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in reply to: diy 3d targets #10394

Are you shooting broadheads in them?

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in reply to: Bullet casing to suit 5/16 wooden shafts #10392

Given that the 5/16″ shaft is .312″ in diameter, the closest fitting case would be the 32 Long Colt, and MidwayUSA has them in stock, http://www.midwayusa.com/product/941617924/starline-reloading-brass-32-s-and-w-long. They are $17.49 for 100, not a bad price. The inside diameter of these is .318″, leaving just enough room for a thin layer of glue. They are .916″ long, by the way.

As for weight, why not melt a few drops of lead into the inside base of the cartridge? That way you can make it as heavy as you want, without affecting flight. With the lead melted in the case, simply heat the cases until the lead flows easily inside and it will self level.

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in reply to: Looking for glass #53011

Ha, never even thought of that, but I will take pics of before, during and after.

Thanks.

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in reply to: Looking for glass #52837

Troy

They arrived yesterday. Thanks much, this will help get the old “$26 throwaway” bow back to being a shooter.

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in reply to: Disappointing performance (not mine) #24901

I have learned that there is about 1 out of 10, or maybe less, of the current batch of hunters (gun and bow) that I can enjoy watching. Very few TRUE sportsmen on the air these days. It’s all about the $$$c to them.

As I said before, Fred Eichler, is on the top of my list of hunters to watch. he pushes his sponsors’ products, for sure, but the shots shown, are always ethical and clean. No idea what’s on the cutting room floor.

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in reply to: Disappointing performance (not mine) #23490

dabersold wrote: Although I seriously doubt it, with the information given in the initial post, how do we know that of the 615gr. arrow weight 450gr. weren’t up front with a single bevel head? Point being, without more info on the arrow and bow poundage I think we are being to quick to judge. Just saying. 😕

From my first post, there wasn’t eenough info given to make any determination other than, what ever it was (head or poundage) neither was ideal. The only thing the bshooter commented on was his heavy arrow. It killed the animal and fairly quickly, but it really looked bad.

One has to really wonder what the poundage and the head were that he used. Either way it was a poor showing in my opinion. I enjoy hunting shows and have hunted all my life. I know all kills are not clean nor pretty, but that is real life, not filmed hunts that we have a choice to show or not. Should he have shown it even though it wasn’t ideal? I say no but am sure others disagree.

He got the game and deserves to enjoy the meat but save the film for another hunt.

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in reply to: Eye dominance and picking a spot #16078

Steve
Thanks for the feedback. As far as I know I don’t intrude in the eye socket area, but will for sure pay attention to it in future sessions. A fellow I used to shoot with used three fingers under and he was unbelievably accurate. He is a BIG guy, 6’10” and I watched him cut a string that a golf ball was suspended from, at 20yds. It took 2 tries, but the first try nicked it.
Three fingers under seems really off, if I cant the bow much at all. but, like you said maybe I’ll give it more time.

I have given serious thought to buying one of those inexpensive (cheap?) take downs that are being made and just really buckling down to go that way, but being on a fixed income, a new bow, arrows and all the other costs of a new setup are kinda out of reach. Even starting with a $150 bow.

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in reply to: Strung or unstrung?? #16074

Smithhammer wrote: I wonder how much of that is a hold-over mentality from older bows and older methods of stringing/unstringing them. Seems to me that when using a stringer properly, on a quality-built modern bow, the chance of damaging the bow is very slim.

I think they would agree with you 100% on that, but it’s when we don’t use a stringer, that can cause problems.

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in reply to: Strung or unstrung?? #15260

I suspect some of the bow makers issues, and reasons for leaving them strung, might be twofold. First, MOST damage done to longbows or recurves, is done during stringing/unstringing. That is where most limbs are twisted or broken.

The second, I believe, is purely a marketing ploy, to show how durable a particular bow is.

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in reply to: Eye dominance and picking a spot #14921

Well that is a place to start. I use the method I saw on the Black Widow bow companies “Tour and Tuning” video. Is there a better method for bare shafting?

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in reply to: Disappointing performance (not mine) #14919

I do not think he mentioned the broadhead. That was my first thought. It looked like something an expandable head would do.

I am not a purist in any of the styles, but I have to laugh when I see some of the head designs out there. Some look like a fighter jet, with a long pointy nose and rather abruptly jutting out blades, and those are fixed blades.

Hitting those cutting edges has to be like hitting a wall.

The old 3-1 ratio makes a lot of sense no matter what type of bow one uses.

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in reply to: Questions about my bareshaft tuning today. #14915

Wow, lots left to learn for me too. Looks like its time to keep the old eyes open and the fingers still a bit.8)

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in reply to: Questions about my bareshaft tuning today. #14388

Sounds to me like Troy nailed it. It sure seems like your form changed when you went from vertical to cant. I’m assuming you’re shooting right handed?

One possible thing you might be doing is, when you hold vertical, your bow arm is moving more to the left upon release. Or, when you shoot canted, you’re pulling your right hand tighter into your face, before release.

Less face pressure, for a right hand shooter, will always send your arrows more to the left.

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in reply to: Carbon bare shaft tuning question #36141

Sorry about that, it would serve me right!

I learned a lot as well. Sometimes I sound like a newby, but have been shooting off and on for almost 50yrs, but equipment and philosophies change, so I get left behind sometimes, especially when it’s 5 or 6 years between major purchases.

With some of the improvements I have made since your thread started, i have shot my recurve better than ever before, at least this bow.

Years back, I placed fairly high in some “mail in” club archery, recurve competitions, all shot at bulls-eyes, at 20yds, but I want to refine my skills and actually bow kill a deer with my recurve. The Mathews has made meat before, but never a deer with a recurve. I need to change that (bucket list kinda thing).

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in reply to: My Setup Adequate for Elk??? #36124

David Petersen wrote: I envision some future archaeologist finding one of my arrows and contemplating how us primitive folk used to live. 😛 Dave

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Kinda makes you wonder about the lifestyles we assume they had back then. We will never know if people used what they did because of, “they don’t make ’em like they used to” mentality. Not that that is a bad thing, just a choice.

I went by the ONLY archery shop withing a 45 mile drive here, and the only SINGLE carbon arrow they had was a 7595 spine:shock: Just a mite stiff for my 55lb recurve.

I will try to save my pennies for some carbons. I do remember how frustrating bent arrows were, you reminded me.

Sorry for stealing the post, and thanks for all the help. I will post again on this when I can scrounge up the funds for some arrows.

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