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    Barebow queries

    I've been struggling with the physical weight of my bow (not draw weight) and have decided to switch to barebow for a bit. I currently have an American Flatbow which naturally I shoot barebow but I'm also playing around with shooting my recurve as barebow. I've only shot a few ends like this...
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    Struggling with draw weight

    Bit of a long story but.... I took up archery 5 years ago and the first bow I bought had 34lb limbs. In truth this was a bit too much for me and if I shot a round by the last 2-3 ends I'd be really struggling to draw the bow. Over the course of the first 12-18 months I built up my strength and...
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    Drying Times for Danish Wood Oil

    So I'm nearing the end of sealing my new wooden arrows with Danish Oil (applied with a cloth). So far I've applied 3 coats with 1 more to go. I've found that whilst the arrows after each coat are touch dry in around 30 mins, they take 5-6hrs to be completely dry. I'm going to be doing the final...
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    Straightening Wooden Arrow Shafts

    So I've finally got all the bits to make my first set of wooden arrows. Other than a taper tool and a saw I have no 'tools' but rolling the shafts across a flat surface shows that 6 of the 12 are 98% straight, 4 are 95% straight and 2 are 92% straight. In other words 6 give no real 'rattle'...
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    Fletching Tape for feathers

    I've been using spin wings on my ACG arrows for years and have never lost a fletch due to the tape. I'm now looking at fletching some wooden arrows with feathers and noticed that you can use tape on them as well. I like the idea of this, quicker, easier, less messy but I also have noticed that...
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    Would This Work As An Arrow Saw

    I'm looking to build my own arrow saw, not spending ?200 on a 'real one'. Initially this would be to simply cut some wooden arrows, I realise that a hacksaw would suffice, but in the future I want to make some aluminum ones and some carbon ones too. I've been looking around on here and on...
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    Dumb Traditional Arrow Questions

    I'm about to start making my own wooden arrows which I'm doing partly because I need some new arrows and partly because I like the idea of making some arrows ;) However I have a few questions which may be pretty dumb but which I can't really find an answer for so hoping that people here will be...
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    Dynamic Spine calculations for Wooden Arrows

    I've recently bought myself an American Flatbow, a Buck Trail Black Hawk and when I bought it the guy in the shop measured me for some arrows which are okay but I'd like to have a go at making my own and getting a more accurate match to my bow. I've just come across the Stu Miller Dynamic Spine...
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    Wooden Arrow Help

    I normally shoot recurve but recently bought a traditional bow (flat bow) to inject some fun back into archery. I've only had the bow a couple of weeks but love it and whilst I won't be giving up my recurve the traditional bow is something I want to concentrate on for the immediate future. The...
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    Accessories Case/Bag

    Can anyone recommend a case for accessories like nocks, fletches, glue, wax etc etc that will fit inside a larger bow case? I'm after something with separate compartments/pockets. I can't seem to find anything much on the market that is the kind of thing I'm looking for. I've also considered...
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    W&W EZR Finger Tab

    I've been shooting with an Aco Hockii Tab for around 4 years now which I think is a large size and I like it but the leather face and backing are now wearing out. I was just going to buy a new face for it but by chance I got accidentally sent a brand new Soma Saker 1 tab with another order I...
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    String Picture

    Bit of an odd one this. When I took up archery 4 years ago or so I started off with a SF Forged+ riser and found it easy to get a good string picture (I would line the string up with the side of riser cut out). A year ago I upgraded my riser to a W&W Inno CXT and although I absolutely love it...
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    Draw Weight vs Draw Length vs Distance

    This is more out of curiosity than anything. I shoot 70" 34lb limbs, I started archery using 34lb limbs and still shoot the same weight. My draw length is 29.75" and a few years ago when I went to buy some new arrows my draw weight was measured at Quicks at being a whisker under 40lb (this was...
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    Compound Bow Compound for a Recurve Archer

    I currently shoot recurve but am just beginning to wonder whether I should switch to compound but I've somewhat bewildered by compound bows and have no idea what to look for or avoid. I love shooting recurve and would prefer to stick with it but I don't shoot as often as I want and at most it's...
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    Bow arm pain

    When I took up archery 3-4 years ago I started off shooting with 34lb limbs. I did struggle with the draw weight a bit (shakes a full draw, tiring and trouble pulling through the clicker) but after a few months I overcame that. 2 years ago I got 1st class and by the end of that year was shooting...
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    Thread Size

    Does anyone know what the thread size is for the horizontal and vertical adjustment thumb screws on Cartel sights? We have around 20 of these on our beginner bows but the screws are forever being lost. I've found a couple of companies that sell thumb screws of all different sizes but not sure...
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    Bow Arm Strength

    Last year I comfortably achieved 1st Class Classification and ended the outdoor season shooting just under bowman scores. Unfortunately due to a house move I didn't shoot at all over winter and in fact didn't shoot once for just over 4 months. When I started up again I found that I could barely...
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    Tiller Confusion

    Bit of background. I normally shoot with 34lb limbs but over the winter I didn't shoot for 4 months and when I started again I found 34lb a bit too much so I bought a set of 30lb limbs with the intention of slowly winding them in to get me back up to shooting my normal limbs. The riser I have is...
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    Pin Nock Stress Fractures

    Less than a year ago I switched from ACC's to ACG's and had them fitted with pin nocks and Quicks fitted them with the new (the clear plastic) Easton pin nocks. The first thing I noticed was that they were exceptionally loose, so much so that they would simply come off when shot. I 'fixed' this...
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    Triple Spot Sighting

    The other day I was just trying to check my sight marks for 18M ready for indoors and was shooting at 40cm Triple spots. I noticed at first that my arrows were going right which I found was due to slightly too much pressure on my pressure button. Wound of a turn and they were hitting center...
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