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Air Force Brat

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It's much nicer than the club bow I was shooting before. I usually shoot for 2 hours each session (including chilling time with other club members of course), even if my grouping gets bad I just do it for muscle training. I'll be getting an Ontario archery membership next year and hopefully join some official indoor tournaments.

Right, at 30+ pounds, it is much easier to have an extended session, and 90% of accuracy is just having a good repeatable form and a nice clean release, and it certainly helps to have a bow that is tuned to the shaft, then the feathers aren't trying to correct gross errors, but simply maintaining good arrow flight. Now throw in a heavy hunting bow, which may cause injury or pain, and muscles that begin to break down your form as they fatique from drawing your heavy bow, and then it is impossible to maintain that accuracy, one of the reasons that you quit when you experience PAIN, or Form deterioration, then you are only reinforcing bad muscle memory, throw in broadheads which also exascerbate any breakdown in form. I am so happy to see you have your own bow, and it is beautiful, and you fletch your own arrows, these things give you a mental edge. I used to like to pick up someone elses bow and shoot a little better group, as I had an understanding of bow dynamics, I attempted to shoot a friends home made "self-bow", nastiest thing I ever shot, I couldn't shoot it worth a flip.

I'm sure you will see your groups "tighten up", feel free to post some pics of your groups as they do. bax
 

B.I.B.

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Don't really care.. but that is a good idea. Thanks..

hi ya pops, I'm back, and I noticed in the photo of your apartment you have since removed, that the building had a internal gutter. Does it ever give any problems. Over here they are one of the main culprits for our 'leaky home syndrome'.Consequently apartments that use saw tooth roofing in their design are to be avoided like the plague if at all possible.
 

bd popeye

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Huh??:confused:...Our gutters are external. No leakage/seepage here. And they do freeze up in the winter at times. The building I live in is only 10 years old. Here it is.

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B.I.B.

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Huh??:confused:...Our gutters are external. No leakage/seepage here. And they do freeze up in the winter at times. The building I live in is only 10 years old. Here it is.

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Sorry me bad, must be the jet lag. I think I was looking at the stairwell face/frontside on.and it left me with the impression there was a internal gutter.

And I pay over $8 for a gallon of petrol as well.You guys don't know what exorbitant really is.
 
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bd popeye

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Sorry me bad, must be the jet lag. I think I was looking at the stairwell face/frontside on.and it left me with the impression there was a internal gutter.

And I pay over $8 for a gallon of petrol as well.You guys don't know what exorbitant really is.

No problem..And I'm well aware of the prices of fuel World wide.

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Right now in Cedar Rapids unleaded plus is ranging from $2.97 to $3.05 a gallon.

E85 is $2.49 a gallon.

Diesel is $3.79 a gallon in some stations a little higher.

Regular unleaded is about .10 cents a gallon higher than unleaded plus.

Unleaded Premium is about .20 cents a gallon higher than unleaded plus..
 

T-U-P

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I'm sure you will see your groups "tighten up", feel free to post some pics of your groups as they do. bax
My best grouping and worst grouping from last night's shooting session:
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Definitely gets better results when I'm not feeling tired. Distance is 18m and the target is the central part of the 60cm targets for indoor.
 

Air Force Brat

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My best grouping and worst grouping from last night's shooting session:
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Definitely gets better results when I'm not feeling tired. Distance is 18m and the target is the central part of the 60cm targets for indoor.

Yes, if you shot the best group, which are very good, before the worst group, I would say fatique is "breaking down your form". I am assuming you are shooting fingers with a shooting tab rather than a glove, off of a raised rest??? One thing you will notice, is how your worst group shows that the arrows are divergent as they hit the target, in your best group the shafts are almost parallel, indicating a much "cleaner" release. I also assume you are using sights as opposed to shooting instinctively.

When I shot instinctively, I shot off the shelf of the bow, and drew three fingers split and "anchored" my bent fore-finger in the corner of my mouth, but no matter what style you are shooting the key is consistancy, when you start to "spray" your arrows either take a break or quit for the day????? I can tell that it won't be long before your shafts are touching one another, and you will soon be shooting your "nocks" off the end of the arrow, don't get discouraged, strength and accuracy will come, don't be surprised if you go through a period where you feel like your groups aren't as "good" as they where, most of us do. Keep up the good work, archery is on of the most beautiful of the martial arts, and you may want to play with some "white" feathers that you can easily see, there are few things more satisfying than watching a perfectly released arrow, fly perfectly toward the target. Also those clean arrows will have much greater penetration in the target butt, if your arrows "tail right, or tail left", then you may want to play will lighter or heavier "splined" arrows. brat

That first group is very pretty, and looks like you are getting good "arrow flight".
 

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Yes, if you shot the best group, which are very good, before the worst group, I would say fatique is "breaking down your form". I am assuming you are shooting fingers with a shooting tab rather than a glove, off of a raised rest??? One thing you will notice, is how your worst group shows that the arrows are divergent as they hit the target, in your best group the shafts are almost parallel, indicating a much "cleaner" release. I also assume you are using sights as opposed to shooting instinctively.

When I shot instinctively, I shot off the shelf of the bow, and drew three fingers split and "anchored" my bent fore-finger in the corner of my mouth, but no matter what style you are shooting the key is consistancy, when you start to "spray" your arrows either take a break or quit for the day????? I can tell that it won't be long before your shafts are touching one another, and you will soon be shooting your "nocks" off the end of the arrow, don't get discouraged, strength and accuracy will come, don't be surprised if you go through a period where you feel like your groups aren't as "good" as they where, most of us do. Keep up the good work, archery is on of the most beautiful of the martial arts, and you may want to play with some "white" feathers that you can easily see, there are few things more satisfying than watching a perfectly released arrow, fly perfectly toward the target. Also those clean arrows will have much greater penetration in the target butt, if your arrows "tail right, or tail left", then you may want to play will lighter or heavier "splined" arrows. brat

That first group is very pretty, and looks like you are getting good "arrow flight".
Yep, sights and finger tab. But right now I'm not using my clicker. These are new arrows and new bow, so I want my form to "settle" a bit before cutting my arrows for the clicker (can't make them longer if my draw length increases and i've already cut them).

I do find the red vanes make the arrows a bit hard to see where they landed, or maybe I need better glasses :p

How about showing us some of your bows? If you still got them.
 

B.I.B.

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No problem..And I'm well aware of the prices of fuel World wide.

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Right now in Cedar Rapids unleaded plus is ranging from $2.97 to $3.05 a gallon.

E85 is $2.49 a gallon.

Diesel is $3.79 a gallon in some stations a little higher.

Regular unleaded is about .10 cents a gallon higher than unleaded plus.

Unleaded Premium is about .20 cents a gallon higher than unleaded plus..

Is there any reason why Diesel is dearer than Petrol. Over here Diesel is substantially cheaper at the pump however road mileage tax on diesel which is paid separately results in diesel being only marginally cheaper.

Umm I'm reluctant to start a thread on something that might have little interest to most members, so I'll ask the question here.

Does anyone here participate in short term stock trading.Is it as risky as I think it is and best left to the experts?
 

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Woo Hoo!, I just purchased my 1/350 scale Type 071 model, 998, Kunlun Shan. It's just out by Trumpeter and I got an incredible deal at Hobby Space, a Chinese online model store where I have gotten a number of models.

The distributors here in the states have not even gotten them yet, so except for demos, this will be one of the first in the states.


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$44.00 US dollars is great (it will sell for over $100 here in the states), and $28.00 for EMS shipping. That's $72.00 total where the kit will cost probably $110 plus $15.00 shipping here, or $125.00.

Shipping here is faster...but I am in no hurry. This will be the center of my 1/350 scale ARG to go with my already completed 1/30 scale CSG centered on my


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