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in reply to: beginner bow #12298
I have a red stag by samick. A little bit more money, but its a shooter and looks good. I’ve since moved on to long bows but I won’t part with it. Good back up bow. I used some sand paper and poly to reshape the grip and it turned out great. Samicks bows are good shooting bows for the money, a great deal in my book. The overall finish is where they save money, but I just cleaned up the edges and re applied poly to shine it all up real nice. I’m not advicating any particular samick bow, just the company in general.
in reply to: Wood Arrow #52573All great responses and I appreciate it. I will play with this dozen of woodies and enjoy them. I’m just going to set the EFOC business aside for right now and work on a good set up in general. My FF string should be here tomorrow and once it’s on I’ll toss a few 5575’s with 200 grain tips through it to see if they win me over any. If they do, great, they’re there should I want them. If not, also no big deal as the 55-60’s woodies should consume enough ambition as I master the spinning/straightening game. The idea of wood is an enchanting allure to me. Yes, a bit more hassle-some with their inconsistancies (at least at my budget price, no premium select shafts for this guy), but their individual identities are a part of their charm. Besides, I suppose if we didn’t want to perform the upkeep of our rigs I could always go pick up that arrow-casting machine gathering dust in the garage. I bet I could nock an arrow right now and drill a good hit from 30m with no problem. But thats no fun. Haha. All in all, I always enjoy everyones input. As no two situations are alike neither are two shooters, or two solutions for that matter. Happy shooting all!
in reply to: Wood Arrow #51610Well thank you on all counts. I suppose between the photo and the name I don’t do well with internet incognito, huh? Haha. As far as FOC, I am a believer, that’s for sure! Well, I hemmed and hawed over spine, I googled, I forum-ed, ad nausea. I finally admitted I just don’t have the money to toss around with hit and miss guesses so I called the folks at Kustom King and spoke to the gentleman there. I explained my set up, my confusion, and my concerns and we finally settled on the 55-60# spine. At this point I just want a safe base line to work towards higher FOC. And since tuning at this point has been…frustrating, I went with a safet bet. Once I get what in my mind will be a simplier set up (my brain wraps around normal weight tunning easier than FOC/EFOC tunning at this stage of my game), I feel that in the (near, fingers crossed) future I toy with increased point weight I can match that increase in tip weight with stiffining dynamic spine with trimming back the shaft little by little. My hope is with the 125’s in my set up with the FF string I will end up with a long enough arrow to ease into the higher FOC game down the road. Of course, I have this far missed the mark so I could be way off, haha BUT at least this time I have an actual plan, rather than the “assemble the plane in mid-flight” tactic I’ve been using thus far. As a side note, I am super stoked to be working with woods again, this time with a lot more information!
in reply to: Getting started, need help #48857Thanks for all of the help. For backround, I am in a way “making lemonade” at this point. See, I have some 5575’s cut to 29″ that I’m shooting out of my bow. I can’t get new arrows right now, so I’m working to get them good with an added benefit of a heavy front end. I have been able to get them flying ok with 125 grain tips, (I know, should be over spined, but the proof is before my eyes.) How I did this was to up my brace height to 8″ (right at the high end of whats recommended, but within tolerance), work my release technique (learned to let the string pull away once anchor was achieved rather than “dumping” the string). I also took a different grip where I didn’t “grasp” the handle fully but rather slid the tips closer to the front. All combined, this has me just slightly over on spine. But it gives me an opportunity to beef my front up some and shoot a good, heavy arrow. Not a telephone pole, but solid. My arrows fly good,but seem to correct paradox quickly. My guess is another 75 grains up front will bring me in pretty close to spine and weight. Just a guess at this point though.
in reply to: Arrow makers #35059Good point on carbon being cheaper in the long run, maybe I should get soms GT Traditionals and soak my money into fletchings instead. Thanks for all of the leads. I will research all of them and look at how they stack up.
in reply to: western NY trad club #20652Wow, I was sifting through old threads and saw this. Very cool! I’m from Panama NY so it was exciting to see some mention of the old area. Not a very common occurrence to say the least! Ah, anyway, I moved away in 01′ when I joined uncle sams band of misfits and call the deep south home now. Sure do miss those big ol’ whitetails these days! Our deer here a like deer-shaped dogs! Haha
in reply to: Eagle Archery shaft length #14450Thanks! I love this site and the bounty of combined experience!
in reply to: Eagle Archery shaft length #14199I shoot Gold Tip traditionals, 5575’s.
in reply to: Junior archers #36153That’s a great idea too, with the bottles and sandbox toys!
in reply to: Donation to Active Duty Military #35593Very generous! I’m active duty however I couldn’t accept. I hope there’s some brothers here who will benefit from such an opportunity!
in reply to: "Elevated" rest.. #35549Well I got it figured out! Today everything came together and now I’m driving tacks! Even had to replace my first shot nock since switching to trad. I dug around and found an old baseball mitt in my closet. After removing a good chunk from the palm of it with a box cutter I had amgood sized hunk of quality leather. I trimmed that down and sliced off a small, slender piece of it to create a bump. Some glue and wham-o, a nice, durable shelf rest that is as long-lasting as it is whisper quiet! It looks great and tightened up my group like I wouldn’t imagine! And while I can’t currently prove it, I would put money that my fps has improved. If you have a cut past center flat rest and want to shoot off the shelf, message me and I’ll save you ohhh… About 2 months of trial and error.
in reply to: "Elevated" rest.. #31813Thanks guys! I always turn to TradBow forums when I’m stumped. It seems everytime I draw 24 hour duty at Squadron HQ, with a computer in front of my face for that long I read and re-read almost every thread on here and try my best to soak up as much knowledge as possible. So for now I used a firm foam (basiclly 3M 2 faced adhesive) in 2 layers to creat a hump that comes up to an apex (like a little dirtbike jump I guess describes it best) and form covered it with camo moleskin.I left a slight gap between the hump and the built out arrow plate on the side. Looks nice…which may comfort me when I go to try it out and it fails horribly. I’ll give it a go tonight if I can find something around here to put some arrows into. If that doesn’t work..well heck, I’ll just keep trying stuff until it works. Even with the frustration there’ll never be more than one string on my bow.
in reply to: "Elevated" rest.. #31590I agree. One of the ads actually said it required one, and I mentioned it to one of the gentleman at my local shop (who I trust) and he said that I didn’t need one. I agree with the building it up. Do you or anyone else have a link that shows exactly how to do this? I will say. the toothpick, popsickle stick, or anything similar just didn’t work in my case. Do I place the “bump” towards the front or back of the rest, or center? I am out of my depth here for sure. But you’ve been very helpful, thank you.
in reply to: "Elevated" rest.. #31548Also, and this is honestly not to be argumentive, only I am just not very educated in it; the charts I have read (such as 3 Rivers, etc.) and the guys at the archery shop who pointed me toward these GT’s all aim at 400., where can I find a more accurate spine chart?
in reply to: "Elevated" rest.. #31526I am with you so far. My arrows are 30″ with 125 grain. (The added leangth aides in my aiming and gives me a little more stand off that I enjoy) so same holds true?
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