SUNDAY REPORT
Didn't record scores, just spent the afternoon (until the cloudburst!) enjoying the new 'Sjef' sight - Yes, at 60 yds you really do feel you can choose which part of the gold to aim for
- just a shame I'm still too 'wobbly' to keep it there
Seriously though, I'm LUVVIN' it!
The tiny green dot is perfectly bright even in changing light conditions (from bright sun to threateningly overcast) I never even thought about tweaking the rheostat & the swapable aperture (I used the smallest) kept me focused on the yellowy bit. SO nice not to have to worry about bending a flo pin every time I picked up/set down the bow too (I've wrecked at least 4 since April) too.
It took AGES to adjust my marks for the 44# limbs - In fact by the end of the session I was still tweaking. Some decent groups, just not centered on the spider. YET!
- With 36# the mark was 71. Currently on 55, which is just below centre on the extension bar. I may even move the sight-bar back to the central position, it's currently one screw low. In fact, thinking about it, I'll pretty much HAVE to - at 20 yds with the old limbs I was hard against the top stop & still having to aim low, going by that I'd have to do something of a 'reverse barebow' to keep the sticks low enuff to stay in the target
Very happy that I got through the session without any feelings of 'biting off more than I could chew' about the new limbs - Yes, obviously they are harder work than the old ones, yes I'll still be doing daily SPTs, but no creaks or pains or collapses. A wee bit stiffer than usual right now, kinda expected that, but I've only had 2 Tramadol & one can of lager so nothing I can't handle. They are much more 'unforgiving' though - an even slightly 'imperfect' shot would bury itself in the green. Except one. Buried itself so deep in the (top left of the) frame that it took about 8 ends worth of not-too-vicious wobbling to free it up with no damage. There were 4 of us shooting in that direction, me & our star barebower on the 60 (He got his 2nd score for his 252/60 - I'm thinking it's just too damned easy for BBers, only having to score 180-ish. How can it still be called a 252? He's a decent guy though so I don't begrudge him it really. Honest!) & his two sons shooting 30 yd 252 so I didn't want to spend TOO much time each end wobbling away, I'm slow enough up & down the range as it is! Good job I had 7 arrows with me. (The 8th was at home waiting for a hen to be re-fletched. Done now.)
I did grab the club arrow saw & fletching jig before I left, so I'm ready for when the X-Busters arrive - apart from one little thing.
- The locking screw at the blade end of the cutter is a weird size & I haven't found an Allen key to fit it yet. Not among the collection of keys I've amassed from risers, sights, buttons, stabilisers etc & not in my own set of metric ones either - 3mm is too small & 4mm is too big so it has to be around 1/8th inch. Could be 'pair-of-pliers' size if I can't get hold of one before the 'busters arrive!
Bedtime now.
Didn't record scores, just spent the afternoon (until the cloudburst!) enjoying the new 'Sjef' sight - Yes, at 60 yds you really do feel you can choose which part of the gold to aim for
- just a shame I'm still too 'wobbly' to keep it there
Seriously though, I'm LUVVIN' it!
The tiny green dot is perfectly bright even in changing light conditions (from bright sun to threateningly overcast) I never even thought about tweaking the rheostat & the swapable aperture (I used the smallest) kept me focused on the yellowy bit. SO nice not to have to worry about bending a flo pin every time I picked up/set down the bow too (I've wrecked at least 4 since April) too.
It took AGES to adjust my marks for the 44# limbs - In fact by the end of the session I was still tweaking. Some decent groups, just not centered on the spider. YET!
- With 36# the mark was 71. Currently on 55, which is just below centre on the extension bar. I may even move the sight-bar back to the central position, it's currently one screw low. In fact, thinking about it, I'll pretty much HAVE to - at 20 yds with the old limbs I was hard against the top stop & still having to aim low, going by that I'd have to do something of a 'reverse barebow' to keep the sticks low enuff to stay in the target
Very happy that I got through the session without any feelings of 'biting off more than I could chew' about the new limbs - Yes, obviously they are harder work than the old ones, yes I'll still be doing daily SPTs, but no creaks or pains or collapses. A wee bit stiffer than usual right now, kinda expected that, but I've only had 2 Tramadol & one can of lager so nothing I can't handle. They are much more 'unforgiving' though - an even slightly 'imperfect' shot would bury itself in the green. Except one. Buried itself so deep in the (top left of the) frame that it took about 8 ends worth of not-too-vicious wobbling to free it up with no damage. There were 4 of us shooting in that direction, me & our star barebower on the 60 (He got his 2nd score for his 252/60 - I'm thinking it's just too damned easy for BBers, only having to score 180-ish. How can it still be called a 252? He's a decent guy though so I don't begrudge him it really. Honest!) & his two sons shooting 30 yd 252 so I didn't want to spend TOO much time each end wobbling away, I'm slow enough up & down the range as it is! Good job I had 7 arrows with me. (The 8th was at home waiting for a hen to be re-fletched. Done now.)
I did grab the club arrow saw & fletching jig before I left, so I'm ready for when the X-Busters arrive - apart from one little thing.
- The locking screw at the blade end of the cutter is a weird size & I haven't found an Allen key to fit it yet. Not among the collection of keys I've amassed from risers, sights, buttons, stabilisers etc & not in my own set of metric ones either - 3mm is too small & 4mm is too big so it has to be around 1/8th inch. Could be 'pair-of-pliers' size if I can't get hold of one before the 'busters arrive!
Bedtime now.