Simple PVC Horse Bow

Hey everybody, just a little video on how I make PVC pipe bows. I love giving these bows away to friends to help carry on the archery bug, and to entice them to make some self-bows with me!

The bow in this video is in the same style as my favorite PVC bow, the little red one in the background when I'm cutting the nocks. It should come out to be about 44 inches when strung, and with 3/4" pipe, expect about 40 to 45 pounds at a 28" draw. For some reason, the brace height needs to be about six and a half to seven inches or the weight changes.

As far as durability, that little red bow has been alive for quite some time, and has lasted at least a few thousand shots with no sign of stopping. Be careful, though, as PVC can collapse, and if you don't take care, it can degrade and break over time.

Keep the bow cool, don't leave it in your car when it is really hot, and keep it unstrung when not in use. It will last if you take care of it.


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[Garshootr]

@BackyardBowyer I made one lastnite. Shot this morn. My first try at making. Know im a believer. Mine ended up 30lb @22". I have a vid of me shooting it today. Look it up. Thanks and good fun shooting to all

[BackyardBowyer]

@Garshootr That is awesome for a first bow!

[Garshootr]

@BackyardBowyer for the dimensions in this video what should the string lenght be?

[BackyardBowyer]

@Garshootr around 44 inches.

[b16dragon]

to make this bow stronger couldn't you put another pcs pipe inside (ive seen people do that on pvc long bow)

[BackyardBowyer]

@b16dragon You could, but the bow itself would end up a lot heavier. It's better to go up to another pipe diameter and keep the bow lighter or use a thicker wall thickness pipe like shedule 80.

[Smallgamehunter8828]

Can you do this on heat gun

[valiahdeth]

hi. ty for video. greetings from finland. Mikke is my friend too here. He recommended this video.

[bjh05]

Cool what wicked video

[franhacker01]

pelotudo no entendi nada la concha de la lora!!!!!!!!!! mentira esta bueno

[satanpanonski13]

cool,nice bow...

[gamogunguy]

@BackyardBowyer i think that will be much more dificult to bend like this horse bow i think its better if you make the bow like this its a lot smoother to shot belive me