I totally agree with Rob. Fox Triple Crown bows are another example. This bow has agressive R/D, but when strung a D-shape. And when I am not mistaken, this bow won several championships too.
Perhaps it is a good idea to put the original longbows (straight when unstrung and straight broomstick grip) in the historical class and put all the R/D and/or pistolgrip longbows in the "Flatbow class". There you go!
Fitaa rules in this aspect are rediculous: "now we have to make distinction between R/D longbows with a little more or a little less R/D, or no, wait, a bow with much more R/D, but which is build in such a way that the bow keeps it's D-shape when strung is a "real" longbow while a bow with less R/D but no real D-shape is not?"
Forgive me but I am lost here....
I shoot a Hybride because I like it. I shoot with wooden arrows with real feathers, my string doesn't touch the limbs when strung, I shoot split-finger, so I am always in the Longbow-class.
When people have a problem with that, my answer is simple:
- Okay, then the organization has to measure up all longbows first
- you have to put a jury by each archer to check if they are not string- or facewalking
- check all arrows
Most of the time they don't do that...
When we have our national championship I am not there, because it is organized by an organisation who hasn't a clue what 3D shooting is about and apply IFAA rules, so by-by!I am shooting for having a good time, not for following stupid rules, made by those who never had a traditional bow in their hands :mad: