* of the bow and going forward to the front of the bow - longer power stroke for the same bow length & weight. Evidently this is how they get a 350 grain arrow to launch at 325 fps from a 75 lb bow! If they're not fibbing, this is actual arrow speed, not "IBO" speed. [B]cooljeff, sorry I just realized I posted in the wrong forum accidentally - somehow ended up here but thougth I was in Hunting & Fishing?[/B] [/QUOTE]
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