Stretch
Well-known member
The Diva + had a low life expectancy for sure but the carbon splinters you describe are no different from a broken X10. If the splinter hits the grass you wont find it period.
I was shooting Diva S 22 by early summer 1990 (cos 2213 were way too much like hard work) so the Diva + was definitely around in the late 80s. And presumably there was a Diva before that - can’t remember ever seeing those. Diva + was certainly in use at the 88 games.
I do also remember there being issues with Bemans where the owner had used a high temperature hot melt to glue the points in - that of course led to the shaft failing at the point on impact with the target. But if we had to legislate for idiot behaviour nobody would be shooting anything.
Don‘t get me wrong, I kind of understand that clubs are mitigating risk. If it is about effort required in finding lost/broken arrows it does make some sense. If it is about tiny (or not so tiny) bits of carbon in the grass it makes no sense.
When I have had to hunt for arrows the ones that have caused the most issues have been light arrows shot from a high draw weight compound. The trajectory is so flat that a small miss high means a long distance. And also it was going so fast nobody saw it. It also means the arrow goes in very flat and very deep - so you can’t rake for it. So in my experience regulating arrow speed for all carbon would make more sense.
I‘ll shut up now.
Stretch
I was shooting Diva S 22 by early summer 1990 (cos 2213 were way too much like hard work) so the Diva + was definitely around in the late 80s. And presumably there was a Diva before that - can’t remember ever seeing those. Diva + was certainly in use at the 88 games.
I do also remember there being issues with Bemans where the owner had used a high temperature hot melt to glue the points in - that of course led to the shaft failing at the point on impact with the target. But if we had to legislate for idiot behaviour nobody would be shooting anything.
Don‘t get me wrong, I kind of understand that clubs are mitigating risk. If it is about effort required in finding lost/broken arrows it does make some sense. If it is about tiny (or not so tiny) bits of carbon in the grass it makes no sense.
When I have had to hunt for arrows the ones that have caused the most issues have been light arrows shot from a high draw weight compound. The trajectory is so flat that a small miss high means a long distance. And also it was going so fast nobody saw it. It also means the arrow goes in very flat and very deep - so you can’t rake for it. So in my experience regulating arrow speed for all carbon would make more sense.
I‘ll shut up now.
Stretch