Buying my first longbow

[gino]

traditional (or what I call traditional anyway) are arrows with large hand cut fletches which are glued and bound (whipped) and with nock cut into the arrow. I also use bodkin points too.

Bad luck on the longbow

[Schme1440]

Originally Posted by gino

traditional (or what I call traditional anyway) are arrows with large hand cut fletches which are glued and bound (whipped) and with nock cut into the arrow. I also use bodkin points too.

Bad luck on the longbow

Would they still be target and field legal? I dint mind the fletchings and nocks but I would have to stay with target arrows. My ultimate goal is to shoot for our Longbow league team for our postal league so want to be Target (GNAS) legal. I do like the idea of self nocks rather than stick on plastics.

[Dante]

Originally Posted by ruthmc

It would have to be a bloody good finger spacer! I find that pulling the heavier poundage of a LB makes the fingers tend to slide towards the nock more than usual, so a good wide initial finger spread will allow them to anchor before they get too close to the arrow. But that's just me. And as I am virtually self-taught on LB, I can only go by my own experience. Try both and see which works best!

Ruth

I would tend to agree with Ruth, having initially tried with a Tab I rapidly changed to a glove. Also consider one for the other hand, because a bit of fletching in the hand can be quite painful .

Outdoors I tend to shoot with shorter fletchings and 100g point. Seems to work well for me, although I need to make some new ones for indoors 4inch fletched I suspect.

[gorbalite]

Originally Posted by gino

traditional (or what I call traditional anyway) are arrows with large hand cut fletches which are glued and bound (whipped) and with nock cut into the arrow. I also use bodkin points too.

Bad luck on the longbow

Bear in mind that traditional arrows were war arrows shot from bows 100lbs and over.Your lower poundage bow might not have the cast required for accurate target use.I have heard somewhere that some shoots insist on plastic nocks for safety.I have seen pictures of self nocked arrows split almost there full length from the impact of the string.Some sort of compromise may have to be made.Arrow nocks were reinforced in the past by the use of horn inserts but I do not know if this would comply with modern regulations

[gino]

All my arrows are reinforced with horn inserts. The shafts are spined for about 50lbs but I don't intend to use these arrows for competitions even if I could. There are merely for fun. I enjoy shooting them and I like seeing them fly but if I want accuracy I use my hi-force arrows.

[tharrowaster]

I'm a glove man myself and only take it off when I visit the loo, about twenty times on your average 36 target course or in my case 108 shot course

[alanesq]

[quote=Schme1440;81650]No I didnt get it. Out bid by £0.10 within the last 5 seconds. Gutted!

Why not ask him to make you a bow? - its not going to be that much more expensive and you will get a bow made to your exact requirements
He made my bow very quickly and you could well have yourself a custom made bow in a couple of weeks?