Equipment

cornisharcher

heres a little question for u all,

what equipment do u use? thought might be interesting.

I use:

Hoyt Matrix 25"
Hoy G3 Medium (makes a 68") 42 lbs
18 strand fast flyte string
beiter no.2 nocking point
easton x10 450, 29.5"
cavalier straight j-bar
2 ace 10" twins, with doinker, base, mid and cap weights.
beiter long rod, 33", doinker, mid and cap weights

anything other main parts?

what height is ur nocking point? tiller? b/h?

mhairesa

i shoot a win& win 23" sidewinder(i know 23" but im only ickle!)
PSE centra carbon limbs- 66"- 38lbs(but with my 23" drawlength i get 31-33 lbs from them)
easton a/c/c 3-00 arrows(with pink fletches- of course!!:p )
carbofast quad rod and twins(which i hope to be gettin rid of soon!)
a spigerelli c30 sight
not sure about my string cause one of the men made it for me
my b/h is 8 3/4. my tillers are7 1/4 and a little under 7
i shoot with an a&f fingertab,
and thts all i can think of at the mo!!:D

Renegade_Archer

Spigarelli 2001 VBS (black), low wood handle
W&W WinACT 70inch limbs, 32lbs, pulling 41lbs
Cartel Triple 400 Outdoors, 45mm Kurly Vanes
Easton X7 2214 Indoors, 75mm Kurly Vanes
41 inch Beiter Devil Centraliser Longrod, cap
Spigarelli Carbon 30 Sight
Cartel 18 Strand FF String
Cartel Damper used as small top rod
Cavalier Elite finger tab(new model) with finger spacer
Dental floss / superglue nocking point
Bracing height just under 9inches (low for a 70inch but works for me)
Draw length is somewhere around 30.75inches
Beiter Bright Orange arm guard
Cavalier Finger sling
No side rods
Spigarelli click adjust pressure button(the old model, the one where you screw the little red thing into it to adjust spring pressure)
Spigarelli Extension clicker
Built in Spigeralli Magnetic arrow rest
Altservices quiver
And thats about it.


Speaking of equipment, anyone on here on the market for a pair of well used WinACT limbs? Still straight and shootin well, bit worn looking tho...

oscarBravo

Samick SHB 40# one-piece recurve
Hand-made 11/32" wooden arrows with 4" feather fletches

Um, that's about it. Traditional archers are so sparse...

halenger

Erm... Lemme try remember.

Win & Win Synerzy 38# r/h 66" - drawing about 36/37#.
Win & Win Infinite - both version 2 me thinks, 2nd to latest version.
Arten Olympic sight
Easton ACCs 3L-04 I think - cut to 26.5"
Also Easton Platinum Plus but don't use them regularly - mostly damaged.
Carbofast quad long bar, short bars and v-bar
W&W Doinker kinda stuck to top of bow - can't unscrew it.
Crappy old button
A&F tab, I think
Old quiver
Spigarelli magnetic extension clicker
Fast flight string 16 or 18 strand.
Can't remember tillers, bracnig height etc.

Haven't shot in weeks so don't remember any of my equipment.

Shirt

Aerotec/Vectors, 68" 40#, with a much screwed about with grip.
30" (groove to end of point) ACE 470, 120 grain points, 45mm Kurlies.
16 strand 8125 string, b/h at about 8.75".
5" X10 extender, Beiter V-bar, 2 x 10" Beiter twins, 35" Beiter longrod with endweight.
Beiter button and clicker, Cavalier rest.

Hmm... summer job... might have to buy some G3s...

Aryzel

*W&W WinAct

*36lbs W&W Striker Carbon Limbs, ( i've no idea what i'm pulling at the moment, i'm trying to use a clicker and i'm just realising how completely inconsistent my drawing is, it changes on almost every shot, any advice is welcome.... )

*Arten Olympic Sight

*Beiter: V-Bar, 3" Extender, 10" Short Rods, 30" Long Rod

*Spigarelli Magnetic Rest

*Easton Redline, 600, 28.5" (29" including point)

*Spigarelli Pressure Button

Renegade_Archer

Dermot:


1. Keep an even push and pull.

2. Pull the bow, get the shoulderblades settled, then sit your head on your hand.

This should help maintain a reasonably consistent draw... as a junior i was plagued by clicker problems, i started using one in 99, got so disgusted with it i didnt use one again until 2001... shot my first intervarsity with no clicker...my indoor personal best was shot without a clicker, but overall I think they are worth it...

cornisharcher

i found this web site - not read it but looks ok.

http://www.centenaryarchers.gil.com.au/the10.htm

might help with some things

mr potato head

25" merlin vision (least from what i can figure out it's about 6 years old) (and its not pink its a kinda light red for those who keep slagging me!)

40lb w&w XQ1 (68" bow and draw length 28.5")

Easton X7s (2014s) gettin carbons when i can save some money

Angel carbon exention sight

Carbofast Button

Carbofast stablisation (aluminium long rod, quadro plus back bars, 45 deg horizonal vbar)

Biter armguard, a&f tab, homemade sling and what could pass as an antique quiver!

The Sin

You're all a pack of archery nerds, but I'll join the fun just so I don't feel left out!!

Browning S2 Riser 25"
Hoyt (really old) Carbon limbs 36lbs (getting 33)
Spigarelli C30 sight
Spigarelli button
Regi rest (for carbons)
Beiter clicker with extension
15 strand fastflite string (purple so I can see it against my silver riser!)
Win&Win Fomax2 longrod, extender and matching twins
AGF Vbar
A&F finger tab with the metal shelf
Leather finger sling
Beiter armguard (purple)
A&F chestguard
Old leather quiver
Easton ACC's 3L-04's 27"
Bracing height 7 3/4"
Tiller 1/8th of an inch difference(top bigger)
knocking pt put on with fastflite the same colour as string material

I don't think I have anything else!

halenger

Originally posted by mr potato head
40lb w&w XQ1 (68" bow and draw length 28.5")

Ohh! Something new! How do they shoot? Expensive as hell...

Renegade_Archer

Of course were archery nerds! Archery has to be one of the nerdiest sports out there... it always has a way of attracting "individuals"

mr potato head

the xq1s r nice, but my shoulder is only coming good now so haven,t shot them enough to say i love them... they're quick.
have to tune them a bit better to get the vibration a bit lower, but on first impressions i like em.

Renegade_Archer

Keith, is that the same carbofast button i gave you back in the day?

mr potato head

that'd be the one... think it may need a new spring!

span

25" GM riser
long W&W challenger limbs making 70" bow (26lb but pulling 38lb)
cartel triple 300 34" for outdoors, easton X7 2214 34" for indoor
18 strand fastflight string with kisser button
black thread-super glue nocking point
beiter clicker
beiter longrod
piece of string for finger sling
my b/h is 9.5"

The rest is on it's way from alt services:

spigarelli C30 sight
spigarelli magnetic rest
cartel quiver

trig

Hmm, feel kinda like the poor man of Irish Archery but here goes:

Hoyt GM TD4 25" riser
Hoyt GM 34# limbs

Easton Eclipse X7 arrows, 2014 x 6 (can't be losing any more of those so!)

Cartel Junior sight
Arten Aluminium long rod
Spigarelli magnetic rest
Some brandless button (works quite well tho)
Beiter clicker
Fast Flight string

Damn you people with your good gear making me look bad! Well if you saw the prices in Canada you wouldn't be so smug. Man are we getting ripped off at home. Now, if only I had some money!!!

Renegade_Archer

Hey dont knock the goldmedalist, thats a damn good riser, I shot my indoor PB(573) with a GM best Ive done with the Spig is 570. People have won olympics / world champs with GMs...

oscarBravo

Originally posted by trig
Hmm, feel kinda like the poor man of Irish Archery but here goes:

Did you even see my post?!

halenger

Hehehe... You're not exactly expected to be using terribly fancy equipment. Tis kinda anti your style!

And in all fairness I'd never call Hoyt poor mans equipment!

Delboy99

Hoyt GM's used to be state of the art. Mine still works so I'll stick with it. I would have to negotiate release of funds from the joint account to get anything new so, until I break it or it gets stolen.....

The kit:

Hoyt GM (original laquered version)
GM limbs 68", 38lb @ 28"
Spig Carbo 30 sight
Spig pressure button
Beiter clicker
Beiter centraliser & diagonals
A/C/Cs

and for fun

Conquest 55lb longbow
POC arrows with bullet points & 4" fletchings

oscarBravo

Originally posted by Delboy99
Conquest 55lb longbow
POC arrows with bullet points & 4" fletchings

Now yer talkin'!

Renegade_Archer

Originally posted by Delboy99
Hoyt GM's used to be state of the art. Mine still works so I'll stick with it. I would have to negotiate release of funds from the joint account to get anything new so, until I break it or it gets stolen.....

Yeah has to be said the GM was a good riser, shot my indoor PB with one, and shot both Junior EuroNations with one as well. Good bow. Only fault I had with it was the lack of holes made it a bit of a pig in windy weather

Will Skeat

How can you all use such obsolete equipment?

50lb Eagle Aquila English longbow
14-strand B50 string

28"x11/32" Port Orford Cedar shafts
Arizona Z-nocks
4" turkey feather shield fletches
120-grain steel bodkin points.

Lace-up 8" leather bracer
Deerskin 3-finger glove
Flax arrow bag (holds 24 shafts)

Now THAT's state of the art. In 1356

Will Skeat

Delboy99 wrote:

and for fun

Conquest 55lb longbow
POC arrows with bullet points & 4" fletchings

Oh yes, it IS fun!

But the French don't think so, I wonder why :-)

Is that one of the four-laminate Conquest bows? They're beautiful.

trig

I've always wondered what the attraction of longbow was. Is it an Battle of Aigincourt screw-the-French historical thing or perhaps a masochistic pulling 55lb and deforming your spine and cutting your face kinda thing. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against them or anything, I just never saw the attraction. I'm a recurve archer by the way and while I'm at it I may as well update my equipment spec:

25" Hoyt GM (one of the the older ones, not the TD4 I think)
40lb Hoyt Vector limbs (wound down to 38lb or so)
Cartel Junior sight
Shibuya DX button
Spig magnetic rest
Beiter clicker with extension
14 strand flourescent green Dyneema '02
BCY Halo serving (end loops and centre)
Win&Win Fomax2 longrod, extender and matching twins
Cartel Vbar
A&F finger tab with plastic shelf
Leather finger sling
Easton A/C/C 3L-18s 27.75"
Beiter no1 nocks for unibushing and nocking point

oscarBravo

I don't shoot longbow (traditional recurve m'self) but there's something immensely satisfying about being able to hit a target with nothing more sophisticated to guide your aim than subconscious technique.

toxof

Samick Masters Riser - Green/Balck
42lb Samick Masters Limbs
Easton A/C/E 570 Arrows with no.1 Beiter Nocks
BCY Dynaflight '97 string (12 Strand) Green
Sure-Loc Quest-X Sight (Sliver)
42' Beiter Long Rod and 12' Side Rods Green/Black
Beiter Button, Clicker, rest and nocking point
Cavilear Elite Tab

baggins

God, i'm awful glad i dont do archery. you're an awful shower of nerds altogether

MuchSavage

here here.......!!

(only messing....... don't kill me please!!!)
Probably a bad idea baggins, seen that they can all actually shoot proberly.....!!

Blind man

emmmmm....
got a heavy middle bit with holes
got two bendy bits that say 45
got green sting
got one poker
half a heavy bit on it
got long pointy things
got bit of doorno on string
got hard whie thing sicking out
got shiny green things on end of pointy things

MuchSavage

Ah old reliable..........

Very technical stuff there muffin,

oh god ur out equipment officer for next year!!!!!!!!!!! HOW!!!

fieldshooter

Hi, I decided to join in the fun as well:

I have just purchased a Spigarelli vision in black with magnectic rest and spig button 25" riser I use Border TXB limbs at 30lb, but my draw length they come out at about 35 ish.

I also use ACE's 570 with 120 grain breakoff's.

I shoot barebow and prefer field shooting to all other forms of archery.

brianzilla

Hoyt matrix 25"
Win & Win Winact Wood Carbon Limbs 34lb Med 68"
Beiter centralizer 31" long rod with 4" extender with vbar and 2x 10" short rods, 3x win & win base weights 24g each, cartel midas rubber dampener 24g, 1x win & win end weight 40g
Easton Redline 600 arrows 30" with 67gr points and easton g nocks ep23 plastifletch vanes
Cartel tripple pressure button
Cartel Carbon Sight
Beiter sight tunnel with no. 4 pin
Beiter Klicker
Arco Spigarelli zero tolerance rest