I guess I'm going to do it
10-27-2008, 10:11 AM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Western New York
Posts: 205
RE: I guess I'm going to do it
just alittle food for thought.
do you use a sight on your trad.bow?I found that if i kept swapping back and forth from a sighted Compound to a bare recurve ,my shooting wasn't good.
I put the compound away and eventually got rid of it.Maybe it was overload or something on my instincts.Now i look at the target ONLY.If i start peeking at the tip of the arrow,I'm screwed.
maybe you can shoot both great,I can't.
do you use a sight on your trad.bow?I found that if i kept swapping back and forth from a sighted Compound to a bare recurve ,my shooting wasn't good.
I put the compound away and eventually got rid of it.Maybe it was overload or something on my instincts.Now i look at the target ONLY.If i start peeking at the tip of the arrow,I'm screwed.
maybe you can shoot both great,I can't.
10-28-2008, 10:27 PM
#17
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,701
RE: I guess I'm going to do it
more playing today ......
I cut my ICS 400's down to 27 3/4 inches (I epoxyed the inserts in) and put in the 100 gr brass inserts, using weight tubes, and shooting practice 125 grain 3 blade Thunderheads and 110 grain 2 blade 5/16" ferrule Zwickey Eskimoes with 30 grain aluminum inserts .... I imagine I was 680 grains total weight with the Thunderheads, close to 700 grains with the Zwickey's
those brass inserts stick out maybe 1/8 to a 1/4" outside the shaft - so cutting that much off my shafts I regained when I glues those new brass inserts in - no big deal there.
0-15 yards not a noticable difference in my shooting accuracy. A bit quieter, but those arrows hit with authority, a solid THUMP on impacts. 15 yards and beyond I could tell the arrows dropped more than when I didn't have the extra 100 grains up front.
Great arrow flight, something about the bigger Steel Force glue on's I had didn't jive with my arrows .... they were a bit flighty and not as pretty perfect arrow flight as what these are.
Tonight I am sharpening Zwickey's - see if I can get the ultra razor sharp.
I cut my ICS 400's down to 27 3/4 inches (I epoxyed the inserts in) and put in the 100 gr brass inserts, using weight tubes, and shooting practice 125 grain 3 blade Thunderheads and 110 grain 2 blade 5/16" ferrule Zwickey Eskimoes with 30 grain aluminum inserts .... I imagine I was 680 grains total weight with the Thunderheads, close to 700 grains with the Zwickey's
those brass inserts stick out maybe 1/8 to a 1/4" outside the shaft - so cutting that much off my shafts I regained when I glues those new brass inserts in - no big deal there.
0-15 yards not a noticable difference in my shooting accuracy. A bit quieter, but those arrows hit with authority, a solid THUMP on impacts. 15 yards and beyond I could tell the arrows dropped more than when I didn't have the extra 100 grains up front.
Great arrow flight, something about the bigger Steel Force glue on's I had didn't jive with my arrows .... they were a bit flighty and not as pretty perfect arrow flight as what these are.
Tonight I am sharpening Zwickey's - see if I can get the ultra razor sharp.
