At training tonight I opened my bag and my bow stand fell apart. It took several ends to find the metal part that fits into the leg part to allow the leg to be screwed into it. It strange, but not having a stand is debilitating. You can’t put your bow down. Sometimes I wonder… Read More »
This evening at training I brought my Hoyt Carbon 720 limbs and new string to set up. I decided to put metal nocks on the string again even though a lot of people seem to use thread or even dental floss for nock points. I borrowed a pair of nock pliers and added the metal… Read More »
A taller brace height will: 1. Increase draw weight 2. Decrease arrow speed 3. Soften the dynamic spine of the arrow A shorter brace height will: 1. Decrease draw weight 2. Increase arrow speed 3. Stiffen the dynamic spine of the arrow Find out what brace height you are happy with by testing your bow… Read More »
I finally succumbed to purchasing some Hoyt Carbon 720 limbs that I wanted. I ended up ordering them from Merlin Archery for around £208 + delivery. That was about the cheapest I could find them online. On the Merlin website it also showed the limbs I wanted (36lb) as being in stock so I thought… Read More »
What a terrible night at training tonight. I did manage a few good ends but it seemed like the arrows were really going right tonight. I ended up having to wind out my button in order to get the arrows back to the centre of the target. I also managed to hit my arm a… Read More »
Archery, Skills, Tactics and Techniques Book from Crowood Sports Guides by Deborah Charles This is one of my favourite archery books at the moment. It only has 90 pages, but it does cover all the basics and compared to a lot of other archery books it contains full colour images all the way through. This… Read More »
This was my first time shooting Vegas round today. We set four targets up on each boss. These triangular targets seem very small from 18m away. Out of 60 arrows I only managed 43 hits. Early into the round I found I couldn’t hit anything. I think increasing the draw weight to 40lb, that combined… Read More »
Tonight it was back to the Portsmouth targets, My third time shooting at 40lb draw weight. It felt OK tonight, I wasn’t too tired by the end of the night. One thing that does bug me is managing to get the sight exactly at the same place every time I put the sight back together.… Read More »
Today everyone shot a Portsmouth, I didn’t bother to score today as I knew I would have a lot of tuning to do now I had increased my draw weight to 40lb. I wasn’t wrong, as I don’t have access to 20 yards at home, there was some work to do with the button (plunger)… Read More »
It’s good working from home as it lets you get the target out in the garden now and again, then set the bow up and have a little practice. It’s also good for me as my club in the winter only shoots on Friday and Sunday and sometimes you feel as if you do need… Read More »