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Standarts of accuracy
alanesq:
--- Quote from: sagitarius boemoru on May 05, 2007, 04:37:17 am ---Altough I think a sporting bow accuracy should not be used as comparative discipline a heavy bow shooter, apart of being able to pull his bow should be able to comand his bow safely, he also should be able to actually hit something.
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It has been my goal since getting into warbows (around 4 months ago) to see how accurate I can get with one rather than how heavy a bow I can pull (although having said that I have just jumped up 30 pounds)
it's early days yet. I was beginning to doubt it was possible myself but then last weekend I suddenly started hitting a group at 30 yards of around 2" (which is very good for me anyway) but then I lost it again
This has proved to myself that these bows can be as accurate as a Victorian type bow given enough practise / skill, and my quest continues ;-)
One day I would love to enter a target competition with my warbow, it would be great to get a decent score with a 120lb bow against Victorian bows (and I have a great excuse if I don't do well ;-)
duffontap:
I hope everyone sees that we can do something positive in the progress of modern warbow shooting by using the benchmark that Jaro is talking about to judge our accuracy. This is a great idea.
Here is what I would say Jaro's suggested benchmark boils down to:
With what consistency can you shoot a very heavy arrow [75 gram (1,157.4 grains give or take)]:
1. A target 6' tall by 2' wide at 100 yards.
2. A target 6' by 6' at 200+ yards.
I'll wait for Jaro to chime in on the target dimensions listed above--if they're good enough for him we'll call it standard.
Accepting such a standard as a means of proving accuracy from one warbow shooter to the next would be very helpful. This is similar to the standardization of the 4' bulls-eye target that all Victorian longbow competitions use. Horace Ford was able to prove his ability by this standard. He would never have impressed us as much by telling us about great shots he had made at flying targets or running squirrels.
I'll do some tests with my own equipment soon. Great idea Jaro.
J. D. Duff
alanesq:
As at longer distances we will probably normally be aiming for a flag or similar marker would it be an idea to have a set distance and rate our accuracy by the average size grouping we are acheiving around this marker ?
e.g. You could have a rating of 5 foot at 220 yards
this would mean that all you need to test yourself is a tape measure
sagitarius boemoru:
J.D. That is about what I thought. Anyway - off course we can use flag as this is clout shooting (which as discipline is remnant of medieval and renaissance shooting), but it would be nice to actually use something which resembles the original target.
If you hit it just counts. I reckon such target can be made from cardboard easy.
3´ wide target at 100 yrds is more likelly like armored man.
Jaro
duffontap:
Then 3' by 6' tall at 100 yards (representing an armored night) and 9' by 6' tall at 200 yards (representing 3+ nights together or two mounted nights, etc).
What percentage would you guess at being suitable accuracy? 10 of 12 arrows on target? 8 of 12?
J. D. Duff
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