Indoor shooting

[steve58]

Going shooting indoors for the first time this season tomorrow night and thought I would try to tap into the collective wisdom on this. Specifically; if you shoot indoors, do you use a different bow? Not sure recurvers change bows for indoors, although I think compounders may have a different set up? If I change to my lighter bow I worry about losing muscle condition, but last season suggested I could be more precise with the lighter bow. What do other people do and why?

[bimble]

I just change from thin carbons to thick Ali's. I may check the bareshaft tuning incase a little bit of tweaking is needed, but nothing more.

[numpty]

No change for me.

[madmac]

No change for me shoot ace in and outdoors less to go wrong

[paulhuk]

For the first couple of indoor sessions this winter I went back to shooting my ally's rather than my ACC's that I had shot with most of the summer. Rubbish. They just didn't 'feel' right. I tried a bare shaft test and they were pretty well within my grouping, but I was getting more reds than golds.

The last session this week I went back to my ACC's and I feel much more comfortable with them and either because of that or maybe they really are better tuned, I scored much better and got a PB Portsmouth (527).

I'm sticking with my ACC's. Other than that my bow is set up exactly as it was all summer.

[Ffish]

looking at the fact this thread is in "Traditional Archery", and your bow set up is a Bickerstaffe, then I'm assuming that all the recurvers that answer this thread aren't paying attention?

FWIW I change to fat ally's for indoors, as I dont want to wreck expensive carbons, and then accomodate for the weaker spine by winding out my sights by a couple of turns. One day I'll get round to using an indoor button too.

But all of that is somewhat academic really, seeing as you're asking about Trad bows?!

[Kae]

I use the same bow indoors and out.
For two reasons,

one - I can't afford two bows
two - If I'm not accurate with a heavier bow, then there is no point trying to hit something 100 yards away which is more difficult than shooting 20 yards.

Kae.

[Stylisht]

Yes - I have a purely bare-shaft at 18m tuned bow.

And different arrows. Just in case they break. (Carbons still)

[hawkeye]

Steve58

Although I haven't shot longbow indoors yet with my success out doors I will be using my 30lb bow with 4 maybe 5" feathers indoors.

outdoors i use my 45lb'er mostly with 4" feathers for less than sixty yards and 2 1/2" feathers for further.

I have just made some really lovely arrows that I glued the feathers on helical style and they fly soooooo straight its unbeleivable so I 'm gonna do the same for indoors. By the way I am selling the same style of arrow on eBay check out shop 'Farrarchers'. web site to follow )

So my choice for indoors will be 30lb bickerstaffe with 25-30 spine POC's with 125piles with most likely 5" helical feathers and I will just see how that goes.

As for muscle loss - I wouldn't worry too much as it dosen't take too long to build up again.

I shoot anything from 30lb to 140lb quite regulary and have never needed to worry about building up to the big poundages but then again everyone is different.

[josh 77]

i dont change anything for indoor shooting but one of the people i know uses a lighter longbow indoors as less poudage is needed