Sponsored by… Easton’s RX-7 arrow shafts are proving to be one of the most popular and accurate new indoor arrows in history-both recurve and compound shooters love the RX-7 and are seeing great results, because it allows using the biggest…
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Setting up the Easton RX-7 arrow
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Posted in Getting Started
Posted in Getting Started
Ragim Whitetail longbow review
Alex Tyler puts an Italian thoroughbred through its paces Italian manufacturer Ragim make a wide range of wooden archery bows, including recurve takedowns and beginners gear, but their speciality is high-quality wooden trad bows. The Whitetail is a product from…
Tagged with: alex tyler, arrows, bow, bows, english field archery, field bow, gear, lockdown, longbow, national field archery society, ragim whitetail longbow, range, recurve, review, target, wooden archery bow
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Triple Trouble: Grip
Sjef van den Berg’s custom wooden grip has been winning fans. The ‘Grip By Sjef’ is the first major product from the Dutch Triple Trouble stable of Jaap Bolt, Gijs Broeksma and Olympian Sjef van den Berg. Best known for…
Tagged with: archer, archery, bow, bows, grips, olympian, outdoors, shooting, sjef van den berg, technique, triple trouble grip, wooden grip
Posted in Equipment
Posted in Equipment
I Made This – OCD Strings
Part 2 of a series on independent archery businesses. This week, Julie Bergen of OCD Strings, on the west coast of the USA. I build custom bowstrings, specialising in single string bows (recurve & longbow). Each string is built for…
Tagged with: archer, archery, barebow, bow, bowstrings, business, compound, longbow, ocd strings, olympic, recurve, shooters, strings, USA Archery
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
How To Win The Olympics: Jay Barrs
Mimi Landström Jay Barrs, the 1988 Olympic Champion in Seoul was the last champion to win shooting against the field. The 1988 Olympics was the last Games before the introduction of head-to-head elimination matches. The Games were very different to…
Ask the experts – stiff vs damped and other questions
Our expert panel answers your questions. Send yours to john.stanley@futurenet.com Question: My son shoots competitive compound target archery. He currently shoots a 30″ front bar of a larger diameter and my thought is to upgrade to a much smaller diameter…
Tagged with: archers, archery, arrow, Ask The Experts, Axcel, bee stinger, beiter, bow, carbon, competitions, competitive, compound, conquest, facebook, gmb, nocks, olympic, outdoors, paralympic, rod, shooting, stabilisers, target, target archery, training, vibration, world archery
Posted in Technique
Posted in Technique
Competing with primitive bows
What’s it like to compete with something you’ve made yourself? By Alex Tyler. Watching a repeat on television, you can often tell how much time has passed since the programme was made by looking at the technology used. Seeing the…
Tagged with: alex tyler, archers, archery, barebow, bow, bow string, bows, competing, equipment, field archery, horsebow, hunting, longbow, primitive bows, technology
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Posted in Features
The essential guide to vanes
Adrian Tippins provides an essential guide to vanes Introduction Whether we’re shopping online or in store we are affronted by hundreds of vanes of all sizes and shapes. This can often lead to option paralysis. The confusion leads a lot…
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Posted in Equipment
I Made This – RCore
Part 1 of a new series on independent archery businesses. This week, we meet up with Aris Korbetis of RCore. RCore designs and produces custom aftermarket grips for recurve risers, tailored to each customer’s needs. There are four main designs…
Tagged with: archers, archery, artis korbetis, bow, business, coronavirus, rcore, shoot, shooting line
Posted in News
Posted in News
Archery during Covid-19 – keeping sane
A chance for change? Staying fit and keeping perspective in difficult times. By Arne Metzlaff and Bow staff. Chances are, by now, you’ll never want to hear the word ‘coronavirus’ ever again, unless it’s in a historical context. But inevitably,…
Tagged with: archery training, bow, club archery, coronavirus, lockdown, Lucy O'Sullivan, shoot, shooting, theraband
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Posted in Features
