I just bought my first longbow.

[James Harvey]

#6544

A second hand 64″ tred barta (martin) for 300 buckaroos. I feel like it’s a steal, brand new here they’re about $800. Hope it arrives in one piece.

I thought about asking here if anyone had any comments regarding these bows, but the price seemed so good I just got all excited and bought it 😳 So ahh, let me have it if you’ve owned one and thought it was a dog! Honestly, a broomstick with a bit of tire wire joining the ends is probably a better bow than I am an archer so I’m probably going to be happy anyway 😉

[coastalbendbows]

#52594

you will like todays modern longbows. Your going to fall in love with how quiet they are. 300 is a good deal. hope it makes it in one piece for ya

[Ralph]

#53928

You’ll get hooked!!!! 😀 One piece it is too hopefully.

I’ll get on a recurve kick now and then and I actually shoot a bit better with one but I always end up back with my longbows. Plus and minuses for each but preference scores the most.

Enjoy!!!!!!

[James Harvey]

#54122

Cheers guys 🙂

Ralph it’s a one piece. I’m expecting it to arrive next week, I’ll be sure to post some pics. Unless it breaks in transit, in which case I will cry myself to sleep 😉

[Ralph]

#54140

Would not be a happy thing to be broken. The “luck” be with you! And I’m telling you, you’ll get hooked. Remember though, the way you grasp the bow will be different than that of a recurve if you’ve not shot one before.

[James Harvey]

#54165

Cheers for the good luck Ralph. I’ve never shot one, but I by the looks of it this bow has one of those heavier, almost recurve like risers. I’m not sure exactly what that will mean for my wrist position, I’ll have to figure that out when it gets here. The only club in this town that is even close to traditional is out of action for the time being so I can’t even go pester anyone. But I’m looking forward to being hooked by the long bow 🙂

[Ralph]

#54183

Jim, I’m no instructer or expert or anything, just been shooting long, long, long time:lol:. I’m even older than David Peterson and we’ve seen some old dirt for sure. Most people shoot recurves with a high wrist and longbows with a low wrist. I was trying to shoot my longbow with a high wrist when the meaty part of my left hand (bow hand) was buggered up this past fall and winter. I was somewhat successful by curling and tucking my little finger against the bow. I had problems keeping the bow from torquing on me doing this however. I was only shooting like this because I couldn’t stand not shooting for very long. Anyway, by design of the bows this is what is. I might get some different thoughts and opinions but …… I’ll pm you to show you what my problem was. It’s ugly!

[James Harvey]

#54330

Hah, I read and replied to your pm before I read this, so my reply won’t make much sense 😳

Yep, low wrist will definitely be different for me. I can’t wait to give it a good hard try though 🙂

[archer38]

#54469

R2, I do this from time to time also. I tuck my last 2 fingers into my palm while gripping the bow but only to train my grip when i find myself getting lazy.

[Terry Lightle]

#55968

Enjoy as life as you have known it is no more.You will now see just how much fun you can have.

[lyagooshka]

#56199

Jim,

Have fun with it. Can’t wait to hear about it. Be well.

Alex

😀

[James Harvey]

#63322

Here she is 😀 Arrived this morning.

[Brennan Herr]

#63423

Nice bow Jim!!! I hope you enjoy and it shoots well. After 4 years of recurve shooting it took me a little while to get used to a longbow. But now it is like second nature. You fellows that go back and forth between the two have my respect.

[Wolfshead]

#63690

Nice!

Enjoy it!

now go make some arrows for it! :wink::wink:

[coastalbendbows]

#63862

Nice looking bow. Enjoy it.

[Ralph]

#63984

Ha! Sweet. Have fun my friend. I’m tellin’ ya, you’ll get hooked.. Attaboys to those who got it there in one piece. G. Fred has some really good info Inst. Arch 2 about shooting the longbow and the differences between the longbow shooting and that of the recurve.

[mhay]

#64064

congrats to ya Jim.

[James Harvey]

#7677

Thanks guys!

Ralph, this bow has travelled quite a way. Not only did it make it here originally from the US, the guy I bought it from is in Adelaide, and the shipping company accidentally sent it to Darwin instead of Townsville so it’s journey from him to me ended up being over 4000 miles on some pretty rugged highway in the back of a truck:

The red line shows the first leg, then the blue shows the final journey to it’s new home 🙂

[Ralph]

#7692

Jim, you sure you didn’t use UPS? 😆 Start tracking something shipped and it’s amazing how many A to B’s there are in a “direct route” from A to me ::lol: .Like my 18 yr. old grandson fixing to graduate would say, “It’s even more better you gots it”. Ha! Enjoy.

How’s the knee doin?

[James Harvey]

#8013

Hah, no kidding Ralph. A two day delay will make no difference in what I hope will be a long lived love affair. I’m happy it’s in one piece!

My knee and ankle had MRI’s done at the start of the week, I’ll get a surgeon’s review in a couple of weeks. Fingers crossed no surgery required 😕

[Wexbow]

#12161

Hey Jim looks like your bow went walkabout 😀 Maybe you can get some bush tucker tips off it 😛 I was admiring those Barta bows in 3Rivers catalogue, sweet. Enjoy it and let us know how it goes.

[Ralph]

#12334

Well………………:? 😆 Jim……….:?:lol:

[Goraidh]

#13619

Beautiful bow, Jim. Enjoy getting to know it.

[Alexandre Bugnon]

#22311

Great, hard hitting, tough as nails bow. Enjoy it! I especially liked to see its journey all the way from the US to you, via back country. the map made me feel like watching an Indiana Jones movie!

[David Petersen]

#22417

That’s a clean-looking little bow, Jim. I’m not familiar with the model, but it appears certainly to be a straight-limbed bow, rather than the more common deflex/reflex longbows so popular today. That means it will be a bit more picky about tuning and release, definitely not a beginner’s bow. But you’re no beginner and with patience you should make a great team.

As for Ralph, unless your profile age is several years out of date, you are not older than me but a comparatively young whipper-snapper attempting to appear more mature than you really are. And I’m getting even older really soon (funny how it happens all at once, like a clock whose minutes tick just once a minute rather than creeping evenly along), so you’ll never catch up. If you took up heavy drinking and smoking that would help speed the process for you, but even then … 😆

[James Harvey]

#22748

Boy I tell you what, I’ve been practising a lot on my backyard range, but sometimes learning a new bow is really frustrating. I’ve been taking videos to critique myself. For those interested here’s a link to a 2 minute video I put together of my practice sessions:

http://youtu.be/-oRTk8MD7jE

Dave, it is actually a d/r bow, but it must be a very gentle d/r as you only see the flexation (I think I made that word up) when it is unstrung. As soon as it’s under tension the limbs straighten out. I’m not sure why it would be designed like that or what effect it will have on the function of the limbs. Presumably less d/r means less mechanical advantage but I’m not sure what the pay off is. Maybe I get to trick people at trad shoots and say it’s a straight limbed bow 😉

[Brennan Herr]

#23035

Great video…..I feel your pain!!!

[Bruce Smithhammer]

#23103

ausjim wrote: Boy I tell you what, I’ve been practising a lot on my backyard range, but sometimes learning a new bow is really frustrating. I’ve been taking videos to critique myself. For those interested here’s a link to a 2 minute video I put together of my practice sessions:

http://youtu.be/-oRTk8MD7jE

I laughed just as hard the second time I watched it. However, I don’t mean to make light of the obvious challenges you’re facing with learning a new bow. My guess is that a little more “push/pull” would help a lot…

[Ralph]

#23164

That’s funny!!! I knew there was something to that old saying “It’s never too late for an old ‘master’ to learn new tricks” 😆 Think that’s how it must be phrased down under. 🙄

[Ralph]

#23173

Your flexation like my flimsible. If you know your business, I mean what more can I say? :lol::lol: It take flexation to chunk an arrow with those flimsible thingys.

[mhay]

#23176

Was hoping to witness your shooting ,,,,,,,,,,,absolutley hilarious video .

Have you shot the new bow yet ?

[David Petersen]

#23208

Good one, Jim! 😆 You know, that’s why God created leashes! 😛

[Raymond Coffman]

#23599

I absolutely agree with Dave’s statement-

there are VERY FEW circumstances – you get to go where you want – without reflection, and it is good to learn that early. although it is funny{your video}–and I enjoyed it immensely – took me back a few years.

Scout

PS – balance & discipline in all things–from beginning to end—————for all members of the{family}Unit-

“All units are responsible for their own Security”!*

My Father Taught me this a long time ago – it is still a great survival skill–

* It is an old Roman Mil Dictum

[Col Mike]

#24539

Jim

Your form is almost perfect—I think after you put the arrow on the string your supposed to pull the string back toward your face and then let it go or something like that. But—again you have the loading phase down pat, good job. Thanks for the look at some of your exotic wildlife–I recognized the dingo, was that other critter a wallaby? I’m still 😆

Semper Fi

Mike

[lyagooshka]

#24773

David Petersen wrote: Good one, Jim! 😆 You know, that’s why God created leashes! 😛

Dave, for which one, 2 or 4 legs? (Both if I had my way, and I speak from the point of view of someone who has the same exact issues.) Jim, LMAO. That is just TOO funny. Love it. Thanks for posting. Be well.

Alex

😆

[Troy Warner]

#26506

Most of us work on form and accuracy before jumping into shooting with distraction. 😉 Good on ya for getting the distractions out of the way first. 😆

Luck

Troy

[Wexbow]

#27855

It’s so annoying the way they keep moving when you’re trying to aim at them… What?! 😆

[David Coulter]

#29575

That’s great. Good luck with the bow, too! dwc

[skifrk]

#29768

Jim that was one of the funniest form videos in a while and I can empathize with the problems in the backyard so I go to the local public course to practice. I liked the video of all the native creatures creating distraction for you.

[Rupe]

#49789

Thank you for the instuctional video. I learned do much from watching your form and the way you controlled your mind by not blowing up and screaming. When things didn’t go according to plans. That was one funny video!

Remember kids should be on leashes and dogs should be in play pens, or something like that??:lol:

Rupe

ps- Nice bow!

[codger]

#53001

well ive owned a lot of martin bows over the years and they were all fine bows. you have made a huge mistake getting involved in traditional archery is addicting and as you try more and more bows your tastes may evolve. I gravitated toward bamboo longbows due to thier lack of handshock and smooth shooting currently I own six of them. its a sickness i tell you longobws touch the soul like no other weapon ive ever had the privledge of shooting you may be hooked for life! But luckily you have found a great support group who understands this addicition and can provide guidance and support on your journey.

[Rupe]

#53092

I got such a kick out of your video that I had to show it to my wife. She laughed for 15 minutes. The said “What a good dad for being so patient with your kid and your dog”.

Can’t wait for the sequel. Practice session part II archery dad being hauled off to the Psych. hospital for nervous breakdown.:lol:

Rupe

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