Archery

[ozzy1977]

I had a great time, shooti g with roy mitchell, steve gaskin and david robinson, roy videoed a lot of it, links on his face book page and oakwoods one. The one arrow per target really sorted out the good from the not so good, i think there were intotal 52 targets so a lot of points avaliable, i however was having a shocking time.

 

[Cromm]

Will have a look for the videos, yeah it can be a bit disappointing with just the one arrow if you are not having a good shooting day. But a day out with the bow in hand is never a bad day really.

 

[ozzy1977]

We had a laugh which was the main thing and as our scores didn't count for prizes there was no pressure. I think the winning HT score was over 800 as was AFB, the chap who won compound unlimited got around 1260 out of a max of 1296. Don't know what Richard Narey scored, but he was in comp unlimited too

 

[Cromm]

It's nice to get out there, I seemed to have missed to many shoots this year at the club. Nice scores.

 

[Big Stu 12]

There was 18 targets in all, 9 were preditor and prey, so on one round 27 3D's to Shoot if I remember right,

Still have not added my scores up yet.... think I Zero'd on about three targets..... all single 3D's..


Funny thing was I did not lose or break an arrow....lol...

 

[ozzy1977]

I managed to break 2 and loose 3, blanked 5 or 6, still had a great time though.

 

[Big Stu 12]

I managed to break 2 and loose 3, blanked 5 or 6, still had a great time though.

Normal day the Chris..... lol

 

[ozzy1977]

Cheeky bugger , that's the first time I have broken or lost an arrow since June or July, luckily the broken ones snapped behind the point so I could pop on some long ones and all is good

 

[Cromm]

HahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

 

[Cromm]

Great day inthe woods today, good to see Ozzy and Roy and to use the bows even in the rain.
The Asbell wool top worked wonders in the rain also.

 

[ozzy1977]

Nice to get out in the woods again, pity about the rain but we ain't made of sugar.

 

[Cromm]

Ozzy or Stu. What make of bow did you say Stu's recurve was ?

 

[ozzy1977]

Buck trail antelope i think 55#

 

[ozzy1977]

Bob shoots a keith gascoine osprey now, a very well made thing and fast but i found the handle very odd to hold as it curves the wrong way for me.

 

[Cromm]

The osprey looks like a lovely bow, a bit like the Border Bow Khan. Never seen one in the wood but I like them.

 

[Cromm]

Yes Ozzy they make them in a handful of weights and colours. Different styles also. I would buy another. Even after I put the hood up and the inside of the hood was wet, it warmed up quickly and seemed to dry out too.

 

[Big Stu 12]

Buck trail antelope i think 55#

yep.... it is.... I got to shoot more... I noticed it this morning,lol, but moving boxes from my old place to my new soon worked that out,

I look forward to seeing your asbel Steve

 

[Cromm]

Nice one Stu, will you be using the recurve at the December club shoot ? I think you will love the Asbell, I do.

 

[Big Stu 12]

Yeah I think I will stick with the Recurve for the mo... just need to order some arrow parts now got to get a new set made....

 

[ozzy1977]

With everything else being equal, point weight, feather size, spine etc, what are the pro's and cons of using 11/32 over 5/16 shafts?

currently shooting a Bear grizzly 45#otf, 27" 5/16th 40-45 pine shafts, 100grn points and 3x4" parabolic feathers, weighing an average of 420grn.

Cheers

Chris