| If you're serious about shooting barebow some of the best for this are the Greenhorn bows - Many of the Field archers swear by them as they are designed specifically for this. The classic design of the Victory has been proved and can be balanced by attaching extra weight to the lower part - I use a Greenhorn Sirius, but this is still fairly new and you're into some serious money here so unless you're shooting at a high level I doubt its worth the extra.
They have international limb fittings so you can use limbs as required.
I find them all very smooth to shoot (if it kicks back you're doing something wrong !) though I don't know if you'd find one second hand as not many people will part with them once they have them.
Technique - for competition at a higher level most barebow shooters will stringwalk .
Three fingers under and vary the distance up and down from the nock according to the distance to the target. Point on the target until maximum distance at nock, then gap shooting above that.
For me point on is only 35 metres as I shoot only 30 pounds max draw weight, but for the shooting I do this is fairly successful and I can outshoot an overbowed macho bloke on most occasions! Don't overbow yourself (a common problem when changing from longbow) as you need to be able to hold the draw for longer whilst you aim for better accuracy ( These bows don't lose their power if you hold the draw like a longbow would, so you can aim for several seconds before you have to release)
Barebow shooting is very rewarding, but like anything else you need to listen to all the advice, think it through and then work out your own way of applying it. It still takes practice, just like anything else, but don't be afraid to try a totally different technique - sometimes a complete change is better than trying to adapt your longbow technique to suit.
But if your distance estimation is rubbish then work on that first - no good training at all the distances if you can't decide how far away the target is when you get to the peg !
One last thought - watch the Spigarelli risers as some of them aren't legal in the Barebow classes.  |