Practice Report: Broken Arrow 012412
by Chris on Jan.25, 2012, under Shooting Journal
I started the day by shooting through paper with the new Shootoff release. I had managed to work out the left/right tear at Debbie’s and it was still gone, but I had about a 1″ tear high. I tried adjusting the rest, but I couldn’t get it better.
I hadn’t shot it through paper since adjusting the control cable the week before, and I started to figure that must have been the difference. I shot a few arrows at a target and I still felt like I was getting a little up and down inconsistency, so I read an article on paper tuning and followed its advice and put on the .010 blade (replacing the .012). That took most of the high tear out, so I went over to the target to started shooting. After a few ends, I felt like I was shooting pretty well, but it seemed like the draw was just a bit long. I compared the Avenger to the Shootoff and found that the Shootoff was about 1/8 of an inch longer from the handhold to the point where the d-loop would be. I replaced the d-loop and shortened it by 1/8″, and things very a lot better.
I settled down and started focusing on form. Again, the new release felt really good in my hand, and I seemed to aim better and more consistently for time. As the night progressed, I got more comfortable with it and started getting a little more aggressive on my back tension, and everything was working really well. In the end I shot 17 ends before it was time to leave (there was a Blazer game), and I cleaned them all. When I counted everything up, my first ten ends scored 300 and 24x, making it a personal best since returning to shooting.
| Practice Broken Arrow Jan 24, 2012 |
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| Round 1 20yd |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | arrows | sum | balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X(5) | X(6) | 10(4) | 30 | 60 | 60 |
| X(4) | 10(5) | 10(6) | 30 | ||
| X(4) | X(6) | 10(5) | 30 | 60 | 120 |
| X(4) | X(5) | X(6) | 30 | ||
| X(4) | X(6) | 10(5) | 30 | 60 | 180 |
| X(4) | X(5) | X(6) | 30 | ||
| X(5) | 10(4) | 10(6) | 30 | 60 | 240 |
| X(5) | X(6) | 10(4) | 30 | ||
| X(4) | X(5) | X(6) | 30 | 60 | 300 |
| X(4) | X(5) | X(6) | 30 | ||
| X(4) | X(5) | X(6) | 30 | 60 | 360 |
| X(4) | X(6) | 10(5) | 30 | ||
| X(5) | X(6) | 10(4) | 30 | 60 | 420 |
| X(4) | X(5) | X(6) | 30 | ||
| X(4) | X(5) | X(6) | 30 | 60 | 480 |
| X(4) | X(6) | 10(5) | 30 | ||
| X(4) | X(5) | X(6) | 30 | 30 | 510 |
| M(4) | M(5) | M(6) | 0 |
| nines: 0 | tens+X: 51 | X: 40 | average: 9.44 |
| arrow statistics |
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| arrow | nines | tens+X | X | average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 9.44 |
| 5 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 9.44 |
| 6 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 9.44 |
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