Are you kidding, 40 is the new 20, what's holding you back ?
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so much fun as small game and a old stick bow rabbits and grouse never too old to try anything whoo ahhhh
Last edited by Tunch; 11-27-2016 at 09:42 PM.
You will certainly gain a lot of knowledge using that bow. If I said brace height, finger tab, bow square would you know what I mean? You will if you buy that bow. The trads like bows like that, most of us have moved on to modern contraptions.
".....It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of a Trudeau government than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their prime minister......"
A lot of the old D shaped long bows have a certain amount of hand shock when you shoot them. I would get one that has more reflex/deflex design, they shoot much better and with more zip.
In my humble opinion…...
You should try and get to a club or a REPUTABLE store with some knowledge and willingness to support traditional archery. If you can't do that, call Lancaster archery stateside, whilst not ideal and not supporting local, they do fine work supporting the sport and have that reputation to uphold!
Buying something like this online and you good be getting utter shite that shoots horribly and will likely have way too much weight and too short a life with zero flexibility.
Sorry to sound like a stuck record but get out there and find and meet archers, join a club and shoot their bows, go along to a shoot and mingle (archers are not usually anything but welcoming) the learning curve will be way easier and you'll do far better, quicker
Consider a cheaper recurve at the beginning with options of extra limbs for working up in weight, getting over bowed from the get go is very bad, technique (form) is everything.
IF - you are dead set on a bow like this, contact Jamie at Ravenbeak and do his course and make your own otherwise I would be nervous about shoot one of these.
Little story for you about self bows…..
There is a guy here in BC, an older gentleman whom I always like to see out and he is a wicked shot, well this year at the TBBC, he was shooting a self bow (scored 365 on the first day too!) and he was shooting his fourth choice as his previous 3 had broken on him in the weeks leading up to it.
Pretty sure he made his own so no great shakes but still…….. that's how easily you could end up bow less!
Thanks for the advice guys. You're totally right in saying that I would be best served to get myself along to a club. I'll look into that this week.