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For those who are interested in shooting more accurately this is should be interesting read - p.s. it is on AF.
Quote Originally Posted by TerryH View PostAll of the good quality bows I have tested with the shooting machine were capable of shooting excellent groups.James would you say any of the top bows! will shoot better then the average Shooter will ever be able too?
I have tested many Hoyts, a few PSEs, an AR, several Mathews.
I have also tested my Hoyt recurve in the shooting machine and it was excellent as well.
I have tested grouping with terrible arrow flight using several Hoyts and my AR - all were excellent.
The grouping was excellent regardless of arrow size (for the compound bows).
In my thesis I showed groups obtained using the AR34 and Protours of sizes 380, 420 and 470, and they were all excellent (at 35 metres each of the groups was less than 1/2 of the 10 ring of an indoor target face).
I have done similar tests, with similar results with my Hoyt Maxxis and also with X10s.
It is very important that the arrows are set up well, and in my coaching I see many archers getting that wrong.
For example, I see many archers setting their fletches with no angle, and then my testing shows that the groups are much worse.
I should perhaps add that with the shooting machine I am very confident that I could shoot a perfect score for a FITA 90, given most of the top quality bows, a well-setup set of arrows and no wind. I did try that at 90 metres with my old AR34 and a set of Protours - it very quickly got boring shooting 60s.
With my Hoyt Maxxis and a set of 420 Protours I shot 36 Xs on an indoor face at 35 metres.
That is: top quality equipment is inherently very good. It is we the archers that lose the points, not good gear.
Of course, the trick then is to set it up so that it is easy for us to shoot well (and for some gear it is easier to achieve that).
