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pellet bow test - new bow - new pics
GlisGlis:
Chinese ?
interesting part is the string is partially made from bamboo - pouch too is made out of a piece of boo
I guess that prevent unwanted twisting that will occur with a single string
GlisGlis:
And now my last test.
New bow new string
51'' black locust 28-30 ish # - small layer of sapwood backed with heavy paper (another test ;) ) coconut tip overlays
very short handle. had to increase the size gluing some more wood as it was too narrow
you can see some wine cork i use to train my twist wrist technique.
I'm really satisfied with this one
length seems very good for this type of shooting
I finally nailed the wrist trick and now no more shooting the handle occur.
Another 50 - 100 corks shooting then I'll definitly switch to more aggressive pellets :D
One thing that improved greatly the accuracy was the pellet grip.
Now i hold the pellet with the thumb below and the index and middle on top of the pellet.
All fingers pass between the two strings.
Index and middle have to stay partially one on top of the other to fit the small strings width.
That kind of grip eliminates unwanted twist
When (not if ;) ) you'll try it feel free to continue this thread to keep all information grouped.
Joec123able:
Would like to try something like this. Doesn't the pellet just hit the handle tho?
GlisGlis:
--- Quote ---Would like to try something like this. Doesn't the pellet just hit the handle tho?
--- End quote ---
yes there's the risk
take 2 minutes to read previous posts. There are at least 2 methods to avoid it
GlisGlis:
pellet use by the Kuki tribes of assam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax985H0BrjA
and a modern video where you can see the wrist rotation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ga-UiD_0rQ
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