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  1. LunkShooter

    A sobering reminder for anyone considering shooting in a built-up area...

    http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10623677.Welling_mum_s_shock_as_wayward_arrow_shot_from_school_field_flies_through_window/ Not my club, but I know them well, and this venue is less than a mile from my house. Thankfully no-one was hurt...
  2. LunkShooter

    Switching to V-Bar and twins for the 2013 season

    As it's a quiet time of year I decided to try a recurve-style stabiliser layout on my Contender Elite. It was a bit of a mongrel rig, as I only currently have a single Doinker Plat side rod and set of matching weights so had to root around the parts bin somewhat. After an evening of swapping...
  3. LunkShooter

    Made A Class indoors, finally

    Been threatening for a while, but today shot with new Doinker Platinum stabilisers with a boatload more endweight than normal and boom, 584 on a Portsmouth. The best round I've ever shot. The new rods completely transform the feel of my Contender Elite compared to the old Blade/X10 setup...
  4. LunkShooter

    New Tec Barred Formula Riser from Hoyt

    Not yet announced via Facebook or YouTube, but clearly visible in the 2013 Product Launch album on Hoyt's Facebook page...
  5. LunkShooter

    2013 Hoyts break cover

    Finally, a new target bow - is it enough? http://youtu.be/lIFkJW-qUkY
  6. LunkShooter

    It's the look on my face, as usual, that makes this...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-bSk2pLsjM&feature=youtube_gdata_player GuardianAngel, Kells and me at the weekend... EDIT: Did I mention I derail my bow on the first shot?
  7. LunkShooter

    Paper Tuning with Feathers

    I presume one doesn't shred feathers when paper tuning? Or does one? Does paper weight matter?
  8. LunkShooter

    More Olympic Archery Tickets just gone on sale...

    Website a little slow but no problems securing my men's final ticket just now 8-)
  9. LunkShooter

    2012 UK Ranking System...

    Given the late decision this year whether to go for 50m for Compound or stick with 70m, is there anything to be read into the posting on Clophill AC's site saying that their FITA Fest 2012 will be both at 50m and incorporate 2 Nat Series Rounds? Edit: The implication being that NS rounds surely...
  10. LunkShooter

    When you shoot a Compound like a Recurve...

    ... and let go of your release aid at full draw. Three impact points on the riser, one on the arrow rest, a destroyed Carter Release aid and a destroyed cable slide bar. Harrumph....
  11. LunkShooter

    National Indoor Entry Form

    So: A) Is it very late for it not to be out, or B) Have I missed it?
  12. LunkShooter

    First Perfect Round

    Ok - so it was only a Warwick jammed in the gap between work and dark last night, but six months after going to the darkside I finally managed 48 good shots in a row. 50 was complicated by only having a calculated sightmark, so there was a trifle of doubt on the transition, but I still managed...
  13. LunkShooter

    No National Ranking this year (Surrey cancellation) 8-(

    So with the cancellation of the Surrey FITA Weekend Double 720 today after 4 dozen, I won't have any 70m qualifying scores. I can find a boatload of FITA Stars but precious few 70m shoots left this year. Anyone else in the same boat?
  14. LunkShooter

    Double Bowman

    So on the 4 month anniversary of my Darkside switcheroo I've made my third Bowman score (624 Long Metric) and ended up with a handicap that exactly matches my Recurve one i.e. A couple above MB. Not sure I can get MB this year, but I'll be giving it a damn fine effort. I'll probably pop in a...
  15. LunkShooter

    Why no 380 ACG, Carbon One etc.?

    I picked up my 380 ProTours this week, and without any tuning immediately shot a PB (for the 9 weeks I've been shooting compound anyway) but I suspect the reason is more that they are effectively 2 spines stiffer than the inch-longer X10s rather than the fact that they are PTs themselves. While...
  16. LunkShooter

    Shibuya CPX 2nd/3rd Axis bolt spec

    Just sheared one of the, ahem, "upgraded" Stainless Steel 2nd axis bolts on my Shibuya Ultima CPX compound sight. I managed to find a jury-rigged solution but assuming I won't be able to get a spare via archery channels - anyone know the spec of such a bolt so I can fix and get a few spares?
  17. LunkShooter

    Trophy Taker SSII - Torquing of Beginners...

    Learning all the time Darkside-wise, so bear with me. Am I barking up the wrong tree, but the design of my TTSSII seems to be such that the blade tip cannot be opposite the fixing bolt - ergo the rest cannot be far enough forward to put said tip at the balance point I.e. opposite the same...
  18. LunkShooter

    Gluing in V-Bar bolt?

    So my recent sojourn into darksiding has revealed all manner of odd challenges, the latest of which is relating to my sinister leanings. I now have a single Easton Side rod bar, and I can live with the fact that it's upside down, thus hiding the logo (just). What's more problematic is due to...
  19. LunkShooter

    Uncommonly dimensioned archer and scopes

    So I've got a number of things going on which puts me in a little bind: I have a 32" draw, which means that even on my 41" ATA bow the string angle is very shallow, so the peep is a long way from my eye. I have a really big head, and the distance between my eye and anchor point is larger than...
  20. LunkShooter

    Wraps? Schmaps!

    So refletching my arrows for this season, and encountering the need to remove the wraps I'd used for the first time on each set - man alive. I may be high in the running for the world's most hamfisted man but I thought wraps were supposed to make things easier? To remove old unwrapped fletches...
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