Hello!
I finally got one to hold together after my two HBI failures. This time I used bamboo backing and Resorcinol. I cleaned the boards with acetone after roughing up with a hacksaw blade. I used osage and ipe for the handle lams and osage for the tips. Can't tell with the dye, though.
Here are the stats:
52#@27"
62"ntn
24oz. mass
fairly radical r/d starting with 5" total glued-in reflex and 2.5" remaining at rest
rit dye/denatured alcohol fading from black to yellow
I recently learned that rit-dye tends to fade in the sun. That didn't make me happy to find out, but I guess I'll see how it holds up over time. I love how it shoots! It's quiet even without the string silencers and I barely feel any hand shock. I'll try to borrow a chronograph sometime in the future.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/Squishy_brain/BBI3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/Squishy_brain/BBI1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/Squishy_brain/BBI4.jpg)
Thanks for looking!
~John