New to me bow! (Shooting Commentary pg 2)
08-05-2008 | 10:14 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: New to me bow! PIX too
After shooting this bow a few times, I absolutely love it! And as a bonus, it pretty much shoots the same trajectory as my longbow so I can bounce back & forth without any issues. It will certainly get some consideration to be taken afield on some trips this year. AND being that it is a takedown, I am seriously considering taking it on my trip west instead of having to mail my longbow out & back.
The bow has a little more twang to it, than I'd have liked, but since I started trying to quiet it down, its become considerably better. Nothing like modern technology to quiet traditional ways
The bow has a little more twang to it, than I'd have liked, but since I started trying to quiet it down, its become considerably better. Nothing like modern technology to quiet traditional ways
08-05-2008 | 09:41 PM
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RE: New to me bow! PIX too
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
After shooting this bow a few times, I absolutely love it! And as a bonus, it pretty much shoots the same trajectory as my longbow so I can bounce back & forth without any issues. It will certainly get some consideration to be taken afield on some trips this year. AND being that it is a takedown, I am seriously considering taking it on my trip west instead of having to mail my longbow out & back.
The bow has a little more twang to it, than I'd have liked, but since I started trying to quiet it down, its become considerably better. Nothing like modern technology to quiet traditional ways
After shooting this bow a few times, I absolutely love it! And as a bonus, it pretty much shoots the same trajectory as my longbow so I can bounce back & forth without any issues. It will certainly get some consideration to be taken afield on some trips this year. AND being that it is a takedown, I am seriously considering taking it on my trip west instead of having to mail my longbow out & back.
The bow has a little more twang to it, than I'd have liked, but since I started trying to quiet it down, its become considerably better. Nothing like modern technology to quiet traditional ways
08-06-2008 | 10:09 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: New to me bow! PIX too
Limbsavers & bowjax and a nock change.The ones I shoot on my longbow arrows were WAY too tight and I believe they were pulling & twanging the recurve string too much. I'm still going to put a strip of moleskin type material on the tips where the string slaps.
Do you have any other tips I can try Steve?
As a side note, I love those little bowjax things. To me they seem to work better than string leeches.
Do you have any other tips I can try Steve?
As a side note, I love those little bowjax things. To me they seem to work better than string leeches.
