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WillS:
There's no baggage Ian.  None of what I said is related to the ewbs.

Many of the MR bows have two nocks on the upper limb.  Common sense would suggest they're for stringers, no?

There's no evidence for full nocks on bows of the period, unless I've forgotten any?  If there are then that changes the issue of course, but if the Warbow class of the new federation is to be based around MR bows, which all had side nocks, why use anything else?  Seems odd to enforce a rule that makes bows fit exacting MR dimensions and not to use MR nock types?

Like I said, indigenous can be altered.  I was going by the Welsh class idea, as a rough start.

PatM:
That's why I like the EWBS arrow class. At least you can agree on the arrows.

outcaste:
Hi,

Both Jeremy (yeomanbowman) and I have shot under the FITA rules, and although there are specs governing bow, weight class and to some degree arrow design, the basic premise is whom can shoot the furthest. By all means create a robust bow spec that takes into account the working properties of wood types and contextual references, but you could leave the arrow design to the discretion of the archer.

Alistair

Badger:
     Another possible opton would be not to create a war bow class in the new organization and any war bows wishing to compete would simply compete as unlimited draw weight english long bows shooting at a specified grains per pound, somehwere between 7 and 10 grains per pound is what we are discussing.

adb:

--- Quote from: Badger on February 04, 2015, 11:31:13 am ---     Another possible opton would be not to create a war bow class in the new organization and any war bows wishing to compete would simply compete as unlimited draw weight english long bows shooting at a specified grains per pound, somehwere between 7 and 10 grains per pound is what we are discussing.

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There yah go. That sounds reasonable.

If, for example, you're shooting a 100# EWB, and you specify 10 grains per pound arrow weight, that would be a 65 gram arrow. Very reasonable. That's very close to a Livery spec arrow, currently being used in the warbow societies now. This philosophy would level the playing field a bit more, as more draw weight would require a heavier arrow.

Would there be requirements for fletching and head sizes, etc? Without the heavy heads and long fletchings, you could certainly get much more distance.

With a current WBS livery spec arrow and a 100# bow, I can get 200 yards on a good day. I think with more of a "flight" arrow (minimal fletching, barrel tapered, light head, etc.), you could get much more... likely closer to 300 yards maybe.

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