ANST - Attention all would-be combat archers

[Keith Hood]

>From Tomonaga:

In response to a lot of people asking where they can find 30-pound bows:

I have roothed through a lot of stores in the Austin area and right 
now the only store I know of in this area where such bows are likely to 
be found is Gasman's Archery in San Antonio.  They usually have two or 
three fiberglass recurves on hand at any given time.  Price should be 
around $40.

I have also done some searching on the net, and here are some useful 
URL's where you can mail-order bows that could be used in SCA combat:

	www.3riversarchery.com/youth.html
	BINGO!  Exactly what you're looking for.  Fiberglass, 60 inches 
long, 30 pounds draw weight.  Price about $40.

	www.abilene.com/terrys.com/archery.html
	Couple of different models.  One is 60 inches long, 30-35 pounds, 
fiberglass.

	http://orionarchery.com/youthbows.htm
	For the real combat archery fanatic.  30-pound recurves, 
beautiful work, but they're laminated wood recurves.  They'll outrange a 
fiberglass self bow but they're a lot more expensive and it wil break 
your heart to have one stepped on.

A useful site for people looking for fiberglass arrows that can be made 
into SCA war arrows:

	www.bowfishing.com
	They sell fiberglass fishing arrows--solid fiberglass shafts and 
you can buy them in pieces or finished.  They'll sell fletched shafts 
with no points ($3 if I remember right), shafts along without fletches 
but tapered ready for putting on nocks ($1.95), fully assembled, or about 
anything in between.  A fully assembled arrow with a basic fishing point 
(which you would then cut off) costs about $4.00.  Call for quotes if you 
want a particular combination.  770-387-9300
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