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Old 09-05-07, 01:29 PM   #50 (permalink)
alanesq
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Whilst I say my light weight arrows they are still 800 grain which I think would be a heavy arrow to most people?
I realise I can get a great distance with lighter arrows etc. but I am talking about throwing a war arrow as would have been used in battle and my 90lb bow really struggles to get 160 yards (as do others of similar poundage)
I didn't mean that as the day went on I felt the bow was losing power, just that despite most people thinking my 90lb bow is very heavy actually I am already discovering I want more power

I have not had chance to really try my 120lb bow yet but I have discovered that shooting one of my arrows with just 26" draw puts the arrow deeper into the boss than my 90lb bow at 32" draw, so I suspect it's going to be a big difference

So my experience is that If I want to throw a war arrow 240 yards I can't do it with a 90lb longbow
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