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    • Troy Breeding
        April 20, 2012 at 2:38 pm
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        #6693

        Guess you can say I’m a bow junkie…

        For years I wanted a Rocky Mtn Recurve. Since I build all my bow I could never see paying someone else to build one for me.

        Now that RMR as gone out of business I figured my chances of owning one was long gone. Finding a used one is almost like trying to find hens teeth. I’ve looked all over the country trying to find one to use as a pattern. No such luck.

        A few months ago I found out that a fellow in NM (Jess Stuart of Sierra Blanca Bows) was building reproductions of the RMR. After talking to him he gladly gave me all the help I needed to build my own.

        The riser is Che Chen and Bubinga with Maple accent stripes. The limbs are lamboo inside black glass. I also stippled the grip.

        Final states are 62″ AMO 60#@28″. At my 29″ draw I’ll be pulling 63#. The few test shots I took before putting on the finish show it going to be a good shooting bow.

        Once I steelwool with 0000 steelwood the high gloss will be history. After that it’s back to shooting and tuning. I have plans to use an 800gr arrow. Should have plenty of thump for anything I want to hunt.

        Troy

      • wildschwein
          April 20, 2012 at 2:58 pm
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          #53814

          Great job Troy! How do you stipple a grip?

        • skifrk
            April 20, 2012 at 3:01 pm
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            #53817

            Beautiful bow there Troy. What about the RMR drew you to it to create one of your own?

          • Troy Breeding
              April 20, 2012 at 6:14 pm
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              #53985

              wildschwein wrote: Great job Troy! How do you stipple a grip?

              I use a dremel tool with a ball tipped bit. You just make a dimple then another, then another until you have the area you want covered.

              Troy

            • Troy Breeding
                April 20, 2012 at 6:16 pm
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                #53986

                skifrk wrote: Beautiful bow there Troy. What about the RMR drew you to it to create one of your own?

                Wanted one for years. Guess it has to do with the slimmer riser. If you notice the riser is not a wide as the limbs. May not be a fast as other bows, but they are supposed to be as smooth as any.

                Troy

              • Troy Breeding
                  April 20, 2012 at 6:20 pm
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                  #53990

                  The gloss finish is history. Here it is stung and ready for the strike plate, shelf pad, and most likely string silencers.

                • wildschwein
                    April 20, 2012 at 11:00 pm
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                    #54198

                    Man oh man that is one sweet looking bow. You do very good work Troy.

                  • Troy Breeding
                      April 20, 2012 at 11:03 pm
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                      #54201

                      When your not rich you have to learn to do things yourself.:D

                    • Wexbow
                        April 21, 2012 at 2:01 pm
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                        #54895

                        Beautiful job Troy. It is an unusually narrow riser alright, must make for a light bow. Do you find the stippled grip gives a better hold?

                      • Troy Breeding
                          April 21, 2012 at 2:23 pm
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                          #54921

                          Yes it does reduce the overall weight of the bow. To me it makes the riser sleek and refined.

                          The stippled grip helps prevent the bow from slipping around in your hand when your hands are sweaty or your wearing cotton gloves.

                          Troy

                        • ozzyshane
                            April 22, 2012 at 6:11 am
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                            #55686

                            Troy what did you do with the centre shot to make it better for the FOC arrows Thanks Shane

                          • Troy Breeding
                              April 22, 2012 at 12:40 pm
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                              #55965

                              ozzyshane wrote: Troy what did you do with the centre shot to make it better for the FOC arrows Thanks Shane

                              Shane,

                              I only cut the sight window to center. Most folks cut their windows atleast 1/8″ past center.

                              The only reason I cut the window this far is I may one day decide to sell this bow and most would not like anything less than center cut.

                              I’ll build out the sight window for sure. After steelwooling the gloss finish to flat I tried the same arrows I’ve been using in my last bow. Yea, this bow is several pounds heavier and even in the strong cross wind it was easy to see that the arrows were way underspined. They would leave the bow heavy tail left. As the left to right wind would catch them they would swing heavy tail right. It almost looked like the tail of a dog wagging.

                              Hopefully today the wind will not be as bad and I will be able to work up the right shaft for the bow.

                              I can say I’m totally happy with the speed of this bow. The arrows I was trying tipped the scale at 800grs. and I could see quite a bit faster flight.

                              Troy

                            • David Coulter
                              Member
                                April 22, 2012 at 12:56 pm
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                                #55981

                                That’s a real beauty. I might not ever build a bow, but the thought that goes into it is really interesting. I appreciate the post. best, dwc

                              • William Warren
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                                  April 22, 2012 at 11:40 pm
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                                  #56452

                                  Beautiful bow Troy. I admire you talent.

                                  Duncan

                                • ozzyshane
                                    April 23, 2012 at 8:11 am
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                                    #56800

                                    Troy do you think you can build it out enought or will u need to use an internal footing Thanks Shane

                                  • Troy Breeding
                                      April 23, 2012 at 4:30 pm
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                                      #57211

                                      Shane,

                                      Started shooting yesterday after building out the shelf. I made it 1/4″ before center and I’m finding I will have to use internal footings. I’m shooting 300 Beman Bowhunter shafts. I tried shooting lighter points to see where my starting point was, but the shafts were too light in weight and that made the bow noisey as heck. I even took one shaft down to 1/4″ longer than my draw and they are still too weak. I’m testing with a 300gr Tuffhead point on a 125gr steel adpt. For now I’m double footing the point end of the shaft to make it the same diameter as the brass point and using the standard aluminium insert.

                                      I’m really suprised at how hard this bow is casting the shafts.

                                      So last night I made up a shaft with a 4″ IF and will give it a try as soon as the wind decides to back off a little. Hard to test shoot when the breeze is in the 25 to 30 MPH range.

                                      Troy

                                    • wahoo
                                      Member
                                        April 24, 2012 at 7:06 pm
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                                        #58380

                                        you sure that’s not my bow , wait I’ll go look. Still have her . Nice bow – great job

                                      • Troy Breeding
                                          April 25, 2012 at 12:01 am
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                                          #58624

                                          Wahoo,

                                          Dream on….:D:D

                                          Troy

                                        • wahoo
                                          Member
                                            April 26, 2012 at 1:18 am
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                                            #59896

                                            all I got to say is that is a sweet bow and the lines and curves look just perfect.I’ll be in Bozo town tomorrow – should stop and say hi to John. Great bow

                                          • Hiram
                                              April 29, 2012 at 1:02 am
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                                              #63211

                                              Deep hook recurves are nice!I also like the long curves a little static which keeps them stacking at longer draws. I can tell you understand Bow geo really good Troy! The deep hooks make for stability.:)

                                            • Troy Breeding
                                                April 29, 2012 at 1:32 pm
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                                                #63770

                                                Hiram,

                                                This was the first bow I’ve tried this design on. I’ve compared limb designs form several different bows and foundthat the ones with the deeper hook design seem to have better cast. So I decided to give it a try.

                                                So far I’m happy with everything. Hopefully today will be one of those days I can find out exactly what shaft setup shoots best.

                                                Troy

                                              • celticknot
                                                  May 1, 2012 at 2:02 am
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                                                  #9050

                                                  so whats the verdict troy? So how about I swing by the house and you show me how to build a 3pc bow.

                                                  lol Really want to learn.

                                                • Troy Breeding
                                                    May 1, 2012 at 10:38 pm
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                                                    #10116

                                                    Anytime Matt…

                                                  • Hiram
                                                      May 4, 2012 at 3:52 am
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                                                      #12552

                                                      Troy Breeding wrote: Hiram,

                                                      This was the first bow I’ve tried this design on. I’ve compared limb designs form several different bows and foundthat the ones with the deeper hook design seem to have better cast. So I decided to give it a try.

                                                      So far I’m happy with everything. Hopefully today will be one of those days I can find out exactly what shaft setup shoots best.

                                                      Troy

                                                      Yessir! Less stack and more torsional stability,,especially if they do not unfold a lot at FD. Look at some of Borders deep hook limbs at FD,, you will see that they a re little static which contributes to less stack and more torsional stability.:)

                                                    • WildmanSC
                                                        June 7, 2012 at 11:58 pm
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                                                        #52313

                                                        Troy,

                                                        That’s a mighty good looking bow you built. It’s as good looking as some of the arrows I bought from you when you lived in AL!

                                                        Bill

                                                      • Troy Breeding
                                                          June 10, 2012 at 11:28 am
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                                                          #55106

                                                          Thanks for the kind words Bill. As with any first time design there are afew small cosmetic booboo’s in it, but they have no effect on how it shoots.

                                                          Troy

                                                        • WildmanSC
                                                            June 12, 2012 at 11:22 pm
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                                                            #57815

                                                            Troy,

                                                            You may see some cosmetic booboos when you look at the bow in your hands. I just see a great looking bow!

                                                            Bill

                                                          • WildmanSC
                                                              June 21, 2012 at 3:15 am
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                                                              #10614

                                                              Troy is in the process of building a Rocky Mountain Recurve copy for me. Below are some pics of the riser he emailed to me. The riser has had one coat of epoxy sealer applied to it.

                                                              It’s going to be a gorgeous bow. It’ll be 62″ and around 50#@28″.

                                                              Bill

                                                            • Wexbow
                                                                June 21, 2012 at 9:31 pm
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                                                                #11384

                                                                Sweet 8)

                                                              • Troy Breeding
                                                                  June 21, 2012 at 11:39 pm
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                                                                  #11487

                                                                  The more I look at this bow, the more I’m finding it hard to let it go.:D:D:D

                                                                  May have to keep it and make another one out of something rather plan to be able to send it out.

                                                                  If I remember right I think I have a block of hickory stashed back. That shoud be plain enough.:D:D:D

                                                                  Bill, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

                                                                  I have three coats of epoxy sealant/grain filler on it now and it starting to smooth out nicely. I had hoped to have all the pores filled with three coats, but I’m not happy with the results at this point in time. May have to add afew more coats to get it like I want.

                                                                  Troy

                                                                • WildmanSC
                                                                    June 22, 2012 at 5:40 pm
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                                                                    #12362

                                                                    Troy,

                                                                    I suspect the Bubinga is the wood you’re having difficulty filling. I had a recurve built out of Bubinga and Shedua with Maple, Bloodwood and Purpleheart accents. It was a gorgeous bow, but, it had lots of pores that weren’t sealed in both the Bubinga and the Shedua.

                                                                    Don’t ship the bow until you’re happy with it. If you’re happy with it, I know I will be. I still have a couple dozen arrows that you built for me way back when you was building wood arrows. They still show the quality craftsmanship you put into your work to this day! :):):)

                                                                    Bill

                                                                  • Troy Breeding
                                                                      June 23, 2012 at 12:28 am
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                                                                      #12718

                                                                      You pegged it, the bubinga is really porus. I’ve had bubinga in the past that wasn’t as bad, but didn’t have the look this piece does.

                                                                      No matter how long it takes I want it right when it leaves here.

                                                                      Troy

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