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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	My second bow Dec 31^st, 2010 at 12:21pm You can see the (slow) progress of my second bow in this thread over at PaleoPlanet: http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/36260
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: My second bow Reply #1 - Dec 31^st, 2010 at 3:11pm Nice one. I'd love to see some video of it in action if you have any.
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: My second bow Reply #2 - Jan 9^th, 2011 at 10:50am Its finished now:
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: My second bow Reply #3 - Jan 18^th, 2011 at 2:08pm
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Germany Tiro Offline medieval slinging is great!!! Posts: 40 Germany-NRW-Paderborn Gender:	Re: My second bow Reply #4 - Jan 22^nd, 2011 at 2:01pm nice but what is the castle in the background
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13682 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: My second bow Reply #5 - Jan 23^rd, 2011 at 9:34am As a kid I was into archery a lot. It's something my little sister and I did every day. I really should get back into archery. Command decision made.. I will. It won't take much to get started.. just a cheap solid bow and some practice arrows. If I stay with it I can spend more.
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: My second bow Reply #6 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 3:49pm The 'castle' is actually a brick built dovecote for keeping pigeons in, for the table. Its just less than three centuries old. This is in the grounds of a large country house outside my parents village. There is a public right of way across there so we have used it for many sling, atlatl and bow filming sessions.
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Reply #7 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 3:24pm

Rat Man wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2011 at 9:34am:

As a kid I was into archery a lot. It's something my little sister and I did every day. I really should get back into archery. Command decision made.. I will.
It won't take much to get started.. just a cheap solid bow and some practice arrows. If I stay with it I can spend more.

The cheapest most realible bow I know of, other than one you make yourself, is the samsick sage take-down recurve available from three rivers archery, I have never read a bad review on it and it is very reasonably priced.

I was pretty good at slinging like 10 years ago.

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Bill Skinner Forum Moderation Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: My second bow Reply #8 - Jan 28^th, 2011 at 9:30pm What are the specs? Did you get 40# at your draw length? Bill
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: My second bow Reply #9 - Jan 30^th, 2011 at 3:51pm I need to shoot it some more and determine what my best anchor point and draw length are. My shots are landing somewhat to the left which is either stiff arrows or a poor loose, I have no idea which.
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Reply #10 - Jan 30^th, 2011 at 10:08pm

Stand in front of a mirror. Act like you are drawing your bow. Act like you are releasing. As your hand opens, practice sliding your hand along the side of your face, it should end up behind your ear in the crook of your neck. When you shoot your bow, try to make your hand do the same thing. If you smack yourself in the face, you are definitely plucking the string on release. Bill

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Mauro Fiorentini Forum Moderation Offline Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3442 Ancona, Italy. Gender:	Re: My second bow Reply #11 - Jan 31^st, 2011 at 12:41pm Hey, David, do not incline your head, keep it straigth Don't try to aim, for it is impossible to do with a historical bow. Greetings, Mauro.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: My second bow Reply #12 - Jan 31^st, 2011 at 3:44pm Mauro Fiorentini wrote on Jan 31^st, 2011 at 12:41pm: Hey, David, do not incline your head, keep it straigth Don't try to aim, for it is impossible to do with a historical bow. Greetings, Mauro. Disagree. To each there own though.
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Mauro Fiorentini Forum Moderation Offline Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3442 Ancona, Italy. Gender:	Re: My second bow Reply #13 - Jan 31^st, 2011 at 4:31pm Different schools then Greetings, Mauro.
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Reply #14 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 3:53pm

well done. tiller looks good. if you are shooting to the left it is probably arrow spine. release probs will generally cause your groups to open up considerably. it's pretty unusual to have any consistency if your release is bad because it will usually be inconsistent. try a heavier point on the same arrows. this can make up for an arrow spined too heavy. another potential prob causing you to shoot to the left is torquing your bow hand. relax your bow hand and hold the bow like you would hold a baby bird (for lack of a better analogy). nice bow dude i've been wanting to make myself a new one for a while now. been shooting the same self bow for a while now. it's just about all i'll hunt with anymore.

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