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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:08 am Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:52 pm Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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stovepipe wrote: |
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Do I understand this correctly? When you cannot hit a bird with a cal 12, you're going to try with bow and arrows?
Sorry I only have 2 tumbs to "tumbs-up" for you! That's the true spirit for a sporter and a hunter. Must be something in the air in the States... or something nasty in the air out here...
but I get the picture of you in your tu-tu teasing the birds with you flu-flu... |
OH boy....here we go. |
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tikkat3 Super Member
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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Thats great shooting, wish I was as "Rusty" as you
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:38 am Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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Thanks T!
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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Just ordered one of these.....Bohning Feather jig.
Been using the AZ EZ Fletch with decent results for over 10 dozen arrows. But it's not making good contact all over the shaft anymore and I've resorted to rubber bands to get good contact. I think I wore it out or warped the arms doing Flu-Flu's.
The Bohning looks more substantial. And the arms open wider so using fast glues will be easier. With the AZ EZ Fletch and fast glues ya had to be quick or risk a drip and my hands shake too much for that jig anymore, it took two hands to glue it up. This new one has a nice base. And release tape in case I use too much glue- which I usually do.
So well see. Anyone try the Bohning Feather jig yet?
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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Vince Site Admin
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 8:36 am Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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I still do if the price is right!
Nice thing about having gear is if the feathers get knackered, you can fix it!
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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So- going back to all alloy shafts. No more CF.
My CF shafts have a lot of sessions on them. Inspection only goes so far.
I was at a pistol match a while back. Heard about a CF shaft blowing up next door at the 3D range...or something like that. (GOOGLE same if you'd like a horrific shock- I won't post it here) I went yikes! I forgot I got 4 dz. of them at home sitting around. Last night I destroyed 3 1/2 dz of them. Yep -just like that. If they aint brand new, they got tossed. New ones get a Sharpie hash mark after a session. They get tossed soon. I never liked them anyways. Too spooky having a time bomb hooked to a spear next to my wrist.
The new alloy shafts are a lot cheaper and way tougher than any CF shafts out there. They are also just as accurate. The EASTON GameGetter w/ a Super-nock is the best shaft ever made. PERIOD.
So I glued up some goodies last night. LAS sent me some mini-bar shield cuts by True-Flight. Neat feather. Cept they only had 6 Orange and a dozen Trad's. So I did a reverse pattern- 2 trad's and one colored. Been using the EZ Fletch and it's past it's prime, clamping is spotty, so there were a couple re-do's. New jig is coming Monday. Got some nice colors coming too.
Sorry for the crappy pic- the phone is stuck on "selfie"...freakin' PIA. Nothin like looking at myself first thing in the AM....brrr, yuk....who needs that??!!
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Elvis Super Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:16 pm Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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very nice looking fletches there bud...... how do you get on with dowel for shafts????
good solid wooden shafts should help with keeping arrow weight up for terminal preformance.....once upon a time fibreglass was the go!!!! funny how things go full circle as guys are now going back to a slower/heavier arrow after the super lightweights of the last few decades have lost thier appeal.
Ive read articles over here with guys taking thar and chammy up in the moutains with stick n string!!!!!! most mere mortals struggle to get within a couple of hundred yards of those beasties.
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:35 am Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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Thank you sir.
Seen guys use dowels. Works a treat. But if you are not a super-expert on wood and grain direction I simply don't recommend them. They will blow up and gouge you if you get it wrong. But they are a nice starting point for true home-made shafts after you turn them down some.
Adjsutable end weights work very well now.
Picked up some bad habits over the past years off. Needed some schooling and a new foundation. Got this book:
www.amazon.com/Guide-L...0811714586
Like it. Good stuff. It will get me back on track fast. Agreed with 99% of his insight. Cept for CF arrows. Rather have one bend than kaboom...
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:38 am Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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1- worked out a new color scheme: purple/blaze orange.....
2- 25y in gusty, switchy winds. Time fer a new bag!
New stick coming next week, too......
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8314 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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Good looking arrows, stovey! Plus you aren't hitting low anymore.
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: rusty.... |
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Instinctive shooting is coming along. Tons of fun relearning it. Gave away my recurve. It was too small for me, it's stacked, don't like it anymore, now it has a new home. Just loving the buttery goodness of the LB's. Giggity goo!
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PaulS Super Member
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