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  1. steve

    Etiquette/gamemanship

    I was at a competition recently. The shooting was in double detail. I noticed that a couple were shooting on the alternate detail to each other and when one was shooting they would, after every shot, turn back to look at their partner, who was using a spotting scope from just behind the waiting...
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    Calories burnt in field archery.

    I know a couple of people who, when asked by their GP what exercise they do. have mentioned archery and been told "that doesn't count". The GPs have obviously never shot a York or Hereford round, let alone field archery.
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    Bow from a bike wheel

    Is it not actually a catapult rather than a bow as the power is coming from springs rather than the limbs?
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    “Less is more” limb’s poundage?

    I think the key here is your phrase "you feel comfortable with". Why would you shoot a poundage lower than one you're comfortable with? I also shoot barebow and am well into my 60s having been over 60 when I took up archery. I pull 40 pounds on my fingers. Is that high? Or low? There are...
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    Bow weight for longer distances

    A young woman at my club regularly achieves good scores at 100 yards shooting 30lbs.
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    Mass shooting with bow...

    My club (which describes itself as an archery club) has recently started allowing crossbow shooters. Not a popular decision with a large minority of members.
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    garden set up advice please!

    In the UK compound bows are legal but use of them other than at a dedicated club, with few exceptions, is illegal.
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    Archery shops - Are they taking the mick? (Online orders)

    But do you go to the bricks and mortar shop to look and try and then buy online because it's a couple of quid cheaper?
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    Armex blue and carbon arrows :-/

    Is that "The Range" that sells everything household from plates to paddling pools to BBQs (and everything in between) or an archery shop?
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    From the Lions' Den - A freestylers' journey.

    I've never flown anything that I could claim to be "loggable" but I've been up in a Tiger Moth (the pilot pulled it out of the hangar by lifting the tail and pulling it with one hand) :oops:, Britten-Norman BN-2 Islanders in New Zealand and some Twin Otter seaplanes in the Maldives. Seaplanes...
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    Recommendation for tent/shelter for competitions

    By these are my staff
  12. steve

    Arrows making a noise

    You never faced Steve Harmison in the Ashes then. You know, the first ball that went to second slip !
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    Recommendation for tent/shelter for competitions

    I tend to favour something like this
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    Arrows making a noise

    Anyone that's played cricket will attest to the noise that a cricket ball, even at "military medium" pace, makes as it goes past you when you're batting. The noise from a genuinely quick bowler is a scary thing. Anything moving through the air at speed makes a noise.
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    From the Lions' Den - A freestylers' journey.

    My school, late 60s early 70s, was full of "old officer" types. There was a history teacher called George Offler. Of course he got christened Offler the Waffler. It was a recognised tactic to get him talking about his days in the army to sidetrack him from what we should have been learning...
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    From the Lions' Den - A freestylers' journey.

    I first encountered a Mossie many years ago when my dad took me to the Shuttleworth collection more years ago than I care to remember (late 60s?). We were driving through hedge lined country lanes in the family Triumph Herald when there was a growling roar and a Mosquito shot across the road at...
  17. steve

    what is it about carbon foam?

    Seeing it before you answer.
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    what is it about carbon foam?

    Forgive my ignorance, on a steep learning curve here, but how would the laminates in a longbow work then, being glued together.
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    what is it about carbon foam?

    I can't see how "foam" of any sort has a place in limbs. Foam's function is to take up space. Good for insulation, but not for strength/elasticity.
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