if i can't feel the string (or the arrow), then i have some serious problems. i chalk some of it up to being a complete novice. the last time i picked up a bow was 20 years ago, and we were barehanding it (no arm guards, either) in school. my fingers can only deal with going uncovered for...
ended up going to the Traditional Classic yesterday morning. thanks for the suggestion, shaddydan! holy crap, everyone was SUPER friendly. the folks at Lancaster Archery set me up with a new rest and string. picked up some practice arrows, a stringer, an arm guard, and a glove. turns out...
if i'm reading things correctly, it's actually a 38 lb bow...plenty easy for a normal person to pull, i'm hoping.
thanks for the info about the rest. :) i'll check out ThreeRivers. i saw the site but wasn't sure if it was reputable. plan on using a glove...the events for which i will be...
hey folks.
the other half pulled out an old Ben Pearson he bought at a yard sale years ago. it's been sitting in a shed for years upon years and looks like hell. has no string, is dirty.
there are no apparent cracks on it. the tips are particularly dirty, possibly discolored...i haven't...
this was absolutely amazing. and i have something to say about the crowd...i've never been involved in a rally like this, and i want to applaud the lot of you. everyone was polite, respectful, chatty, and just plain NICE. thanks for helping to put a human face on what so many think is an evil...
i'm fighting a migraine and there are 11 pages to go through on this, so i'm going to ask instead of looking to see whether someone else asked this question:
for those who have gone to things at the Senate, is there a ban on recording devices and other electronics in the room itself? i have an...
donate money to the Second Amendment Foundation, as Alan Gura (the lawyer in question) works for/with them.
they're fantastic, and lifetime membership is only $150.
very weird. i tried in three different browsers and on two separate machines (for full troubleshooting), and i got the same issue - it appeared the DNS server went down, so i flushed a few times on both boxes to no avail. figured y'all took the site down for maintenance, then the redirect (and...