[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #34381

Steve Graf wrote: share-off 🙄

Fixed.

Seriously though, Steve – thanks for the prodding. I had a couple great sessions with my ASLs the past couple afternoons, and remembered why they are so fun to shoot!

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #33216

Ahhh….that was downright therapeutic.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #33178

Steve Graf wrote:

To me, it’s kind of like a handshake. Too much grip and it is overbearing and obnoxious. Too little and it’s fishy and untrustworthy.

Very true, Steve. I think it’s just particularly noticeable after not having shot them for a while.

Of the two Primal Styks I have, the #50-er is the regular Primal design, and the #55-er is the “Overdrive” version, which has more reflex. The latter is the one with more noticeable handshock. It’s not bad, by any means, just a solid thump upon release.

I still like shooting them very much however – there is just something so cool about that design that is hard to describe. In fact, I think I’m going to string one up and play around in the backyard right now…

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: The latest abomination! #32172

I’m much too simple-minded to figure out how to shoot a contraption like that. The last time I tried to shoot a friend’s compound, I wasn’t even sure I was pointing it the right way. 😯

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #31701

Steve Graf wrote:

Haven’t seen that American Semi Longbow lately…

Truth. I actually shot it that same day, just didn’t make it into the pic. It was nice to see that there was really no “transition time” from shooting the D/R bow above to the ASL – when I picked up the latter and shot it, it was dead-on accurate from the first shot. It’s a wonderful bow…but, after not having shot it for a few weeks and shooting my D/R bows exclusively, there’s an amount of handshock that is hard to ignore on that ASL which is completely absent in my other bows…

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: The latest abomination! #29898

john dilts wrote: LOL The yuppie Canadian Tire Campers (sorry a canadian thing) will love this. What joke

Hey! That reminds me – I still have some Canadian Tire Dollars laying around here somewhere…:lol:

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Just for the fun of it #29676

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Just for the fun of it #29639

R2 wrote: You and Etter been swimming together in an Arizona creek of ice. 😮

No way I was going in that crick. I didn’t leave Idaho in the middle of winter to freeze me newts off in southern AZ.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Just for the fun of it #29555

You guys are both doing it wrong. I should know – I just took a seminar. 8)

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Lars Andersen–a great Dane! #29527

dwcphoto wrote: Steve, That last part is probably easy. Spend less time outside, shooting, hunting, stumping, squirrel watching, and more time on the internet. Being forty millionth is probably a really good thing… dwc

Haha…there is much that is worth missing these days, for sure.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Lars Andersen–a great Dane! #28956

dwcphoto wrote: That’s a well rounded log you threw on. When I first watched one of Lars’ videos I just thought this is fun and didn’t take it too seriously. When the naysayers started, I thought they had lost their senses of humor. However, the guy did stick his chin out and therefore invited the resulting commentary, which seems a lot more thought out…

I felt exactly the same, David. But the more I thought about his “historical claims” the more I had to roll my eyes at how absurd they were. However, just in case any of us is taking any of this too seriously:

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #28823

TGIF, Brother and Sisters!!

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Lars Andersen–a great Dane! #28814

I’ll throw another log on the campfire…

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #28438

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Howdy #25474

Welcome, and congrats on the bow! I used to live on the Olympic Peninsula – wonderful country, and some fine hunting and fishing to be found around out there, as I’m sure you know.

Wose wrote:

I’m both pleased and frustrating with my shooting. It runs in streaks, but my bad shots are getting better.

Heck, I’ve been doing this for years, and your statement above still sums it up. I consider it a life-long journey…

Wose wrote: That would have been $100 worth of .22 ammo, $1000 worth of .308 ammo, and if I had tried to do it with my muzzle loader, I would have to quit my full time job.

Ha. I don’t even want to ponder the math on that when it comes to my .44 ammo. 8)

Wose wrote: Next year we are going to plant some Osage and Pacific Yew.

Very cool. Looking forward to some day seeing the staves that come from those plantings.

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