Posted: 3/13/2014 7:21:28 AM EDT
Good day at the range yesterday. 40 yard line. (expensive though, at $15.00 a round)
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Nice. I have never had a clean Robin Hood like that. I have shaved fletching and splintered arrow shafts, but never anything as precise as what you did. Same here. I shoot a Martin Savannah recurve now and put together my own cedar arrows (no spline tester). I'm really inconsistent with the cedar shafts but have recently bought some expensive carbon shafts. I have been unable to test them yet, but once I do, I'll hopefully determine then if it's been me all along or the arrows. |
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Nice. I have never had a clean Robin Hood like that. I have shaved fletching and splintered arrow shafts, but never anything as precise as what you did. I had two shots where I nicked fletching yesterday, then one of the hits sounded funny... it was one of those days where everything was flowing Zen-like. My 40 yrs shots were looking like my 30 yard shots. Now to get my 50's under control as much... 
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I remember getting in to archery and wanting to get a robin hood. Then, as many have said, it got expensive. I started shooting different spots.
OP looks like you're dialed in... now expand your practice range. 80-100 yard practice makes 40 feel like a chip shot. |
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Same here. I shoot a Martin Savannah recurve now and put together my own cedar arrows (no spline tester). I'm really inconsistent with the cedar shafts but have recently bought some expensive carbon shafts. I have been unable to test them yet, but once I do, I'll hopefully determine then if it's been me all along or the arrows. Quoted:
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Nice. I have never had a clean Robin Hood like that. I have shaved fletching and splintered arrow shafts, but never anything as precise as what you did. Same here. I shoot a Martin Savannah recurve now and put together my own cedar arrows (no spline tester). I'm really inconsistent with the cedar shafts but have recently bought some expensive carbon shafts. I have been unable to test them yet, but once I do, I'll hopefully determine then if it's been me all along or the arrows. The Maxima Reds seem to group better than the others I tried, but they're spendy at about $15 each. (I bought 1/2 dozen to try) Looks like I will invest in another 1/2 dozen and set aside enough for my elk hunt in Sept. |
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what's funny, is the second arrow is one I had to replace the nock and collet on from a strike at the 20 yard line. I had restrung the bow and was re-sighting it in...
I'm using a Bear Motive 6 at 65 lbs. It's a nice shooting fairly fast bow. (I'm going to have to break out my chrono and measure it ) |
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I remember getting in to archery and wanting to get a robin hood. Then, as many have said, it got expensive. I started shooting different spots. OP looks like you're dialed in... now expand your practice range. 80-100 yard practice makes 40 feel like a chip shot. I think I'll get comfortable at 50 and 60 first. I have a 5 pin sight and 60 is where it's maxed out to. It's an interesting sight. You move the sight cage to sight it in for 20 yards, then use a dial for the 30 yard pin. Once the 30 is set, all the other pins are spot on. |
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I think I'll get comfortable at 50 and 60 first. I have a 5 pin sight and 60 is where it's maxed out to. It's an interesting sight. You move the sight cage to sight it in for 20 yards, then use a dial for the 30 yard pin. Once the 30 is set, all the other pins are spot on. Quoted:
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I remember getting in to archery and wanting to get a robin hood. Then, as many have said, it got expensive. I started shooting different spots. OP looks like you're dialed in... now expand your practice range. 80-100 yard practice makes 40 feel like a chip shot. I think I'll get comfortable at 50 and 60 first. I have a 5 pin sight and 60 is where it's maxed out to. It's an interesting sight. You move the sight cage to sight it in for 20 yards, then use a dial for the 30 yard pin. Once the 30 is set, all the other pins are spot on. That's a cool sight. I saw something similar the other day. My hunting sight is a 4 pin that I set at 20, 30, 40, & 50. During summer practice season I switch to the HHA single pin slider. It let's me stretch it out to 100+. If you're not a member at archerytalk.com, you should go look around. Lot of good info over there. Warning the bow disease can get expensive like the black rifle disease. |
