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Title: So weird...
Post by: aim small...release on April 04, 2015, 09:26:00 PM
Had my Longbow over a year now and I shoot it above average I'd say but just not as consistent as I would like. So tonight I dusted off my old bear grizzly hasn't been shot since I got the long bow and I shot the BEST I have in a long time. It. Is a heavier bow and maybe its because I figured out my form better since then but. I don't know. Does this ever happen to you guys and gals???
Title: Re: So weird...
Post by: Pheonixarcher on April 04, 2015, 11:17:00 PM
All the time. That's why I don't sell any of my bows. 6 months from now, it might be the best shooter that I own.
Title: Re: So weird...
Post by: dhermon85 on April 05, 2015, 05:53:00 PM
Seems it happens to me, always with my grizzly!
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Post by: 59Alaskan on April 05, 2015, 06:33:00 PM
Grizzlys are phenomenal shooters!  they seem to have a tremendous ability to make a wide variety of shooters look good.  Thus the nickname, "the working man's bow"
Title: Re: So weird...
Post by: Msturm on April 05, 2015, 07:17:00 PM
Same thing happened to me!  I put down the old K-mag for about three months to shoot a bran new fancy Montana longbow, when I picked up the K-mag again on a whim, I destroyed two arrows it was grouping so tight.

Weird.
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Post by: Jmatt1957 on April 07, 2015, 05:54:00 PM
I thought it was only me !
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Post by: Sixby on April 07, 2015, 06:10:00 PM
Something similar just happened to me. I was not shooting my D and R real well and I decided to try a bow that I had decided that the poundage was a bit heavy and the draw a bit too stiff for me and I just stacked the arrows on top of each other. I got myself a go to bow. Forget how it feels and look to how it shoots. I just need that bit of extra back tension to shoot.

God bless, Steve
Title: Re: So weird...
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on April 07, 2015, 06:33:00 PM
That always happens when i shoot a low poundage bow for awhile, and go back to the heavier draw weight. I think it's because you always get off the string cleaner with heavier draw weight.
Title: Re: So weird...
Post by: M60gunner on April 07, 2015, 06:46:00 PM
Must be something in the air. I had the same experience with my 72 Bear SK a few weeks ago. I had gotten a new B55 string for it. Took it along to range but forgot arrows for it. Shot it with over spined arrows anyway. Best round of the day, go figure.
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Post by: Thumper Dunker on April 08, 2015, 01:03:00 AM
All the time.
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Post by: the rifleman on April 08, 2015, 07:14:00 PM
I've been playing with a bow about 6 or 7 pounds lighter than my regular longbow.  Strung up my heavier bow the other day and immediately noticed I had improved -- can't put it down now.  Maybe the lighter bow helped me refresh/ learn something my form had been lacking...