Nock fit is not always top of the checklist – but it should be. By Rebekah Tipping. An often forgotten aspect of tuning a bow is correctly fitting the nock to the string. Most brands of nocks will only come…
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Compound: Micro Tuning
Duncan Busby on how to get the extra edge. We all know the merits of shooting a well tuned set up, but how much do you really know about the finer points of compound tuning? Micro-tuning is often overlooked but…
Tagged with: aim, arrows, bow, compound, compound tuning, duncan busby, grip, lockdown, micro tuning, nock, shooting, target, tuned, world archery
Posted in Technique
Posted in Technique
Long distance shooting – a brief history
A very short history of long distance shooting. By Jan H Sachers. Targets have changed a lot throughout the history of archery. From birds to butts, from boards to bosses, archers everywhere have always proven very creative when it came…
Tagged with: archers, arrow, bow, bows, competition, distance, flight shooting, history, long distance, release, shoot, shooting, space, targets
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Interview: Pierre Plihon
The French international Pierre Plihon opens up to Bow. Interview by Mimi Landström “How did I spend lockdown? In my apartment. Luckily I was able to put a target at 2m in my living room. And I had my dog!” …
Tagged with: archers, bow, bronze, club, competition, covid-19, indoor, indoor world series, Interview, lockdown, nimes, nimes archery tournament, olivier grillat, olympics, pierre plihon, recurve, rio 2016, shoot, shooting, technique, tokyo, world championships
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I Made This: Earlyhuman Tuning Forks
Part 3 of a series on independent archery businesses. This week, Keith Shetler of Earlyhuman. I make Tuning Forks, which are a toolset for helping recurvers align their limbs along a single plane in 3D space — sounds complicated, but…
Tagged with: archery, archery business, bow, earlyhuman, keith shelter, sport, tuning forks
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Setting up the Easton RX-7 arrow
Sponsored by… Easton’s RX-7 arrow shafts are proving to be one of the most popular and accurate new indoor arrows in history-both recurve and compound shooters love the RX-7 and are seeing great results, because it allows using the biggest…
Tagged with: aluminium, archers, arrow point, arrow shift, arrows, bow, bowstring, bowstrings, brady ellison, compound, Easton, eaton rx 7, indoor, nock, nocking, olympic, recurve, rx7, Salt Lake City, shaft, shooters, target, technical guide, world archery
Posted in Getting Started
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Ragim Whitetail longbow review
Alex Tyler puts an Italian thoroughbred through its paces Italian manufacturer Ragim make a wide range of wooden archery bows, including recurve takedowns and beginners gear, but their speciality is high-quality wooden trad bows. The Whitetail is a product from…
Tagged with: alex tyler, arrows, bow, bows, english field archery, field bow, gear, lockdown, longbow, national field archery society, ragim whitetail longbow, range, recurve, review, target, wooden archery bow
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Triple Trouble: Grip
Sjef van den Berg’s custom wooden grip has been winning fans. The ‘Grip By Sjef’ is the first major product from the Dutch Triple Trouble stable of Jaap Bolt, Gijs Broeksma and Olympian Sjef van den Berg. Best known for…
Tagged with: archer, archery, bow, bows, grips, olympian, outdoors, shooting, sjef van den berg, technique, triple trouble grip, wooden grip
Posted in Equipment
Posted in Equipment
I Made This – OCD Strings
Part 2 of a series on independent archery businesses. This week, Julie Bergen of OCD Strings, on the west coast of the USA. I build custom bowstrings, specialising in single string bows (recurve & longbow). Each string is built for…
Tagged with: archer, archery, barebow, bow, bowstrings, business, compound, longbow, ocd strings, olympic, recurve, shooters, strings, USA Archery
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How To Win The Olympics: Jay Barrs
Mimi Landström Jay Barrs, the 1988 Olympic Champion in Seoul was the last champion to win shooting against the field. The 1988 Olympics was the last Games before the introduction of head-to-head elimination matches. The Games were very different to…