retiring arrows from competition

[steve58]

Originally Posted by Thunk

Note to longbowmen - this doesn't work with wooden arrows!

No? Really? And you guys think you have grief getting all the arrows in a set to shoot the same! Wooden shafts would REALLY keep you busy!

[King Custard]

Guess it's all about expectations eh?
Who would really expect six twigs to fall from a tree- and all line up like picket fencing?
Longbowing is just so undemanding on the expectations - six all headed away from you is a group!
This is serious archery - Olympic style stuff...you should be able to expect hudreds of pounds worth of arrows- at thou/inch tolerances - and grain matched too, to hit where you're pointing at least when you shoot them right.

It's quite a let down to find that there's enough rubbish inside the tube to 'move' an arrow nearly a foot at 80 yards- or that one side of the arrow is stiffer than the other........you'd expect that with a twig though wouldn't you?

[bimble]

Retired an X7 from competitions this afternoon as my target mate decided that he wanted to put his arrow in the same hole. The shaft has just a slight flat spot. Not enough to stop if from flying well, but enough that I'll not shoot it in competition.

Just a shame that I'd only bought it yesterday and only shot it half a dozen times or so!!

[buzz lite beer]

I'd still shoot an X7 with a flat spot on it especially indoors, as long as the flat is rotated out of the rest/button contact areas and still groups with the rest, in fact just had a look and all of my X7's have flats on them somewhere, it's only the cracked ones I discard.