I hadn’t moved my cams and cables for circa 4 years. Was surprised everything still worked on my Mission Matthews compound. It’s swell the bowstring’s still good after circa 10 years. Can’t vouch the same for those new upstart bow companies out there (from China).
This afternoon, I refletched my arrows with UHU glue and am leaving them to dry for a few hours. Thinking of shooting my bow down at the park one day when maybe Malaysia changes somewhat different from now. As it stands, not many places you can loose arrows and they have to be aimed downwards to a ground level target which isn’t fun.
I haven’t calibrated my sight either.
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| Bear Threat @woods archery range |
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| My Mission Matthews Hype |
My bow looks so puny and bare compared to the cheaper complete kit from Bear Archery. Their whole kitted out bow cost less than my bare frame. You can see Matthews chose the more conservative design with rounder cams, etc. while Bear looks ultra-modern and cool.
I have begun to shoot more Nerf Rival rounds tho. And I'm getting better at aiming the blaster from 10m away which is pretty challenging for a small target.
I am also getting stronger at drawing the bow. With all my working out, the string pulls pretty easy compared to when I was a 30-something still recovering from a stroke. It was some years before I dared work out for fear of actually dying from the strain to the brain.
The bow silencer I bought (the short black stub just below the grip) is actually a sight dampener so I had to wind soft aluminum wire (you can get it at Daiso) round the threads for a snug fit. I'm guessing the aluminum compresses upon screw-in. But anyhow, it was a mistake made while trying to find a more compact doinker.
As a whole, with sight and rest and dampener, my bow weighs 2kg or 4.4 pounds. A Kalashnikov weighs about double.
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