I am newly interested in longbows and would like to utilize everyone's expertise. Can I make a longbow with no experiance? What woods can I use? Could I experiment with woods like cedar or is it pretty well set what woods will work? Any other info would be greatly appreciated; suck as i would be better off buys a new or used bow. Does the price of a bow make a hugh difference? Thanks, Baker
Archery is one of those healthy obsessions. Unfortunately I can't shoot my .45 in my yard, but my bow is nice and stealthy. Nothing like launching a dozen arrows 4 or more days a week, especially before work. It helps me stay focused and relaxed. Its almost become a disease: (I can't be the first to think of this one) OCAD Obsessive Compulsive Archery Disorder Its amazing that even only 15 minutes with bow in hand can help make ...
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Originally Posted by Hillbillified Went to the indoor Range today with MHealthDoc. We had a 10 round shoot and he whooped my by like 13 points. It was a good time. It really makes a big difference having other traditional archers to shoot with.
Originally Posted by Hillbillified Here are a few things that I have learned about arrow fletching from the advice of others. Please Post if you have more to add. HELICAL Vs. STRAIT Helical is to the arrow as rifling is to a gun barrel. Helical fletching causes more drag than a strait fletch and therefor slow the arrow down, but they stabilize quicker than strait fletching. This makes them necessary for stabilizing ...
Originally Posted by Hillbillified Learned something new today as well.... The spine is different on different sides of the arrow shaft. So to get them to all bend the same; find where the grain points down and line the nock up with that point. Other wise the paradox will effect each arrow differently as the come off the bow.
Originally Posted by Hillbillified Took the arrows out to the range today. Played "H-O-R-S-E" with a friend on some 3D targets. It was a lot of fun. Missed a few targets, but no broken arrows this time. They held up pretty good. It really took some getting use to. The flight was really different. They were definitely not as fast as my carbons, but they feel so good.
Originally Posted by Hillbillified This was my Process. 1) Ordered the shafts to my bows spine weight 2) Stained the shafts 3) Used the Dip Tank to apply 2 coats of clear coat (Sanding between coats with 320 grit sandpaper) 4) Cut the arrows 2 inches longer than my draw length 5) Cut my feathers 6) Used pencil sharpener thing to cut my nock and tip 7) used archers glue to apply nock and tip 8) Fletched half of my ...
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Originally Posted by Hillbillified I am in the process of making my first set of wood arrows. I have been using carbon, but I am going to give woodies a try. I am fully confident that I will do a decent job, thanks to the posts on this forum.
Originally Posted by Hillbillified First, these arrows fly better than any arrow I have ever used before. Awesome Flight!!!! However, I broke 5 arrows and lost 1 today. I highly recomend these arrows for the modern shooter or the indoor shooter. For an archer like me that shoots Traditional instinctive outdoor unmarked shoots; they are just too expensive to be breaking like that. Maybe when I get a lot more accurate. Again, I loved the arrow flight of these arrows. Amazing!!!
Originally Posted by Hillbillified I have been using Gold Tip Expedition Hunter Arrows. I loved them because of their durability, but I have been having a serious problem with the inserts. Apparently, Gold Tip uses a special tapered insert. I was having trouble loosing my inserts (along with my field point) in the targets. So I got some new arrows. They are Hit Beman MFX Classics. I have only shot them at home, but they seem to hold up pretty well. The insert actually sits deep into the shaft so that the field point ...
Hey everyone, Anyone able to give me input to this bow? I am looking to get something more high end than my current recurve and this one looks to fit my wants and needs. I am sort of thinking 50 lbs in the taller of the 2 models. And I cant find info on limb replacements (aka, they can just be replaced with different weights, right?). In the past I have found most recurves to have excessive vibration and a bit twangy even with puffs, legs and/or pads on the limbs. My purpose ...
Originally Posted by Hillbillified WORST SHOOTING DAY EVER, We shot a Southwest Round from 20 to 65 yards. The shoot itself was a lot of fun, but I couldn't hit a thing. I couldn't decide weather I was going to gap or go instinctive. One shot gapped, the next shot instinctive. Almost every shot missed!!! I was so disappointed in myself.
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