Corax67
Well-known member
This thread is not just to all stick and string merchants :
I ventured indoors to a local club open night last week prior to entering their forthcoming comp at the end of this month - I caused many uplifted eyebrows and mutters after my first end of sighters.
My pointy sticks had gone into the straw bosses with a more than satisfying thud, in fact a level of thud that far exceeded any of the arrows around it including the other 3 longbows present.
When asked what I was shooting and saying it was 52# @ 28” the consensus was I shooting an inappropriate bow for indoor ! The other longbows in use were 25#, 30# & 32#.
I own 3 longbows, two of which I constantly lend to fellow club members and are sub 40#, but I only really shoot my 52# Gary Evans seriously. I shot the round anyway despite the grumbles and finished on a 443 which I was really happy with considering it was my first longbow Portsmouth; it was also enough to beat the other longbows, the 4 barebows, several recurves and a compound ( who was having a total nightmare).
My question is : is my bow inappropriate for indoor rounds ??
What do others shoot indoors and would you have objections to an archer bowed like me at a comp or club night?
Karl
I ventured indoors to a local club open night last week prior to entering their forthcoming comp at the end of this month - I caused many uplifted eyebrows and mutters after my first end of sighters.
My pointy sticks had gone into the straw bosses with a more than satisfying thud, in fact a level of thud that far exceeded any of the arrows around it including the other 3 longbows present.
When asked what I was shooting and saying it was 52# @ 28” the consensus was I shooting an inappropriate bow for indoor ! The other longbows in use were 25#, 30# & 32#.
I own 3 longbows, two of which I constantly lend to fellow club members and are sub 40#, but I only really shoot my 52# Gary Evans seriously. I shot the round anyway despite the grumbles and finished on a 443 which I was really happy with considering it was my first longbow Portsmouth; it was also enough to beat the other longbows, the 4 barebows, several recurves and a compound ( who was having a total nightmare).
My question is : is my bow inappropriate for indoor rounds ??
What do others shoot indoors and would you have objections to an archer bowed like me at a comp or club night?
Karl