Arrow Split Record--Finally, the Facts (maybe?)

[LBR]

1. What was the arrow material?--    

Aluminum "T-6 Eliminators"

 

2. Was this a promotional stunt for Black Swan bows?

--  No. The article says Arvid shot a bow "of his own make", but it says nothing of BS.  I doubt BS Archery was in existence at that time.  The other fellow shot a Hoyt recurve.

 

3. Is it just me or does this seem like shooting fish in a barrel? 20 feet that is less than 7 yards? Any person can stack arrows at 7 yards, and it you have say 6 arrows within a 1" area, that increases your chances of robin hooding 600%???

--  Guess it depends on your point of view.  To me, shooting a bow for 24 hours with 10-minute breaks (don't know how often the breaks were) is the "feat", not the robin-hoods.  I have no doubt there are archers today that could beat that number in less than 24 hours, by themselves.  Don't know of any that could keep shooting for 24 hours though.  Kinda' like the old dance marathons--the winners wouldn't win any prizes for style, they just managed to stay on their feet for a long time.

 

Not to down anyones acheivments but I can easily break that record of 8000 9" disks, at ten yards.  

--  That was more impressive to me.  I dont' think I could come close to making over 10,000 shots in 22 hours, much less hit anything after the first few hundred.  Shooting that many arrows in that time frame would be tougher than you realize.  He had to average a shot every 7.9 seconds for 22 hours straight (if I did my math right--22 hours = 1,320 minutes = 79,200 seconds divided by 10,022 shots = 7.9026).

My guess is the biggest obstacle to this record being broken is cost.

Chad

[wtpops]

Originally posted by LBR:


Not to down anyones acheivments but I can easily break that record of 8000 9" disks, at ten yards.--  That was more impressive to me.  I dont' think I could come close to making over 10,000 shots in 22 hours, much less hit anything after the first few hundred.  Shooting that many arrows in that time frame would be tougher than you realize.  He had to average a shot every 7.9 seconds for 22 hours straight (if I did my math right--22 hours = 1,320 minutes = 79,200 seconds divided by 10,022 shots = 7.9026).

My guess is the biggest obstacle to this record being broken is cost.

Chad

One shot every 7.9 sec for 22 hours, OMG this in its self would kill me. After about 200 arrows or 26.3 min i would be dead or have a 10" draw  

[LBR]

Went back and fixed my last post to make it easier to differentiate between what I said and what I quoted.

Chad

[Chris Shelton]

Originally posted by LBR:
My guess is the biggest obstacle to this record being broken is cost.

Chad

I think that is it.  Mainly because I think either he had someone go get his arrows(for the aerial bit) or he had one heck of a pile cause there is no way he went and got his own arrows.  So in my opinion it shouldnt count.  I know when my buddies and I shoot aerial we shoot past 20 yards, because we want to be realistic for ducks and geese.  And we will take turns throwing and shooting, I think one time I had 9 flu flu arrows all together, I bet Ray had about 90???

I calculated my hit percentage this summer for aerial targets at 20 yards, and I was nailin 6/9, which aint bad.  There is no question in my mind that it wouldnt be hard.  But I think there are people out there that can do better!

[Guru]

Sorry guys...but this one has run way too long already...it has nothing to do with Trad bowhunting....