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  1. MSR

    Do you use an adjustable V bar and was it worth it?

    Hi Stretch, Thanks a lot for this detailed run-down! The mods should make it a sticky on the equipment forum. I feel like Beiter is one of those brands that keeps trying to funnel you down proprietary rabbit holes, a bit like Apple with their iPhone and OS. The Beiter lock system is supposed...
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    Do you use an adjustable V bar and was it worth it?

    Background: I have a Beiter Centralizer stabiliser kit, with a flat V bar connected using the pin system. I prefer angled V bars, but angled V bars that attach to the pin system are now very hard to find (am still looking). Options include replacing the pin system with a flat end cap so that...
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    Estimating useful life left in foam core limbs

    Well, had some good news. A fella at Merlin reckons he recognises my limbs ("Yup, that's an arm, and that's definitely a leg!" ;)) because he used to have a pair, and they lasted years until he upgraded. He reckons the current WNS foam/carbon limbs are equivalent, which is a relief because those...
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    When recurve is like compound... angular vs linear draw

    I agree. Perhaps I didn't phrase it very well. I was trying to allude to the situation in which the archer ends up using the clicker as a draw length indicator, and gets into the habit of reflexively shooting when they hear it, because they fear that remaining at full draw for too long will...
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    When recurve is like compound... angular vs linear draw

    There's a video? Can you link it? My information is probably out of date. I haven't watched any recent competitions, having been out of the sport for a few years. I recall that the Korean method of aiming throughout the draw was explained to me this way and it made sense at the time. If...
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    Angling the short rods

    Thanks for the link. I can now put names to the various parts! I like the weight. I haven't added any additional weights, but find it settles comfortably. Perhaps it helps that I'm using an aluminium riser which is less skittish in the hand than a carbon, and has a weight bias towards the...
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    Archery GB Membership

    I qualified as a Level 1 coach a few years ago. I had no intention of admitting to that on these forums because I prefer to retain the ability to ask stupid questions, mostly about equipment and the bureaucracy because coaches don't magically know everything (!), but... Stretch, I too used to...
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    Archery GB Membership

    Not enough to answer my emails, apparently. Still waiting.
  9. MSR

    When recurve is like compound... angular vs linear draw

    I've been reviving my memory of how to shoot, and looking up the various styles. I have a linear draw, but years ago I researched the angular draw the US Olympic team made famous. I still don't think I like the idea: there's too much in the arm and not enough in the back for my liking. But there...
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    Equipment insurance?

    Given that the cost of replacing decent equipment seems to be going up, has anyone decided to invest in insuring their equipment? As it stands, I could not currently replace my setup, at least not with what the market considers its equivalent. I do wonder if "cheaper" equipment available today...
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    Angling the short rods

    Hi Stretch, I found option 2. Given that the Blacksheep is 15 degrees, I think I'll be happy with 17, for now. I can't afford a decent option 3! And, frankly, don't think I need all those options. If the Olympic committee gives me a call, I may reconsider. What do you mean by a "non spikey...
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    Angling the short rods

    Never mind. Have found mention of the v bars with a 17 degree down angle in the Beiter literature, which gave me the right words to google to find the things.
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    Estimating useful life left in foam core limbs

    Hi, thanks for your reply. The didn't mention model because I can't find anything, other than the serial number, that identifies them! They're just called SF CARBON/FOAM on the label. Given that SF has now become WNS, I wonder if they're still being made, but are branded WNS, now. I believe...
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    Estimating useful life left in foam core limbs

    I've bought a second-hand Sebastien Flute recurve with SF limbs and riser. I know the former owner who had it from new. He shot once or twice a week, occasionally did a competition, for about five years. Then the kit sat in the cupboard for another five. Now I've got it. The limbs are foam core...
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    Aluminium telegraph poles vs skinny stealth jet carbons, and other things.

    Hello, I've come back from a few years out (henceforth referred to as the Dark Times) and I find I've either forgotten, or can't remember how to remember, various things I used to take for granted. So, I'm adopting the status of elder noob, and am commencing with the stupid questions, once...
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    Archery GB Membership

    I've just returned to the game after a few years absence, and returning now as an adult (I was still a child when I joined my first club) I am looking at the whole issue of insurance and value for money. I can see no clear benefits. I had some specific questions so decided to email AGB. The...
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    Alternative to the 70m H2H

    Most Olympic sports have more than one discipline, and thus more than one type of event and more opportunities to compete and win. Why is archery basically limited to H2H rounds at 70m? The new set scoring format is good. It still has it's problems, but it works much better than the old...
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    Where do all the 'officials' come from?

    While watching various sports at Rio, I've also been looking around the edges of the screen at the logistics of it all, and the echelons of uniformed officials from line judges and ball 'people', to sand pit rakers and those people with clipboards and worried frowns who usher athletes in and out...
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    Problem: accurate at long range - inaccurate at short range

    I've discovered a curious problem. At ranges of 40m and 50m my groups are correct for elevation, with some dispersal left and right (but that was me not aiming well). The important result was that they were all correct for elevation and at least three or four were in the gold. The problems...
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    Two eyes open v. one eye closed

    While watching Rio I have seen one or two archers who close one eye, but the vast majority shoot with both eyes open. I tried this the other day and went cross-eyed. I could see both targets quite clearly, and both reticules where on the gold, but which one the arrow was going to hit, I...
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