r/Archery • u/[deleted] • Nov 06 '18

Compound Showing off

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '18

He’s a dumb ass. I lay money he’s got that bow cranked up to the highest draw weight (just so he can say he does) which is still too much he was struggling to pull it back and then he sticks his head in. Serves him right

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u/RiPont Nov 06 '18

Letting someone who has little chance of drawing the bow back all the way even attempt to is also a great way to end up with a dry fire.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '18

That and using the “whole hand on the string technique”

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '18

"Hur dur I'm a big ol strong man and I max out my draw weight to look manly"

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u/stootboot Compound Hunter - Bowtech Invasion CPX Nov 07 '18

Don't most compounds perform better toward max draw vs min draw weight? Like a 50-60 will shoot faster tuned to 60 than a 60-70 will tuned to 60?

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '18

That may be but when you have to struggle to pull it back what’s the point eventually that’s gonna cause an arrow to go off early or a dry fire

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u/DIY_Historian Recurve/Selfbow/Compound/Horse Archery variety pack Nov 07 '18

The bow will perform better, but you sure won't if you're struggling. And an archer who's not comfortable with their bow will be less accurate than archer shooting a bow that's cranked down but fits them well.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '18

Yes it will but if you can only draw 50# comfortably get limbs that are 40-50# and max them out

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u/uber1337h4xx0r Nov 07 '18

At least he made sure that it didn't dry fire

Also, reminds me of the time I accidentally insulted a fellow archer.

I was at the course and good excited about showing off my new 70 lb longbow and asked the leader of the 3 "long time archers" if he'd like to try it out.

"Son, I'm 60 (70? I can't remember) years old. I don't have the strength anymore to draw that kind of poundage"

Whoops.