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by MattW
Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:22 am
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: No one with half a brain would vote Greens would they ?
Replies: 101
Views: 11159

Re: No one with half a brain would vote Greens would they ?

As for not voting for a party based on your disagreement with one of their policies, it really depends on the policy, and how closely or directly it effects you. If a party has a raft of fantastic policies, but also have a policy to ban hunting, then I will not vote for them, no matter how good the ...
by MattW
Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:19 pm
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: Newbie
Replies: 26
Views: 5232

Re: Newbie

Hi there, I have a Black Widow PL longbow (greybark 60lb at 28") and love it. It is a very smooth draw, as you would probably expect for the amount of reflex/deflex. That being said I started off shoot trad with an internature viper (55lb at 28") and had a lot of success with it, and for t...
by MattW
Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:21 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: No one with half a brain would vote Greens would they ?
Replies: 101
Views: 11159

Re: No one with half a brain would vote Greens would they ?

There is not much you can do in the house of reps. It will be either the Libs or Labour there and personally I don't really want to vote for either of them, but at the end of the day it will be one or the other. In the senate how ever there are many more choices, have a look at the AEC web site and ...
by MattW
Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:27 pm
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: Does tis sound right to you?
Replies: 14
Views: 2883

Re: Does tis sound right to you?

I recently got a black widow longbow, they recommend unstringing after the days shooting, but their recommendations for their recurves are very much in line with the comments from the archery shop you mentioned (ie more damage done from stinging than leaving strung). So to me it sounds like the shop...
by MattW
Mon May 03, 2010 4:44 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: Setting up my tillering board
Replies: 2
Views: 728

Re: Setting up my tillering board

It's a bit crude but I just used some sash cord and two double pulleys from Bunnings to set up a 4:1 system. I used a 100 lb fish scale for the weight measurement and it seems to work OK. You just need some way to secure/lock off the cord. The sash cord is about 8 mm thick and is very un-likely to b...
by MattW
Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:51 am
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: Forge Oven?
Replies: 10
Views: 6470

Re: Forge Oven?

You can get kaowool in Australia, you should be able to get it from a welding/industrial supplier. BOC might have some and are quite wide spread.
by MattW
Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:35 am
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: ABA Question
Replies: 21
Views: 2456

Re: ABA Question

I have shot a few ABA shoots in Victoria in longbow trad with a reflex/deflex longbow and wooden arrows. Basically if the string only contacts the limbs at the nocks then it is a longbow...saying that there has been a little contention with the bows with extreme degrees of reflex/deflex, but in the ...
by MattW
Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:43 pm
Forum: Scene & Herd
Topic: Independent Archers list
Replies: 44
Views: 14376

Re: Independent Archers list

Nathan Slater, Railton Tas (just moved there in Decenber from NT)
Jack Slater, Railton Tas
Bowen Slater, Railton Tas
by MattW
Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:38 pm
Forum: Traditional Archery Events
Topic: LB100 2010
Replies: 98
Views: 21972

Re: LB100 2010

Fantastic! I love a good trivia night.
by MattW
Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:11 am
Forum: Traditional Archery Events
Topic: Ballarat 2009 Trad Shoot ****change of date****
Replies: 44
Views: 10748

Re: Ballarat 2009 Trad Shoot ****change of date****

Thanks for that!

If everything goes to plan I should be there.
by MattW
Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:08 pm
Forum: Traditional Archery Events
Topic: Ballarat 2009 Trad Shoot ****change of date****
Replies: 44
Views: 10748

Re: Ballarat 2009 Trad Shoot ****change of date****

Hi, Can anyone tell me what time kick off is?