So if I said that tonight hadn't gone
entirely to plan......
...Yet it was all going so well - right up until the final stage of assembly when I looked in my sight-bag to
not find the attachment screw. Gutted. The clue was that the bag wasn't zipped shut. I retraced my steps since arriving, all the way to a fingertip search of the car boot. Nowt. Nobody had a spare.
No way I was quitting without popping Magaeras' cherry so I lined up on a full 122cm face at 10 yards & attempted some 'instinctive shooting'.
Arrows 1 & 2 both cleared the boss by at least 6' high & 2' wide
OK, 3 & 4 did manage to find the top left of the boss. The next end was better, but still not good. Nevertheless, having something of an aiming point allowed me to ignore the (lack of) golds & just concentrate on the feel of the 'new' riser.
- And that feeling was
GOOOOOOD! No handshock, felt great. But NFW I'm ever gonna
choose to shoot without sights. No Sir, no barebow or any of that medieval crap for this Lion. I'm a freestyle recurve archer full freakin' stop.
As an aside, there are now two more recurvers in the process of modifying a Decut Tawant with a Shibuya long fibre after seeing mine in action, that'll make a total of four including me. It's revolution, baby
You want a happy ending?
OK then, when I got home, as I was drawing up to my parking spot, I saw something glint in the headlights. It must have fallen out of the bag just before I put the gear in the boot. That's what comes of leaving your gear sitting on a table for 10 days & just assuming everything is OK. Lesson learned.
Sunday. That's when she'll get a true debut. With sights.