[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Camp Pendleton Rattlesnake Canyon Archery Range #45982

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David — I know the willow you speak of very well —

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PSS – Bud B — we have the ” Highest Respect” for our Navy Corpsmen –and all other Naval medical personel who take wonderful care of us at great personal sacrifice of their time and part of their soul– of course they would say “It is just their Job”

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: twisted limb check? #45958

as already mentioned by handirifle, looking down the string will usually show up any twist in the tips–

When I string my bow I always Double check – to be sure the string is actually in the groove of the string nock.

—-Once I strung up and visually checked [ which I do everytime] and noticed one side was off — maybe this happened to you?

always good to check the nocks on each limb before shooting IMHO

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: So I got a ghillie #45938

Thanks Doc-

I have a “upper body & head” Ghillie – that I have adjusted to allow good shooting with my bow. I have always “changed” it to fit the environment color/hue/shagginess [varying length of material] etc – hadn’t thought of using B&W photos to check brightness – great tip!

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Camp Pendleton Rattlesnake Canyon Archery Range #45895

R2

I also spent a little time at “Horno”in the 70s.

“Rattlesnake canyon” is on the road to Mainside if you went to 1st Mar Div HQ { main PX is over that way} Although just about any canyon on Pendleton could be called Rattlesnake –Haha

and Welcome Bud B !

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Camp Pendleton Rattlesnake Canyon Archery Range #45846

I don’t recall when the range was built –but I shot on it in the mid 70s –good range at the time. I don’t recall many people using it very often then. Havn’t been back in many yrs, I hope the base kepted it up –maybe even made improvements!

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Not cool #45841

sorry to see that R2 — I have had a lot of arrows/shafts come by USPS and so far {knockwood}all ok — In fact the lady mail carrier brings Bow & Arrow boxes to my house*! Intead of leaving me a note. I hope she keeps doing the job for awhile!!

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* My Mail is one of those community boxes at the end of the road.

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Bow Stringer #44831

Buy a stringer! for your safety and the longevity of the bow!

I started in the days of “step thru -push pull”. The Reason there are so many twisted used bows on ebay!

Stringers are CHEAP – work great – you can make one with Para cord & a couple pieces of leather—-

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Calculating FOC: question for Dr. Ashby #41000

David –

Thanks for letting us know the final outcome of your 300gr Tuffhead/wood/efoc quest. It sounds like it would be “very difficult” to accomplish with my shrews [56lb @ 27 ]. I will stick with carbons for same when developing elk arrows. I managed to get a 660gr poc 225th -foc 18.42%, should be a good deer arrow.

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: "Brave" review #39748

Caroline looks the part!–haha– and appears to be having fun ! Is that her shrew?

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: calibrating arrow scale. #38853

good tip – you might be surprised how often coins are used – by weight, depth or width etc – as a field expedient measure –

to include Headspace & Timing for Ma Deuce [ 50 Bmg ]-haha

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Calculating FOC: question for Dr. Ashby #38445

I realize I am very new to building and using efoc/uefoc arrows. My tendency would be to stay with the Standard [ bop]

or show both {P-inc } for the individual arrow set up.

My reason is it allows me to compare my arrows and their efficiency to all the others{the standard} recorded in the Ashby studies [ natal on], and everyone else from here on that adds to it—

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: The bug has me so I started a new bow (finally finished) #36978

Troy –

Nice job! Beautiful bow ! love the grip —

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: brass insert for 2018s #34623

farther forward is best —

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: brass insert for 2018s #34549

If they or Kustom King don’t have it — probably not easily store bought. I know some of the members have built their own footing Al w/ carbon etc – maybe one will chime in.

with my own limited experience in efoc I had to go up in spine to tune properly. As you proceed you may end up with a shaft that allows the Brass inserts?

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[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: brass insert for 2018s #34508

Did you check with 3rivers archery — I know they have them for some aluminum arrows?

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