[Elfsea] Draw weight
Adam Edwards
wilim.penbras at pandora.org
Mon Jun 20 19:10:11 PDT 2011
In general, I bow gains or looses 2.5# for every inch over 28" and about
3# after 30". Usually works the same way for draw lengths under 28".
If you have a full arrow you can mark the shaft every 1" and see what
your draw length is. It will give you a (very) rough idea what your bow
is @ your draw length. LOL Of Course that assumes you have the exact
string length it was originally set with when the decided it was 50#. A
longer or shorter string will decrease or increase the draw weight....
I'll be quiet now. Don Sebastian will take good care of you.
YiS,
Wilim
On 20/06/2011 8:19 PM, Randy Shipp wrote:
> Oh, no problem! As you say, you were fortunate to have lots of folks
> there, which was really cool to see!
>
> I will try my best to be at the Wednesday practice...Sunday's are
> sometimes more complicated. When is the next Sunday shoot?
>
> --Antoine
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Sebastian <sebastianf at sbcglobal.net
> <mailto:sebastianf at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
> My apologies for not recognizing or remebering you. There were
> quite a few students between the two classes (yea).
> I can test the bow. I do not have a spine tester, they are more
> costly. I can give you a fair estimate on the spine weight or if
> you come out Sunday we can shoot them and see how they perform.
> Sebastian
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com
> <mailto:randyshipp at gmail.com>>
> *To:* Barony of Elfsea <elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org
> <mailto:elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org>>
> *Sent:* Mon, June 20, 2011 5:52:42 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Elfsea] All Star Archery review
>
> I actually did attend your class Saturday (I was the one who came
> in partway through your first class and sat nearest the door).
> Without my bow, and the mystery shafts, of course, it would have
> been impossible to answer those questions. Still, perhaps I can
> catch up with you soon to work on this. I'd very much like not
> having to get my own bow scale and spine tester at a time when my
> resources are stretched so thin. Can any of this be done at the
> Bedford fighter practice, perhaps?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Antoine D'Aubernoun
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Sebastian
> <sebastianf at sbcglobal.net <mailto:sebastianf at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
> Antoine;
> Thank you for sharing your experience so that others do not
> have to go through the same.
> At the risk of sounding snooty had you attended my archery
> class at Kings College Saturday I would have answered your
> questions about your bow and saved you the aggrevation of
> dealing with the compound bow crowd. That said I would be
> more than happy to help you with this challenge. I will be at
> the Elfsea fighter practice Wednesday night and at our archery
> practice this Sunday.
> If I can be of help please let me know.
> Don Sebastian Frobishire (Arc D' Or)
> Elfsea Hospitaler
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com
> <mailto:randyshipp at gmail.com>>
> *To:* steppes at lists.ansteorra.org
> <mailto:steppes at lists.ansteorra.org>; Barony of Elfsea
> <elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org <mailto:elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org>>
> *Sent:* Mon, June 20, 2011 5:23:18 PM
> *Subject:* [Elfsea] All Star Archery review
>
> Greetings,
>
> Having wasted a significant portion of my afternoon on a
> failed search
> for help with my bow, I decided to salvage some usefulness
> from the
> exercize and post about my experience. Hopefully, this will help
> someone else who might find themselves in a similar situation.
>
> I took my American style longbow into All Star Archery (and Marine
> Electronics) in Lewisville this afternoon. I also brought
> four cedar
> shafts, randomly selected from a box of shafts my dad had laying
> around. When I walked in, I said, “I’m hoping you can help me. I
> have this bow, but no arrows. I want to be sure of a few things
> before I spend a bunch of money on supplies.” Before we could
> get to
> what information I wanted, the guy said, “We don’t see many
> longbows
> here,” (which is understandable), “and we won’t have any
> supplies for
> it.” Okay, I get that. “Well,” I said, “I mainly need to
> figure out
> the true weight of the bow at my draw length in order to get
> the right
> shafts.” At this point, I expected to get help measuring my draw
> length, then we’d string my bow, put it on a bow scale, and
> off we’d
> go. Instead, I got, “Well, it says 50 pounds on the bow.”
> “Right,” I
> said, “but it doesn’t say at what draw length.” “Well,” he
> said, “if
> you draw it to, you know, about the right amount, it’ll be
> around 50
> pounds. If you draw it more or less, that’ll change, so
> there’s no
> way for me to know. I guess if you want to string it, I can
> draw it
> and tell you about what it is...” This is the point at which
> I should
> have just said thanks and left. As it is, I talked for
> another minute
> or so, just to confirm that this was as helpful as it was going to
> get.
>
> Either this guy did not understand what I was asking, or they
> did not
> have a bow scale (otherwise, why wouldn’t he offer that instead of
> some guesstimate?). Either way, this is not archery expertise.
> Having heard all that, I didn’t even proceed to my next question,
> which was whether they had a spine tester for verifying what the
> shafts I have are. The entire experience was very much like
> buying a
> computer or camera at a big box store. They’re fine for reciting
> specs from the side of the box, and they probably have an OK
> selection, but as soon as you start asking about video chipsets or
> f-stops, they have no clue.
>
> Save yourself the trip and avoid All Star Archery for traditional
> archery questions.
>
> Yours,
> --Antoine
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