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    Easton X10s

    FWIW I took a punt on some skylon paragons at around £120 per doz which makes them cheaper than ACCs. Junior goes through arrows quickly as he's a) growing and b) better than me at killing his own arrows. Lockdown saw too many X10 breakages for the lockdown-related diminishing bank balance so I...
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    Bow Poundage

    Yes, Geoff, I agree. This comes down to words and how we say things again. Was speaking with my coach about exactly that and he suggested we stop saying "draw the bow" or "bring the string to your face" in favour of "put your hook on and come to full alignment" after obviously explaining...
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    X10 are so weak

    Could the end of the shaft be damaged by getting too hot when glueing in the points?
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    Should all club activities be cancelled?

    And somehow it's deemed more likely that the handful of archers that ArcheryGB still have on their books are more likely to catch it from each other, outside, spaced along a shooting line, than all the country's school staff who are working inside with said petri-dishes, every day? School staff...
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    Should all club activities be cancelled?

    Can't stand in a draughty field shooting arrows with hardly any others but schools are still open...
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    what is it about carbon foam?

    I won something this year and I'm not cool-looking. 😉
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    what is it about carbon foam?

    Under £200 gets you own-branded carbon foam limbs from Merlin made by ahem, a well known company, and their marked weight is measured with limb bolts 'out'; read into that how you like. I've shot 1200+ with them. Just throwing that out there.
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    Best place to go?

    It's always a bit tough to be hard on a shop for supplying the wrong arrows; when you go to a shop and have your draw length measured, arrows are supplied based on that and usually adding a bit for safety for new archers. Also that's based on arrow charts that don't account for the speed of...
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    Bow Poundage

    Yes, I've started telling people the weight of the limbs as it usually shuts down the "how much are you pulling" conversation pretty quickly if I'm shooting 90m; "is that all? I'm shooting such and such pound and can't hit yadadada...." Etc etc. There's a great ethos at our club driven by...
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    Beiter out nocks and high nocking point

    I have some 410 x10 shafts showing a little weak and some 380 x10 shafts that are a bit short so I've tried some beiter out nocks for a little extra length but when bareshafting, before I even get to weak/stiff, left/right issues, I end up with a nocking point a few mm higher than with hunters...
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    Limb tip to string angle, bow length etc

    I've measured various angles using the Technique coaching app and see that my son, has a much larger string angle at anchor, allowing him a very definite chin and nose reference, whereas mine is a much smaller angle. Until recently I had a nose and side-of-chin anchor but was using the top of my...
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    Lightspeeds

    Are lightspeeds stiffer than the chart suggests?
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    Junior ranking

    How are the junior rankings determined? What tournaments and rounds would my son have to shoot and how do you join in? Tried the AGB website but I feel like I'm going round in circles on it and with my glacial internet connection, a little frustrating. 😀 Thanks.
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    Bow length and draw force curves

    I think I understand about too short a bow for an archer leading to stacking and am trying to see how too long a bow might affect shooting. Am i along the right lines in thinking that with too long a bow, the stacking bit of a draw force curve isn't reached but in the extreme, the sweet spot (or...
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    Bitten by the bug

    I think it is fair to say my son is well and truly bitten by the archery bug; we've not long got back from shooting tonight and he's just criticised the draw and release on the Strongbow cloudy apple TV advert... I tried to suggest that the archer is just a cloud and as such doesn't have the...
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    72" riser question

    With a 33" draw length, by how much would my current (measured) draw weight of 45# be reduced using the same long limbs on a 27" riser instead of my current 25" riser. I'm not expecting any exact number but was wondering if there was a rule of thumb for such things. I'm sure I'd read a thread...
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    First shoot at new club

    Well thanks to encouraging replies to another post, my 11yo and I have joined a club, we had a great Sunday afternoon having an induction session and introduction to the club and a few other members. Since then we've been itching to get back to the field. So I gave myself an early finish, picked...
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    Can I suggest a pub in Huddersfield?

    I've been a forum reader for a few months now since picking up a recurve at an archery taster session with my 10 year old. This forum is great; I've picked-up loads of information and implementing them at have-a-go session; matters are improving. I'm not a member of a club. I may never be a...
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