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Standarts of accuracy
Loki:
--- Quote ---discussion to the thema was whatever is viable to set up a set of targets of known dimensions and distance, which everybody could use, chart our progress on internet and evalute what is or what is not possible in terms of heavy bow shooting.
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I like the sound of the man or horse sized targets,if the heavy bow shooters could agree on the dimensions and have a few test shots we'd have a better idea of what the Bows are capable of,but it still wont put them in the hands of a 14CE Archer,who i think its fair to say,was head and shoulders above todays standards.
Personnaly i'm not a a very good shot with my Bow but i'm confident enough to hit targets at 70mts,nothing bracelet size mind you,i'm just happy if i hit the bail :D.
However,Mark Stretton won the Herstmonceaux tournament three years on the trot with his 160lb WarBow,so he's pretty accurate with his,the rest of us need to catch up to his and Simon's standards :o.
Yeomanbowman:
Hello All,
I just wanted to say that I’ve known Outcaste for longer than I care to remember and can vouch for the fact that he’s passionate about English warbows. He also makes beautiful bows drawing well over 100Lbs out of what I’d use for kindling. They are all from period woods and he shoots them to their capacity. He’s a hardcore English warbow archer without doubt.
I think some people need to be slower to judge and less dogmatic in regards to their own opinion, however a frank and BS free exchange of view is always welcome. Jaro, I’d love to see some of the warbows you’ve made and a clip of your shooting. Josh has said it was very helpful with his own style.
Cheers,
Jeremy
outcaste:
I was doing some practical testing the other day and thought that some of you guys might be interested.
I made up six arrows to initially test performance from a self-yew bow I had just made together with species performance of shaft wood.
Arrow Specs:,
2 X ½ in Pop 75 grams Bobtail last 12in
2 X ½ in Ash 75/77grams Full Bobtail
1 X ½ in Birch 80 grams Full Bobtail
1 X ½ in Beech 84 grams Full Bobtail
All fletched with 71/2 X ¾ in Goose (apart from one Ash that used Swan).
All 31½ inch long from head
Heads all long type10 and 20grams (approx) apart from a 25gram on one of the Pop shafts
With regards to distance the Pop shaft out performed the others (though this was arguably the wood I was using as I was unable to work the others down to the desired weights for the spec and It is something I shall be pursuing). What was interesting was regards to accuracy a mark was set at around 220 yards and all the arrows consistently fell with ten or so yards either side of this mark. Which I feel is not too bad considering the distance. When compared to the 3/8 shafts I was also testing I found that there was a much wider spread. This I feel was due to the various elastic moduli of the woods at that diameter being affected by head weight (or perhaps a poor loose!). From my standpoint the larger shaft diameter allowed for a more consistent, straighter and accurate shot over that distance.
For the record the bow I used was 741/2 in between the nocks and 112@32 and constructed from Welsh yew.
Regards, Outcaste
SimonUK:
That's very impressive from British yew Outcaste. Do you think the quality of wood in that particular bow was above average?
It's also interesting about the accuracy. I wonder if the heavy front end of the 1/2 inch arrow acts like a heavy arrowhead, reducing the dynamic spine.
outcaste:
Hi Simon,
Yes I am pleased with the results! At some point I must take some photos and post them. But just to say that the growth rings are very tight for the the first 6mm or so then they open up, it looks like a lamination of sorts. I also took the sapwood down to a single growth ring. The bow also has quite a lot of string follow, but shoots really smooth.
Cheers, Outcaste
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