Sounds exciting! Unfortunately I think we're stuck with the 20/30/40 business, and timed shoots make no sense. Oh well! Alrighty guys... I need advice...
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Carolus Eulenhorst
eulenhorst2000
Sep 1, 2004 9:49 am
Sure, a higher poundage will get a flatter trajectory. But it will make it harder to learn good form and your 26 should work just fine at these short...
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John Rossignol
j_m_rossignol
Sep 1, 2004 11:22 am
... Actually, timed shoots make a lot of sense, if you think historically. Imagine the enemy charging your firing line, and they are going to reach you in a...
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Bruce R. Gordon
caeranor
Sep 1, 2004 1:03 pm
Greetings A #26 handbow can regularly reach 100 yard targets and be accurate - see it all the time at Pennsic - so 40 yds. ought not to be any problem. But...
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Bruce R. Gordon
caeranor
Sep 1, 2004 2:15 pm
Greetings Ungh, I just realized that in my description of how best to draw a handbow, I was unconciously describing it from the point of view of a left-hander,...
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Carolus Eulenhorst
eulenhorst2000
Sep 1, 2004 2:24 pm
Best description I have read on draw technique, Nigel. May I snag it for a summary page I am developing for Caid's web site? Carolus On Wed, 1 Sep 2004...
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Dan Scheid
damales_redb...
Sep 1, 2004 3:36 pm
... that my 26 lb pull on my 30-35lb longbow should have no problems hitting 30 and 40 yard targets. I have been fussing because I wanted a heavier bow and am...
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Scott Jaqua
sjaqua
Sep 1, 2004 3:52 pm
There is no reason that a 26lb bow should not be able to hit and stick into a target at 40 yards. (unless your target is unreasonably dense). I had a 22lb bow...
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Bruce R. Gordon
caeranor
Sep 1, 2004 4:01 pm
Greetings Sure, help yourself. Just remember to include the revision I wrote a few minutes ago when I realized that my original description was from a...
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John edgerton
sirjon_fitzrauf
Sep 1, 2004 4:52 pm
May I also have permission to post it to the West Archery list? Jon...
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Bruce R. Gordon
caeranor
Sep 1, 2004 5:23 pm
Greetings Sure, use whatever is useful. Nigel ... wrote ... from ... -- Three things never heard from the mouth of a Celt: "Do these colors match?" "Is this...
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Nest verch Tangwistel
eastarch
Sep 1, 2004 5:33 pm
... Why don't the timed ends make sense? ... The loaner equipment I use is between 17 and 25 pounds. The only problem I have seen is with the really light...
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Nest verch Tangwistel
eastarch
Sep 1, 2004 5:33 pm
... Why don't the timed ends make sense? ... The loaner equipment I use is between 17 and 25 pounds. The only problem I have seen is with the really light...
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Sharon Macielinski
ariel_elrond...
Sep 1, 2004 5:50 pm
Thanks for the info! Maybe I just hadn't been taught this type of release yet? I will have to ask... I was so happy that I stopped plucking! When I stopped ...
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Chad Wilson
caeman
Sep 1, 2004 6:21 pm
... 20/30/40 business, and timed shoots make no sense. Oh well! ... tell me that my 26 lb pull on my 30-35lb longbow should have no problems hitting 30 and 40...
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Russ Sheldon
sheldon@...
Sep 1, 2004 6:53 pm
Greetings, A couple of things to remember. 1) Without some kind of trigger release ( ie using just your hand ) everyone will pluck the string sometime. Even...
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James W. Pratt, Jr.
cunning@...
Sep 1, 2004 6:59 pm
... that my 26 lb pull on my 30-35lb longbow should have no problems hitting 30 and 40 yard targets. I have been fussing because I wanted a heavier bow and am...
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John edgerton
sirjon_fitzrauf
Sep 1, 2004 7:01 pm
Thank you. Jon...
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Carolus Eulenhorst
eulenhorst2000
Sep 2, 2004 4:29 am
Indeed. Until you wrote that I didn't realize I was doing just that for 40 years. Carolus On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:01:28 -0400 "Bruce R. Gordon"...
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Bjorn Gunnbjornsen
bjorngunnbjo...
Sep 2, 2004 12:36 pm
Check out any local upholstry shops and ask for scraps if your not picky. You might also want to check in with even the aircraft upholstry places. Sherry...
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RJ Bachner
ragiwarmbear
Sep 2, 2004 6:12 pm
Heya I have an odd request, I have a freind who wishes to get into archery, primarily sca archery and I wish to save him from the evils of a crossbow. The...
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jameswolfden
Sep 2, 2004 6:53 pm
From the generic SCA target regulations The Target Archery Marshal-in-Charge shall make necessary allowances for handicapped archers, provided that range...
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Tessa the Huntress
tessathehunt...
Sep 2, 2004 7:54 pm
I'm sorry I can't help much with this, but an old friends of mine, Angus Half-hand I believe had a similar situation. This was back when I tried to get...
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Ragnar Ketilsson
ragnarketilsson
Sep 2, 2004 8:22 pm
I've had archers who needed a mouth tab on their bowstrings, and others who needed to shoot a crossbow someone else cocked to shoot at all( interesting bow, ...
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Mike Hornbaker
mvb67213
Sep 2, 2004 9:41 pm
I might suggest there is a 4th method of release. I learned this when learning the longbow, read in a book, and also found corroboration in the Toxophilius....
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Brad Boda d'Aylward
bradb17703
Sep 3, 2004 12:02 am
Random arrow speeds??? Something few people consider. Are you using 'snap' nocks or 'speed' nocks?? Snap nocks need pressure to push the back of the arrow onto...
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Nest verch Tangwistel
eastarch
Sep 3, 2004 1:46 am
What about poorly matched arrows? Did we ask about that? Maybe it is not so much a problem with the archer at all but with the equipment. I have had supposedly...
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Guy Taylor
grey_taylor
Sep 3, 2004 5:28 am
This is where getting your arrows from a reputable maker who states that his or her arrows are weight matched and hand spined shows up. Keep in mind that not...
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Gary Shurgin
tshurgin
Sep 5, 2004 2:07 pm
Dear Alestra, I also use a 20# bow. The arc is only slightly higher than I am, so it should have an arc of about 7 feet. Most indoor ranges have a 10ft....
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Nest verch Tangwistel
eastarch
Sep 6, 2004 12:50 am
Actually, I think it was me, Nest, who was talking about hitting the ceiling while shooting a 20 pound bow. That was at 40 yards, not 20. We don't have any...
