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Hi Perry. I'm a Function over Form type as in the Bow in this Photo - Dingo Ugly but Kinky Sexy 20 Years after I made it. My greatest expense is always my time getting my Form as good as it can be, my Arrows and Bow Matched and Tuned. Yes. Whatever you have/use it will cost you something be it time/...

Morning Bob. Hmmmm! so how would you explain the marks left on vanes when using a barebow with something like a 'springy rest pray tell.By those marks the edge of the vanes would still be in contact with the shelf as it passes the window. I do understand what you have said but by your understanding ...

Afternoon. It is my ... What? Simple comment. Any arrow that is somewhere near the appropriate spine with something like an appropriate nocking point is going to high and to the side of the bow as the fletches go past the riser/arrowrest/hand. Refer Archers Paradox. Note how far the fletches are awa...

Morning All.

bigbob wrote:... but fully expected at least some vane 'kick' past the shelf. ...

Why?

Morning. .... I've never shot a bow and thought "If only this bow performed a little better... I have. I guess a complimentary question that may add to this discussion is what particular aspects of performance are people investing in? And to what end? Yes, 'performance' covers a large gamut. I ...

Morning Mick. In much the same vein as littlejohn's series of questions. I'm curious about what you do, if anything, immediately after releasing your arrow, or during the release, to minimise plucking and to achieve good consistent releases. The latest issue of the AA Newsletter has some interesting...

Morning Troy.

Chase N. Nocks wrote:... I want to see some more reviews first but I am seriously thinking of getting a set of UHKAA Vx1000 limbs down the track. ...

Just saw the quoted price from the Oz dealer. And with the Australian dollar falling, better buy soon.

Morning Mick. I know there has been a lot of vigorous debating on that very subject in the States. Many of the regular archers felt that crossbows shouldn't be allowed in the special archery season for the very reasons you have outlined Jim. Personally, I don't see a huge difference between crossbow...

Morning. Archery in the US, is like Golf, is here. I'm sure archery would be more popular here if it got more positive (or if any) media coverage .... Is Archery starved of Media coverage? I would argue a case that other sports are more 'starved' yet survive and perhaps even grow. If Archery is 'sta...

Evening Mick. ... Those statistics are surprising. I didn't realise that target archery was so commonly practiced over there. ... Yes, it goes against the often preached view. .. It's probable the high hunting participation rates in the US are partly due to ... Perhaps however I would suggest it is ...

Hi Troy. Hmmm.... so I guess I will be seeing you at MPB - we have indoors 2 nights a week, Samford has one. As for riser limb combinations, yes there are quite a few options - I have 17, 21 and 25 inch risers. I have the cheapest set of UHKAA limbs at home and really like the stiffness of the limbs...

Hi Andy. I used the Soma Saker tabs for a while too. Same principle as the KSL Gold tabs but lighter. They also come with an additional 'pinky hook' for your little finger which I tried for a while. Rod Jenkins uses one in Masters of the Barebow 3 I think. I use a Soma and have removed the little fi...

Hi Troy. I love the extreme recurves and think they look gorgeous. I want to see some more reviews first but I am seriously thinking of getting a set of UHKAA Vx1000 limbs down the track. not yet decided what riser I will mount them on but not really after a sub 60 inch bow - basically the riser lim...

Morning All. I find it interesting to read some of the literature regarding Archery like Catalogues, arcticles, etc. The ATA commissioned a survery about participation. Some interesting comments in: ARCHERY PARTICIPATION AMONG ADULT UNITED STATES RESIDENTS IN 2012 Among United States residents as a ...

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Hi Andy. ... and I like the heavy KSL Gold brass tabs with a finger spacer and a palm plate these days. ... Now there is an interesting response/answer. It would an interesting exercise to see the percentage of people who have used/inspected the KSL tabs or some of the other none-mainstream/differen...

Morning All. ... But so disappointed i am with its performance. When i shoot it, it sounds like a freight train passsing in the night.....ugh. I could go on but i won't. Suffice to say not every top end bow will perform as you might expect. ... And that is the point. ... I would rather spend a few t...

Hi Andy. All my bows would probably fall into the 'performance' category (Fox Triple Crowns, Borders, Blackbrooks, Blacktail etc) and most of them look pretty good too. .... Being sort of envious over the Border and Blackbrook I note that for both of them they are an example where performance has be...

Morning All. Craig. I would rather performance over looks. .... That is similar to my view. I would rather pay for a bow that looks relatively plain but is a joy to shoot over a bow that looks a treat but has run-of-the-mill performance. Jim. The 'Law of Diminishing Returns' applies to everything .....

Hi All. So you are about to spend some Money/Effort on a Bow/Arrows/Gear. Where do you personally spend your resources? In my case I fall down on the side of performance. I prefer/desire equipment that "performs" over 'looks' any day. Experience suggest that at the top end equipment that '...

Evening All. ... Dennis, I was trying to anticipate the delay between the shutter button and shutter but was a little premature so consequently the bow is a bit shy of 28" in the draw. And I would add I was probably not drawing it the best ....... suffering from a day of archery yesterday, that...

Morning All. ... Not necessarily, with a lot of the earlier recurve bows the unbraced straight line n to n length was a tad longer than the string ... And it is still true for a lot of current bows. If the bows are racked it make for neat racking. I wonder what it is made from? I understand that the...

Evening All. ... Dave, If you prepare your gluing surfaces correctly you will not require gap filling properties in your epoxy. Besides, how do various mix ratios affect the strength of the bond. With respect to Techniglue. Techniglue is an ATL product - the same people who make WEST System products...

Hi Grant. Afternoon Mick & Grahame, don't you Folks have a Goose for Christmas Lunch. And I still have some arrows fitted with Goose Feathers... I said: IMHO There would not be that many people on this Forum who own a set of arrows with Goose feathers or even seen one. .... Now, I have a set of ...

Hi Mick. ... That's some impressive shooting. 50m is a long shot in anyone's book. Coincidently, I shot a couple of rounds of 3D yesterday. What made it different for me, was that there were no trad pegs, so I shot from the compounders pegs. The ranges were very daunting at first, at just under 50m,...

Hi Mick. The Trans-Tasman is currently on which is a competitive event shot each year in Oz or NZ for Youth Archers. So this is the target that a couple were shooting at 50m. chkitout.jpg A lesson in how it should be done being handed out. And there was some wind around. Note: Individual faces so th...

Morning All. I elected to start a separate post rather than take an existing post "Off Topic" Lyonel posted this comment in another topic: This is even more noticeable in a super curve type recurve limb like a Border Hex6 or Morrison Max1. Brace heights on these type of bows are also typic...

Morning Steve. ... First attempt at a Samick Style riser ... Have you used limbs with ILF Fittings and just hardlocked them screw fitting at them end of the limb or have you used some ILF fittings or have you used limbs with plain hard lock (bolt down) type fittings? Far more important do you enjoy ...

Hi Mick. ... I always pushed for the club to host a flight event, as I'd never even heard of one happening in Victoria. We never got around to it though, unfortunately... If you want to host a Flight Event do it. If you wait for the Associations to do it then..... The simple reality of it is that 'G...

Hi Jeff. Those old steel bows were very popular in that era. That one does look to have a sight mounted on the back of the bow though Grahame. Yes. I also have one of the sights from that era in my collection of old Archery stuff. The 1950's were a time of change in Archery and the 1960 even bigger ...