Moving over to the darkside

[wymkof]

I have moved over to the dark side. Lez at Aardvark set it all up for me yesterday. I have not enjoyed shooting as much today...
Thanks Lez for all the work you did on the bow.

[Schme1440]

Originally Posted by wymkof

I have moved over to the dark side. Lez at Aardvark set it all up for me yesterday. I have not enjoyed shooting as much today...
Thanks Lez for all the work you did on the bow.

Thats good to hear. Another tick on les's long list of happy customers.

[Brian the gnome]

Having just got my new/first compound (merlin TM 5),i am fully intending on shooting it alongside my recurve. Some have said "it will wreck your form" and such like. Its good to hear so many people shooting well with both. The one thing i have found is, due to the lower holding wieght the bow is not pulled in to my hand as much. So any slite movement is exaggerated and further still by the scope. So i feel i have to be steadier and smoother in my draw,aim and release(with release aid). I think this can only improve my recurve shooting and any other styles i my turn to in the future. variety is the spice of life

[Quadratus]

If its a bow - and it interests you - shoot it!

Each style/bow type reinforces a different part of the shooting process - but there is only one process.

[ASW1973]

shooting both recurve and compound is not difficult to do but in the end one must be concentrated on in order to get the best results. One of our club shooters does this but has proved this weekend that she does neither of them very well at the same time (qualified 9th in both ladies compound and recurve at the british indoors).I would always advise comitting yourself to one discipline exclusiveley for at least a year to avoid internal confusion after that time you should be in a position to make a decision about which to shoot

[geoffretired]

Brian, I don't see why shooting compound should wreck your form. It is a great way to learn about shoulder alignment and bow shoulder positioning.I think those are rumours spread by archers who want to keep other archers on recurves because that's what they shoot. You are going to have hours of fun shooting it and learning all there is to learn about them.
It would be interesting to find out, from others who shoot both, how often they change from one to the other to keep their form with both.

[Merlinman]

I used to shoot recurve to a reasonable level but due to family and work commitments I could never get the practise time it really required to progress any further. It was the constant physical requirements of recurve that made me think more about going compound. Having a good grounding in recurve immeadiately paid dividends in my form with a compound, and I took to it very quickly.
I totally agree with Adam that not having the loading on your muscles with the compound allows you to understand the correct bodyline and muscle control required in any form of archery. I occasionally ( 1-2 times a year) try out my recurve and find that the form and control learnt from compound gives surprisingly good results. It still bugs me as I love recurve, but I could not see myself going back full time now.
Besides the compound seems to be working pretty well at present.

[wymkof]

Since getting the compound at christmas. I get to shoot it once or twice a week.
Mostly I only have time for a Bray shooting around 273. I shot my first outdoors yesterday. We did a National. I shot a 606.
I feel like putting the recurve on ebay.

[Schme1440]

Originally Posted by wymkof

Since getting the compound at christmas. I get to shoot it once or twice a week.
Mostly I only have time for a Bray shooting around 273. I shot my first outdoors yesterday. We did a National. I shot a 606.
I feel like putting the recurve on ebay.

I would keep hold of it for a while but if you do decide to do so give me a shot. i mite have your riser.

[pwiles1968]

Great Start