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The riser is described as 'hardwood maple veneer' not 'american oak'. It might be good if someone could report back exactly haw the riser looks - is it a multiple laminate like a plywood, or is it a solid block. Most of these Samick and Internature bows in this price range are a very solid, basic an...

The National Archives of Australia should have the full set of WW1 service records available online now. Not sure where they are at with the WW2 service records.

There should be a bunch of info in the Anzac Day post I did this year.

Mark

....is that I can turn my brain off, just go out and shoot, and it clears my mind of whatever else my be going on. I find it very cathartic. You just concentrate on the target, what you are doing, the process, the steps, the phases... look at the target, nock an arrow, hook the fingers, breathe out,...

While I have not shot it in a while, I have an LH Internature 'Viper' longbow in 45#. I draw at about 29.5-30" so I am pulling about 53# (or so we measured). As far as longbows go, this is pretty good. It has a small shelf and a meagre leather grip. I like it, it is far from being any kind of h...

Young fella is sorted and should be kitted out by this time next weekend.

I found also that different readings came from any one shaft depending on its orientation, in other words I could turn the shaft and get a different spine.

Forgive my mental block - is the spine measure through the strongest or weakest orientation through the shaft?

Bunyip.

Clearly.

Beyond doubt.

That looks wonderful. The contrast between the heart and sapwood is so great that it looks like lamination. And I bet the pictures don't do it justice. Nice work.

I've got you 2 doz 60gr.

Simon... I have some 1/4" but they might only be 60gr. I'll have a look tonight. PM me if I don't remember to reply! I think I have 1/4" nocks as well.

Let me know what you think. I could probably readily count the number of arrows I put through it without needing to take off my socks... it is immaculate and I reckon I could do you a deal significantly better than what a new one would cost. I just need to make sure I have a spare string to suit - t...

Hills Twinky wrote: .....and the Samick Talon jumped out quiet a bit. It is 62" which woody suggested, its a take down

I was going to do you guys pics of the essentially unused LH 50lb Talon I was discussing with 'hillbilly WA'. Gotta pull my finger out.

Hi all! I was just wandering how much of a difference there would be in arrow velocity between a 5/16" shaft and an 11/32" shaft of the same weight and spine? And how much of a difference would there be in strength and durability? Thanks, Ben It should be negligible. Given the same weight...

Sounds good.
I really need to get out and shoot mine. Just sooo busy.

hillbilly WA wrote:Right

Ah that is a pity, I could have had a good deal for you.

quick question: left or right handed?

Buzz, My Trad Tech Titan riser with a set of BF Extreme 65 pound limbs, will throw 2219 alloys downrange very fast and quiet . With the Win and Win limbs at 55 pounds, they throw 2117's very nicely, and are extremely quiet and shockfree. State of the art design for limb recovery speed, doesnt chang...

2nd hand limbs are reasonably easy to come by in places like the Archery Forum - and you should be able to find them in very good condition for around half the list price. They do draw very nicely and smooth and don't stack like some other bows do. Its been a while since I looked at these but there ...

whhoooooaaahh!

It changed again in between me posting and checking the thread for spelling. Or is my chaching or something slow? Phbb logo gone, broadheads replacing!

No campfire?

And, if it helps anybody, for the woody fans there is this link to the 3Rivers shaft selection chart for selecting wood arrows. http://www.3riversarchery.com/pdf/WoodChart.pdf Further, for the synth/alloy flickers, the bottom left hand side column on the Archery Supplies webiste has selection charts...

Ouch. Sorry to hear that mate. Ran into a bloke I hadn't seen for a while in another sport - turns out he'd been out of the 'game' because he'd come off a pushbike at a work related event/function and done a rather good job on his right shoulder. He spent 4months off work in a sling.... and that was...

....and there's always the Samick/TradTech Pinnacle riser (any reviews Perry?) Very nice... quite 'pretty' (I picked up a lefty late last year. :D ) Found the draw to be nice and smooth, light in the hand, good shaped grip for my mitts. It is non centre cut and has a nice shelf - it is as 'Trad' as...

Sorry to hear Gav. My little mate Bob who has been my shadow for the past 14 years breathed his last recently. I held him as he passed. My wife and I were distraught because he had been there for everything we have done. We could have let him linger, but we were disrespecting him if we did so and as...

Nice work. There is a lot to be said for 'bomb proofing' technique. Those tennis players and golfers that need silence to concentrate can turn to cack when spectators cheer or are even talking behind them. We used to have the same problems when I was doing dog trials - a low flying bird would often ...

Jase I'll never understand why retailers don't email their customers ASAP. You'd think they don't want the business! Jase Based on my experiences I get the impression that some don't. . Agreed. You have to wonder how some places keep food on the tables by the way they treat people who are trying to...

We put 50sqm+ of the stuff through the floor in our extension... some are real pretty too in the sunlight. Will be interested to hear how this one comes along. And to see pics...

....had a dispute with one the the actors giving a speil to some passers by about how the bow was not used against horses as it wouldnt kill them :?: turned out he was a VEGAN :evil: With the Chinese Olypics just around the corner I am sure there must be some lovely horse meat recipes you could pro...

they rekon the tree to be 800 to 1000 years old. That is the sort of thing that spins us Aussies out.... Australian pre European settlement was not chronicled in the same manner as much of the world. Without centres of civilisation there was not the same history recording that took place from the A...