Traditional Archery Divisions
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My reasons for favouring a 2 Div system is that I do not feel that the bows are the issue. If we are talking all timber bows, they all seem to perform pretty much the same in terms of how fast they will project an arrow for a given draw weight and length. Ditto with the fibreglass era bows. There is very little difference performance wise between recurve, straight bow, DF/RF (or t'other way around??) and horsebow.
Any minor performance difference in either division can be made up for by going to a slightly heavier draw weight, if one is serious about getting good performance.
The arrows are the key element. There is only one way to be fair to everyone and that is to insist on wood arrows. This brings everyone back to the field regardless of the bow being used. However, give a choice of aluminium/carbon arrows and it's a whole new ballgame.
Regardless of the bow type the alloy/carbon arrows will always have a marked advantage over wood arrows and that is an easily verfiable fact.
Therefore if the arrow type is limited to wood, then it really doesn't matter if there are two bow divisions or a dozen because the performances won't be all that different from one to the other (except that perhaps a modern metal riser, high tech carbon limbs target recurve might have an advantage only because of it being fully centre cut and provided with a quality arrow rest and cushion plunger).
If arrows are limited to wood, then it is my belief that regardless of the bow type, the best results will come from those with the best form and THAT is the real test - or ought to be.
Any minor performance difference in either division can be made up for by going to a slightly heavier draw weight, if one is serious about getting good performance.
The arrows are the key element. There is only one way to be fair to everyone and that is to insist on wood arrows. This brings everyone back to the field regardless of the bow being used. However, give a choice of aluminium/carbon arrows and it's a whole new ballgame.
Regardless of the bow type the alloy/carbon arrows will always have a marked advantage over wood arrows and that is an easily verfiable fact.
Therefore if the arrow type is limited to wood, then it really doesn't matter if there are two bow divisions or a dozen because the performances won't be all that different from one to the other (except that perhaps a modern metal riser, high tech carbon limbs target recurve might have an advantage only because of it being fully centre cut and provided with a quality arrow rest and cushion plunger).
If arrows are limited to wood, then it is my belief that regardless of the bow type, the best results will come from those with the best form and THAT is the real test - or ought to be.
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