Will someone explain what the real problem is with having a weight or weights.Anyone, anyone.As usual, it was likely a problem with someone that was losing all the time and had to find something to complain about.Thus, RULE CHANGE!!! Let`s see what can we think of next,I know the string doesn`t have enough strands or maybe it has too many.Whatever.

let's just forget it. I was going to try RU but, I have changed my mind.
relax its just archery

I was looking at RU rules last night. It did say (There shall be a single stabilizer not in excess of 12 inches from Front of bow) . The key word here is Front. I remember back to my days of making bows. We had the belly of the bow and the back of bow. I guess this front thing is from the compound lingo. So if we assume the IBO is talking about the back of the bow ,witch faces away from the archer . I would say that if you want to run weights on the back of the riseror belly side faceing the archer,it would be just fine. There is nothing in the rules about running anything off the belly side or back. That is probley why the little rubber limb savers and the other rubber things that hang off the RU class bows our OK. Remember I am assumeing this and we all know what (ass u me means) and I am sure my little bud will corect me on this. So Jim Powell ,when you got messed with at the 2005worlds for your back weight, it was not in the rules ,that you could not do so. So again back to a earlyer post of mine ,I had said there our a few who cant win and will do what ever it takes to try and bring the top shooters down. I have also said in past that if these so called archers put as much time in to there practice as they do in crying about drifferent bows and weights . They would be the champs lol.
Bill

If the weight extends out of the bow with more mass away from the bow than on the bow it would be considerd a stabilizer. The weight must be added in a way it does not extend away from the bow.

Rack Buck
It does not say that in Ru rules .This is what gets me about these rules ,everyone has there own opion and nothing is in writing. I can not see protesting some one ,when it is not in rules. This is where the problem lies. Ok lets assume again that a stablizer is a weight ( witch I still dont agree with) The Ru rules state one stablizer exstending 12 inches or less off the front of bow. So why would some one complain about Jim Powell running a weight off the back of his bow. He did take it off at worlds because of the complaining, witch I feel is wrong. This leads me again to my earlyer post about crybabieswho cant win. I have shoot here in Michigan with Jim Powell ,Dave Hawkins and Bill Powell for years . These shooters our cream of the crop and they did not get there because of a paint chip or a weight .Last year Jims weight is not what put him in the top and for someone to think that a silly little weight is how he won is insane. I just looked in my dictionary for the word stabilizer, it said nothing of weight . I will say my book is old and may have been changed to fit new needs of today. But anyway if you cannot run weights then the rules need to be changed to say so. It could read stabilizer/weights of any kind can notexstend off bow or limbs. But thereagain I feel the Ru should be a target class and you should be able to run what you brung . Just no sight.
Bill

"There shall be a single stabilizer..."

Of course, if you were to take this rule literally, then you must use a stabilizer

who said jphe won because of his back weight?
where was that brought up on this post by anyone except 3dchamp?
I think a recurve should be shotbare and if you can shoot it then rules do not matter, same with distance, same with precieved bias

if you look up stablizer and weights in archery catalogs, they seem tofrequently be used together
so why the confusion?

mgwc

I BROUGHT IT UP ON THE 3rd POST OF THIS THREAD. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT BY GENE BIHLER THAT SOME MIGHT PROTEST ME IF I LEFT IT ON,SO I TOOK IT OFF. I WAS ALSO TOLD IT BY THE PERSON THAT TOLD GENE.


JIM

did anyone (on this post)say you wonbecause of the weight?
if you won, you won. congrats




It sounds a weight like you described would most likey be used by a compound shooter,
any other ru's use it?
I am wondering if I should try it

Can you provide the brand name, product name, manufacture, cost something so I can check it out

Omg
I have looked it up also and if you look at Lancaster archery catolog you will notice that there our two drifferent kinds of weights . On page 107 it shows weights for the stablizer and add on weights , it said nothing of stabilizeing ,just adding weight to stabilzer. Yes I have used back weights in the past in RU and see others running them also.All I am trying to say is if you cant run weights in RU then let the rules be changed to show this, other wise what Gene and this other person told Jim should have never happened. Also if weights our to be ruled has stabilizers ,then the little rubber limb savers and anything added to bow or limbs to stabilize should be outlawed in all classes also. If you wantRU to be a barebow class then it should be like NFAA no stablizers at all. But again like I said in earler post the RU class is a target class and all things should be allowed except sights. We have the trad class for the hunters and longbow for them.
Bill