Hill style longbow performance...in the eye of the beholder?
The following write-up is something I did a couple of years ago, posted on an archery forum, reprinted here with some changes. My follow-up comments are at the end: ************************************************* I made up some low-stretch strings and did some comparisons against my B50 strings. I've had some bows through my shop, my own builds, reworks, refinishes, etc so I pulled some date of bows that were as similar as I could. Disclaimer: I shot all these arrows, around 150 shots for the testing. My standard speed range per set was 2 fps. On those I took the speed most common. On the sets that were greater than 2 fps. I took the average. Out of the entire shooting session, my need to average was only about 6 or 7 sets. I shoot a dynamic pull through release, no hold, but I touch anchor consistently as taught by John Schulz. The consistency shows in my speeds. Multiple times during the shooting I shot the same speeds 3 times in a row, but usually the speeds we...
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