Archery

[ozzy1977]

Stu &Steve are you shooting next weekend?

 

[Cromm]

Yes I think I am going too, are you?

 

[ozzy1977]

All being well I will, I could do with a day off.

 

[ozzy1977]

Plus I have made a new set of arrows, I have not weighed them yet but they penetrant deeper then the old set, these are pine with 100grn points and 3"parabolic fletchings

 

[Big Stu 12]

I a aiming to be there next sunday, for some reason I thought it was the same weekend as the meet

 

[Cromm]

That's cool then, I look for to seeing them ozzy.

 

[ozzy1977]

Is pine heavier than port orford cedar ( which is actually Lawsons cypress)?

Just found out pine is heavier than cedar by 5 lbs/ft3

 

[Cromm]

Yes my arrows that I use for the GN bows are pine, I am happy with the way they shoot and on general they are heavier than poc wood.

 

[Cromm]

3in fletching is quite small I look forward to seeing them fly.

 

[ozzy1977]

They are short but seem to work alright from what little I have managed to shoot this week

 

[Big Stu 12]

It'll be good to see them shoot Chris, I am will be at teh next shoot dont seem like a month since the last..lol

I must remember to cut my arrows down.......

 

[Cromm]

Did you still want to use my lil creep bow Stu for that shoot?

 

[Big Stu 12]

Yeah if I may please.. its still AFB ?

 

[Cromm]

Hi Stu, no the bow is HT, but the Robin Hood shoot doesn't have bow classes, just male and female and all shooting wooden arrows.

 

[ozzy1977]

What you going to shoot Steve?

 

[Big Stu 12]

Hi Stu, no the bow is HT, but the Robin Hood shoot doesn't have bow classes, just male and female and all shooting wooden arrows.

OK mate sounds good to me..

 

[Cromm]

Not sure Ozzy, was playing with the English Longbow the other day, which was fun so may use that. I think Del said it was a 20 or 23 target shoot as well as the funny stuff to shoot at. So may use a GN bow.......

 

[ozzy1977]

Is there such a thing as a formula to work out the idea arrow weight?

 

[Big Stu 12]

The shoot is a 2 x 20 with a few novelty targets .....

 

[ghound]

Is there such a thing as a formula to work out the idea arrow weight?

They recommend about 9gn per lb for a wooden bow to be safe, so a 40lb bow would be approx 360gn or 23.32 grams if your using the kitchen scales lol
I use a lot lighter arrows for distance shoots like a clout, but it's hard on the bows almost like dry loosing.