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  1. Ric O'shay

    Bareshaft - Nocks landing High ?

    Hello I shot my new bow for the first time, great fun but it left me a little puzzled. My groups arent that good yet even at 10 yards If i shoot the my 6 fletched arrows the form a 6" group and stick in the boss near to horizontal. If i shoot my 2 bareshaft arrows they land in the bottom of the...
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    Bodnik Bearpaw Penthalon Navajo - Info Wanted

    Hello I am thinking of getting one of these in near future. What little i have found written about it all seems to be good. Having seen the website with its video the bow appears to be almost white and Wolfie's video on the tube shows it as being only very slightly darker. If you own one if...
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    My arrows make "ting" sound

    Merry christmas to you, santa bought me some new arrows so i thought i'd see how they fly before fletching them. This is the first time i have tried bareshaft test They land in my boss, 10 yards away, with the knock to the left of point which i think means they are on weak side. They make a...
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    Ragim Black or Brown Bear - anyone own one

    Hello I am thinking of getting one and wonderered what other owners thought of them Whats the build quality like , any hand shock etc ? Cheers Nige
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    Instinctive + another style ?

    Hellooooo It was always my intention of shooting bare bow. To learn archey i did a traing course and joined club and have been shooting target recurve withe a sight and long rod. The instinctive style is calling to me but..... To learn this style should i only shoot instinctive and not touch...
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    Perceived Feel of Draw weight

    Hello folks my names Nige and I am puzzled. I took up archery a year ago and now have two bows. They are a 68" SF Forged Plus Recurve and a Samick SKB. Both were measured in the same shop at 30# at 28" which is my draw length. Now then... Why does it feel like the SKB has a lighter draw weight...
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    Is 60 yards too far???

    Hello folks I have not been shooing that long so can someone advise me if I am expecting too much from my current set up. The club recently set up targets at 50 and 60 yards which is well beyond what I had shot before. The sight pin is as far down as it would go and the sight pulled in close...
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    Samick SKB 50 - need advice

    Hellooo My apologies if this is not in the correct section I have been reading about these bows but it seems the more i read the more confused i get. Is the draw weight measured at 28, 29 or 30" for these bows? With my recurve my draw length is a fraction over 29", when i bought the bow the...
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    Sight picture question from a novice

    Hello folks I'm brand new to archery and have what might seem to be the most basic of questions but I need to get this right from the start. When using a recurve bow with a sight should I look to the left or to the right of the bow string at the sight pin. or is it more a question of whatever...
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