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… I’d insist that you try it unfletched with a broadhead before you fletch it up.
Ed
Kingwouldbe wrote: You can not just take your regular arrow and cut the feathers down, You must have EFOC to get the results we are talking about. … I have heard a few people say, they want more feathers for hunting to stabilize there arrow for hunting conditions, and I do agree, for REGULAR arrows, however with the EFOC hunting arrow, it is not needed. … We are NOT taking a regular arrow and cutting the feathers down, we are building a whole new arrow, from the ground up.
Unless you’ve seen them first hand it’s difficult to grasp just how massive the English, so-called, quarter pound, armor-piercing war arrows were. Not only do they have points weighing several hundred grains the shaft is at least ½” in diameter at the front, with the rear section tapering to 3/8” diameter. The tapering starts just forward of the fletching’s leading edge. I’ve never had the opportunity to measure a genuine sample but the recreations I’ve seen, used by reenactors, showed FOC’s that were in the high FOC range, but not into the EFOC range. The massive shaft weight keeps them from showing extremely high FOC’s. They relied primarily on their near (and frequently over) 2000 grain weight for their penetrating power.
Ed
R2 wrote: I wonder if a thumb ring that Mongolians use would be somewhat release like? Looks like a good way to bust your nose if you didn’t grow up shooting that style.
Close. The Mongolian thumb ring was often use more as a tab for the thumb, with the bowstring being drawn with the thumb and index finger, which was wrapped over the thumb.
Typical Mongolian type thumb ring.
The Korean thumb ring is used as an actual release aid. The bowstring is drawn using ONLY the thumb. The bowstring is in contact with the ring only. This gives a very fast release, but is a difficult technique to learn and use.
Korean thump ring.
The Chinese used a thumb-only drawing ring somewhat similar to the Korean ring but also used at least one type of thumb ring that differed from both the Mongolian and Korean. It has a curved projection from the ring that holds the bowstring, and the index finger is then hooked over the projection. Upon release, which is accomplished by releasing the index finger, the ring rotates on the thumb. Unfortunately I couldn’t locate a photo of that type of ring. I’ve been told (but don’t know for certain) that some of the Mongols used this type of thumb ring also.
Ed
Kingwouldbe wrote: The High EFOC arrow needs less feather because it is already under control, there for, just a little dab will do ya.
Ed
