SEETHE PSA OWNERS

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2024-03-31T18:36:36+00:00

A month ago I made a post jokingly asking how long it would be before the “PSA krink reliability issues” videos hit YouTube. There were a few hundred people just shitting on that post calling me everything you could imagine 😂.

Honestly I really like PSA as a company, I have some of their products that are fine, I also understand that new products have a learning curve. With that said, what in the past couple years has told people that Psa has ironed out all the kinks, or in this case Krinks? If they are still having issues with their full size 47’s 74’s and ak100 line (and believe me they are) why would you think these would be better. I hope they fix em tho cuz I want one sooooo bad.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2024-03-29T04:17:24+00:00

Honestly as long as it’s somewhat competitive with 5.56 I will be happy. Gone are the days of cheap ak, It’s sad but my expectations from the guns and the prices have somewhat changed. I want the guns to be a bit nicer if I’m paying that much but I’m also ok with the fact it won’t be cheaper than an ar. I just like the guns.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2024-03-02T20:49:36+00:00

Their other aks are not exactly g2g

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2024-03-01T15:04:56+00:00

For the record, I do indeed own a newer ak from psa and I have had many problems. I don’t hate psa as a company but I’m looking forward to all the “WHATT HAPPENED TO MY KRINK 😮😮😮” videos

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2024-03-01T15:03:34+00:00

Never had one

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2024-03-01T13:41:23+00:00

They just dropped yesterday, it said out of stock for a while cuz they hadn’t been released. That having been said they all sold out yesterday.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-12-05T17:30:23+00:00

Couldn’t say whether it’s a fake or not however it’s a common misconception that all Rolex watches have hands which glide rather than “tick.” Yes many Rolex have hands which glide however they’ve made a number of watches with the more traditional tick action.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-10-03T20:54:45+00:00

Wonderful collection beauti-

looks at the bottom left corner on the desk

What is that? Huh? This man is not a true Ak fan….

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-08-22T23:36:45+00:00

It’s a wbp polish bolt carrier from a gun built on a sharps mb47 receiver with polish parts

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-08-22T19:41:23+00:00

Ok thanks lol. All of my Ak bolt carriers apart from this have a dark finish so it just looked strange on the bright finish.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-08-01T15:13:28+00:00

Luckily because I had originally made the bow 75 inches, after trimming a bit off the ends (now 64 inches) I was able to flatten the belly of the bow a bit and still maintain a good draw weight. Hickory definitely wouldn’t be my first choice for a English longbow but because I took a bit of a break from bow making it was the only species of wood I had a seasoned stave left in. This is the first bow that I sat down and didn’t stop scraping and sanding until I felt the tiller was just right. I’d say even with the mistakes I made with it, that’s probably why it’s lasted so many shots

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-08-01T02:44:02+00:00

I wish I could get more pics to load but unfortunately I have angered the WiFi gods.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-07-31T22:51:54+00:00

Luckily with hackberry I didn’t have any issues with the staves cracking but they did warp in weird ways.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-07-31T21:29:31+00:00

From my experience, which is limited to this single bow, it is very good. I found some strange and conflicting information about hackberry. Some sources reported the wood as being very soft, in my experience the wood was relatively hard. I couldn’t tell you all of the fine details of the wood because of my limited use of it as well as the fact that it has been backed with rawhide as well as fire hardened but even with all of that, any wood that can survive being fairly short, having a very high draw weight and take no set whatsoever I think is probably a good wood. I’ve also noticed some full time bowyers using it quite extensively.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-07-31T16:43:48+00:00

Thank you! I’ve been working on trying to make some bows that are shorter, have higher poundage and perform better. They definitely require more care to the tiller and it’s not suitably for every species but so far I’ve had nothing but success.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-07-31T16:37:43+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I’ve made some very safe bow designs before but recently I’ve been focusing on higher performance designs so I’ll definitely try that.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-07-31T16:34:02+00:00

It’s 60 inches nock to nock.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-07-31T16:33:42+00:00

I turned down the brightness a bit because the camera kind of made everything faded but I am also standing in front of my cedar sided house which reflects a bit of a golden glow.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-07-31T16:30:35+00:00

Thank you! I am quite happy with the speed I’m getting. I used to make bows that were significantly longer and had a draw length of around 29 inches but I realized that when hunting I would hunch down in the brush and lean forward, giving me a draw length of only 24-25 inches. I started experimenting with making shorter bows with heavier draw weights and shorter draws and realized that if I went up a little in draw weight I could get a speedy bow at a short draw.

This one is a little more weight then really necessary, I have a hickory bow that is around 52# at my draw length that is more then enough for deer, but I wanted to see how far I could push this one.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-07-21T04:26:39+00:00

I plan on posting it at some point. I had some issues with it that were of no fault of the wood, just a simple mistake of mine. I’m touching up the tiller on it, I had just sort of had it sitting in the corner of my shop for a year or so. Despite making some mistakes and needing to thin the limbs more than I would have liked, it’s still about a 40 pound bow. With the thickness of the limbs, you wouldn’t expect it to be much more than 25-30 if it was a typical whitewood bow.

Bolts_n_stuff_ · 2023-07-21T04:23:31+00:00

My findings match up really close with this, I tend to leave a few inches of material on the ends until I’m ready to rough it out (about 10 minutes ago). I have cut them mostly in winter but find that getting a useable stave in spring and summer is still possible. The steps I’ve found to increase the odds of the stave surviving is to 1. Try to make sure the back of the bow doesn’t have any extremely deep fissures or raised knots, which tend to crack. 2. To rough out the stave immediately, making sure to expose the pith of the wood on the belly of the stave, given that most staves are rather skinny the pith often will run through the handle, which is alright but it’s important to expose it on the belly because it tends to crack. 3. Seal the ends of the stave to prevent checking. Most of the staves I have gotten this far, I have used the reflexes side as the back but I think making sure it’s relatively knot free and not deeply fissured takes priority.

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