DIY Advanced Pipe Bow

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This can be made from bamboo, PVC, or metal pipe.

It took 20 minutes to build, although I had all the items in my shed.

Basically, it is a Pipe Bow with a hand grip to allow the hand to have a greater mechanical advantage, allow siting along the pipe or use the hand grip to aim, and allowed me to add a Swiss Army Knife!

Photo 1: Pipe Bow with hand grip made from a shelving bracket covered with a pvc sleeve, clamped onto the pipe. A swiss army knife, stops the pvc from moving.

Photo 2: Held as a Bow, noting that the leather component on the sling could be replaced by string as shown in the standard 'DIY Pipe Bow' thread.

Photo 3: Held side on, which is a biomechanically stronger hand position and using the shelving bracket as a site.

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Photo 1: Dismantled - pvc slides onto the bracket, the Swiss Army Knife is pushed into the end of the pvc to stop it from moving. I was lucky to have the Swiss Army Knife  sitting around and was thinking, whatever I stuffed into the end of the pvc, needed to stop all movement (there was only a little to begin with) should also be a survival tool of some kind and therefore should be removable so it could be used.

Photo 2: I added two arrow rests (one each end) to align the arrow (or in my case a Gidgee) to have in central inside the Pipe.

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