Archery thread!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I've always wanted to pick up archery... maybe it's about time!

Or I could settle for an arbalest.

Nah, to clinical, if you gonna harm someone you should at least be prepared to put a bit of effort in

[Tarrodemierda]

i could use something with about 175-250 lb,and aroows speeds over 300fps.

Sod that, it'd tear my rib's apart

You need a compound mate

So what model Crossbow do you use mate

i have old barnett now and this ive been using lately:
Horton Legacy 225

[Freudian Frog]

I've always wanted to pick up archery... maybe it's about time!

Or I could settle for an arbalest.

Nah, to clinical, if you gonna harm someone you should at least be prepared to put a bit of effort in

Well... you know... someone's gotta do all that cranking...

[kent ct]

Reading this thread got me interested in the English longbow and I have just read the article in Wikipedia. Highly recommended.

What struck me was the information that in many periods it was compulsory to own and practice with a longbow. The king then had a large force of expert bowmen for his wars.

What he also had was a well armed general population. This made revolt a lot easier and king and nobles had to tread a lot lighter on their subjects than other European monarchs. This in turn led Englishmen to assert their rights, giving rise to concepts absent in other countries. So it might well be that we owe our ideas of freedom and individual rights to the longbow.

Richard

[Tarrodemierda]

longbow would be awesome to own.or make one.

[CQC-7]

Mickey

If you are still looking for a bow you might want to try Cabelas.  They have a few traditional bows that are pretty cheap.  I have the PSE Coyote take down recurve.  It has a metal riser but it shoots well.  I am actually going to buy a Martin Savanah longbow when I scrape the cash together.  I miss shooting in archery tournaments.

[Leatherman123]

Mikko, how many times could you pull a 250 lb. bow? I highly doubt more than five!

[Tarrodemierda]

cross bows are way easier to pull

[Leatherman123]

Is that what you were talking about? Sorry! 

[Tarrodemierda]

yep,i have crossbows only,but i sure wouldnt mind owning a powerful longbow either.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Mickey

If you are still looking for a bow you might want to try Cabelas.  They have a few traditional bows that are pretty cheap.  I have the PSE Coyote take down recurve.  It has a metal riser but it shoots well.  I am actually going to buy a Martin Savanah longbow when I scrape the cash together.  I miss shooting in archery tournaments.

Do Cabelas ship to the UK mate

[shamus]

Want to make a bow? Google "paleoplanet".   

PSE: Pull, Shoot, Explode. 

I had a older PSE takedown (Raven) back in the early 1990s, and it was fine. Those were made by Jeffrey (USA). Since then, PSE has changed manufacturers to an Italian manufacture (Ragim, iirc) that has questionable quality. So I've heard, but I've no personal experience with the current PSE recurves.

If you're going cheap, then Samik/Internature would be a better choice. But I'm not too hot on those. But at under $200, your options are very limited.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Want to make a bow? Google "paleoplanet".   

PSE: Pull, Shoot, Explode. 

I had a older PSE takedown (Raven) back in the early 1990s, and it was fine. Those were made by Jeffrey (USA). Since then, PSE has changed manufacturers to an Italian manufacture (Ragim, iirc) that has questionable quality. So I've heard, but I've no personal experience with the current PSE recurves.

If you're going cheap, then Samik/Internature would be a better choice. But I'm not too hot on those. But at under $200, your options are very limited.

Hmm, I'll have to do a bit more sluething