To help you while shooting outdoors and make it as enjoyable as possible, we’ve rounded up a helpful list of products to prep and preserve your bow
Equipment
7 Bow & Arrow Prep Essentials
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Posted in Christmas Gift Guide, Equipment, Features, Reviews, Traditional
6 Field Gear Essentials
We’ve rounded up our top products to make your outdoor shooting session a little bit more comfortable – for you and your kit! 1. Shire Archery Belt Bag Price: £24.99 This handy leather belt bag with an antler button has been designed for archers…
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Posted in Christmas Gift Guide, Equipment, Features
Top Picks: New kit releases
This season’s must-haves. Here’s a special selection of some of the new kit that’s caught our eye over the summer, sure to be on our Christmas wish-lists! T.R.U.Ball eXecute Price: Expected from around $179.99 The latest release from T.R.U.Ball…
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Posted in Christmas Gift Guide, Equipment, News
X Marks The Spot
Duncan Busby gets hands-on with the Chill X – an adaptable bow from the Mathews McPherson twin cam range Mathews introduced solo-cam bows to the archery world in 1992; their immense popularity and success ensured that Mathews became the world…
Outdoor Ready
Outdoor archery brings a different set of demands for the archer and their equipment – so here’s a selection of the best outdoor shooting gear Base layer Summer might be approaching, but that doesn’t always mean it’s short-sleeve weather! This…
Arrow Advice
Struggling with getting wide-diameter arrows to shoot well? Liam Grimwood looks at what you can try In the last few years there have been some big developments in indoor compound shafts. It is widely accepted that to give yourself the…
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Shift Your Sights
James Park explains how to ensure your sights are set for maximum scoring potential In an earlier feature for Bow International I showed the results of some research I conducted on archers’ arrow groups at the World Cup Stage 1, and…
Best of the Bags
Get your gear around in one of these top options Aurora City Pack This semi-rigid reinforced backpack offers plenty of space for transporting all your gear: it has a double linked zip entry down the front, and has a top…
Strings and Strategies
Recurve engineer George Tekmitchov looks at the development of string materials, and how to get the best out of yours The bowstring is one of the three fundamental components of any modern recurve bow. Limbs, riser, and the string are…
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Sight Settings
How accurate are yours? James Park looks into an important aspect of bow setup Some readers might be aware that I have had a long-term interest in accurate sight settings. Back in the late 1970s I worked out the mathematics…