Anyone here into firearms?

VABAM · 07-02-2021, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by bunk

Completely agree on the setup/tuning!! Ive been watching alot of Youtube videos on proper form and have learned ALOT. Been practicing my form (dialed down the draw weight and using a release with my finger off the release trigger) and establishing my anchor points.

I picked up a PSE Stinger Max. I havent gotten it tuned yet and I still need to learn how to adjust the sights. I took it out the other day though and I was shooting pretty good groups - to me anyway. 8 arrows in a 4" grouping at about 20 yards, but was high and right. I think I need the peep sight moved or something because I cant seem to line it up properly to the sight ring

Id also like to shoot a recurve bow someday. Maybe let the gf have the compound or recurve, which ever shes comfortable with. Great cheap way to spend a day!

Looks like you are off to a good start. Having a consistent, repeatable, and comfortable anchor is important. Sights/sight picture should be adjusted to your anchor not the other way around. That was one of my big issues with my first bow. I was adjusting my anchor to my sight picture. It caused me to have an uncomfortable anchor which in turn caused my anchor to be inconsistent and unrepeatable. One thing to try, close your eyes the moment before you establish your anchor. Establish your anchor then open your eyes and see if your sights are lined up. Doing that should point out any major issues with you peep/sights. If you do have an issue with your sights get them fixed right away so you can learn and maintain a good anchor.

WRT to you hitting high and right, a number of things can cause that. As a beginner, the most likely user induced causes is torquing the grip, pushing or pulling the bow with you bow hand/arm etc. while the arrow is accelerating before it leaves the bow. Basically it's like flinching when firing a pistol. With a compound bow this is exaggerated due to the relatively slow initial acceleration of the arrow because of the let off that compound bows have. It's like turbo lag on a car. As a beginner, especially coming from shooting guns, it can feel a little strange not having a firm grip on your bow. TBH if the bow doesn't feel like it might fall out of you hand after you release the arrow you probably are gripping it too firm.

BTW I have a whole bunch of articles written by John Dudley in the late 2000s about various archery techniques and tips in PDF form. Let me know if you would like a copy of them. YouTube can be a great source of information but sometimes it's nice to have an offline article to read rather than stream a video.

PSE makes some good stuff. It's one of the companies I'd consider if I was in the market for a new bow. Recurve bows are fun, I've shot a few over the years. Back when I was really interested in archery I was looking at getting a takedown recurve and try my hand a traditional archery. Regardless of which type of bow you get for your GF make sure it is something that is well suited to her size. Bows are more personal than guns especially compound bows. An ill fitted bow can really discourage a beginner.

I still have the SA special, somewhere. I think it is a Golden Eagle. I dug out my fancy bow earlier today. It's a Hoyt Alpha Elite with all the bells and whistles. Now that I pulled it out I guess I should put some arrows through it.

I have a Rhino Block floating around here some where I guess I better go find it.