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Author Topic: Matching Bow to Arrows  (Read 303 times)

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Matching Bow to Arrows
« on: February 18, 2016, 10:06:00 AM »
I've been shooting a Samick Sage for a year or so, mostly with the kids a few times a year at a local park (Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas) but with no real consistency. I've been shooting Aluminum arrows of the shelf but I'm not real confident in how well suited they are for me and the bow and I'd like to become more active in shooting and in refining my skills.

Is there anywhere or anyone in Western Kansas that provides workshops or one on one instruction in bow tuning and arrow selection? Thanks Dave

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Re: Matching Bow to Arrows
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2016, 10:24:00 AM »
Depends on how deeply you want to get involved.  There are aluminum arrow charts that have been around for decades that will get you in the ballpark.  Or, you can get into arrow tuning.  There is a wonderful 4 disk series called, "Masters of the Bare Bow," which explores all aspects of traditional bow shooting.  One of the sections, on disk 2 I believe, is on bare shaft arrow tuning by Ken Beck, the (semi) retired president of Black Widow Bows.  I learned from Ken at one of the clinics he puts on with Fred Asbell at the Black Widow factory in Springfield, MO, and have used his method ever since.  

I should say, however, that trying to tune arrows before you develop good form is putting the cart before the horse.  It's not so much that you can't tune arrows before you develop good form, as that the tuning will change as your form changes, so what might be a well tuned arrow at one point in your archery development might not be what you want later on.  So it might be best to start with the charts, and not fix up too many arrows at a time until you have a better idea of what you want.

Even so, the MBB series of disks is a wonderful introduction to traditional archery and will help you make choices about many different things.
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Re: Matching Bow to Arrows
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2016, 10:32:00 AM »
McDave, Thanks for the input. Your point about form is spot on. Last year I started watching a bunch of videos by Greyarcher1 and was trying to change from an upright rigid posture with more of a aimpoint method to a more relaxed instinctive method he demonstrates. That alone changed my draw length.

I suppose a drive down to Springfield someday would be cool for a clinic. Thanks again for the input.

PS, Used to live in Sacramento myself as well as Placerville.

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