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Flight shooting distances?

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islandpiper:
I got into a semi-heated discussion today regarding distances shot by you warbow fellows.  Please help settle things and tell me how far in yards or meters (or metres) you can shoot.   Thanks.  If I win , I'll share my beer with you. 

piper

heavybow:
The farthest is 432 yards jeremy spencer. rumers going around simon shot 540 yards.

adb:
I suppose that all depends on what you're talking about. If it's pure flight distance shooting, which isn't something warbow shooters do a lot of (not me, anyway), then 400+ yards is possible. If you're talking about warbow shooting with replica heavy arrows (800+ grains), then any distance over 200 yards is an achievement. Warbows excel at shooting heavy arrows... that's what they were made for. If I was going to flight shoot, it wouldn't be with a warbow. There are stories of Mongol and Asian shooters launching arrows 1000 yards.

heavybow:
Piper wants to know about warbows. The 1000 yards has been broken by a very short recurve shot by don brown. :)

adb:
No offense, but I think I talked about warbows & flight shooting, yes?

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