Duncan Busby gets hands-on with the Chill X – an adaptable bow from the Mathews McPherson twin cam range Mathews introduced solo-cam bows to the archery world in 1992; their immense popularity and success ensured that Mathews became the world…
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Outdoor Ready
Outdoor archery brings a different set of demands for the archer and their equipment – so here’s a selection of the best outdoor shooting gear Base layer Summer might be approaching, but that doesn’t always mean it’s short-sleeve weather! This…
Arrow Advice
Struggling with getting wide-diameter arrows to shoot well? Liam Grimwood looks at what you can try In the last few years there have been some big developments in indoor compound shafts. It is widely accepted that to give yourself the…
Tagged with: aluminium, arrow wraps, arrows, carbon, clearance, feathers, fletchings, indoors, liam grimwood, point weight, stiffness, straightness, tips, tolerance, wide diameter
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Shift Your Sights
James Park explains how to ensure your sights are set for maximum scoring potential In an earlier feature for Bow International I showed the results of some research I conducted on archers’ arrow groups at the World Cup Stage 1, and…
Best of the Bags
Get your gear around in one of these top options Aurora City Pack This semi-rigid reinforced backpack offers plenty of space for transporting all your gear: it has a double linked zip entry down the front, and has a top…
Strings and Strategies
Recurve engineer George Tekmitchov looks at the development of string materials, and how to get the best out of yours The bowstring is one of the three fundamental components of any modern recurve bow. Limbs, riser, and the string are…
Tagged with: blends, Dyneema, George Tekmitchov, maintenance, materials, serving, Spectra, strand count, strings, twist rate, Vectran
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Sight Settings
How accurate are yours? James Park looks into an important aspect of bow setup Some readers might be aware that I have had a long-term interest in accurate sight settings. Back in the late 1970s I worked out the mathematics…
ATA Highlights: Win&Win
Win&Win had several products from the new WiaWis line on show in Indianapolis. The WiaWis series is a development and renewal of the Inno series, but with the addition of nano carbon to the carbon fibres used in the construction…
Tagged with: ATA Show, finger tabs, limbs, Nano Max, new, recurve, riser, stabilisers, WiaWis, WiaWis One, Win&Win
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ATA Highlights: FUSE
Brand new from Fuse at the ATA show was the Carbon X-Taper range of stabilisers. These rods are not only tapered but convex too, to reduce wind interference while keeping the rod’s stiffness. That’s not the only feature however –…
Tagged with: Archery Trade Association, ATA Show, Carbon X-Taper, Dimpling Technology, Dual Flex, FUSE, new, stabilisers
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ATA Highlights: T.R.U.Ball
T.R.UBall Releases had several new models on display at the ATA Show. Two new models of release aid, developed in conjunction with pro-archer and current World Field champion Jesse Broadwater, were on show. The Abyss is a thumb trigger design,…
Tagged with: Abyss, Archery Trade Association, ATA Show, FulKrum, jesse broadwater, release, release aid, reo wilde, T.R.U.Ball
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