Archery pouches have been around for a while now. They are very popular with compound archers, but since the take up of field quivers by recurve archers, recurve archers have also started to use pouches as well. This is mainly down to the lack of pocket space in a field quiver which is a lot… Read More »
Arrow Shaft Lengths Before preparing any arrows we need to have the shaft at the correct length, as most arrows are cut from the front, so we need to cut them before adding points. When ordering your arrows archery retailers will cut them to your specification. Or you can purchase arrow shafts at stock lengths… Read More »
Thanks to Last Chance Archery for providing me with the HS3 digital bow scale to review. I actually reviewed the HS2 digital bow scale on my YouTube channel. As I created that video on the HS2 scale the HS3 had just launched at the ATA trade show in the US and I did include some… Read More »
The Last Chance Archery pocket tool is a 20 in 1 multi-tool especially designed for archery purposes. Along with the tool comes a Velcro case with a belt loop on it, that nicely stores all the attachments that come with the Last Chance Archery multi-tool. There is also a small Allen key so you can… Read More »
My First Finger Tab Experience When I first started just after purchasing my first bow, I didn’t buy a finger tab at the same time as my initial kit. I think the problem was that I just didn’t think I needed one, as when you have just done a beginners class on 16lb limbs and… Read More »
Easton ACE History and Barrelled shafts In the late 80’s Jim Easton devised a method to improve on the parallel design, and create a barreled Aluminum-Carbon shaft- this became the A/C/E, introduced in 1987 and used by Jay Barrs to win the 1988 Olympic Games, as well as to set multiple world records of the… Read More »
Easton ACC History Easton originated carbon arrows all the way back in 1982, but it was the Easton X7 aluminum shafts that won the Olympic Games in 1972, when archery returned to the modern games. They also won the games in 1976, and 1980. But Easton’s first carbon A/C shafts were used to win the… Read More »
Easton Aluminium Arrow History Jim Easton began to experiment with aluminum as an arrow shaft, the result of his frustration with the inconsistencies of wood. He presented his first set of aluminum arrows to Larry Hughes, a local archery champion. Over the next two years, Hughes enjoyed strong results with his experimental arrows, culminating in… Read More »
Easton XX75 Arrows My arrow history begins with the first set of arrows I ever purchased when buying my first archery kit as a beginner. I had no idea what arrows I wanted, but was measured up and sold a set of Easton Platinum Plus XX75 aluminium arrows, all I had to was to choose… Read More »
My current recurve archery bow set up that I use for target archery is listed below. I’ve had this set up for a couple of years now, and don’t see the reason for changing anything yet. Yes I may want to upgrade to a Hoyt Faktor Xi riser and some Velos limbs at some point,… Read More »