cecile
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A friend of mine made me a wonderfull mongolian bow:
It is only 32 lbs, however very nice to shoot.
I tried it first with the X7 arrows that I shoot with my Martin X200 recurve bow (35 lbs). It was almost desastrous. The slightest weakness in the bow hand or in the the form and the arrows scattered everywhere on the face and even outside...
So, I decided to make my own wooden arrows and started to buy a set of 12 cedar shafts some turkey feathers. A friend gave me ends of cow horns that are cut by the farmers. Another one gave me ostrich sinew and organic glue. Last December, when I got in China, I bought several reindeer antlers.
I had then all that is needed to make arrows that will fit very well with the bow.
And here are my first wooden arrows for my lovely mongo:
(Yellow ones where my first attempt with modest shafts. White feathered one are much better with very good shafts and a lot of application )
The time spent to make them was worth it! These arrows are much better fitting than the aluminium ones. Unfortunately they tend to be slow and I have difficulties to shoot long ranges with so weak a bow...
I'd like to know how to improve things so that I'll have arrows also fitted for long ranges... Please, any hint around here?
It is only 32 lbs, however very nice to shoot.
I tried it first with the X7 arrows that I shoot with my Martin X200 recurve bow (35 lbs). It was almost desastrous. The slightest weakness in the bow hand or in the the form and the arrows scattered everywhere on the face and even outside...
So, I decided to make my own wooden arrows and started to buy a set of 12 cedar shafts some turkey feathers. A friend gave me ends of cow horns that are cut by the farmers. Another one gave me ostrich sinew and organic glue. Last December, when I got in China, I bought several reindeer antlers.
I had then all that is needed to make arrows that will fit very well with the bow.
And here are my first wooden arrows for my lovely mongo:
(Yellow ones where my first attempt with modest shafts. White feathered one are much better with very good shafts and a lot of application )
The time spent to make them was worth it! These arrows are much better fitting than the aluminium ones. Unfortunately they tend to be slow and I have difficulties to shoot long ranges with so weak a bow...
I'd like to know how to improve things so that I'll have arrows also fitted for long ranges... Please, any hint around here?