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Offline WillS

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Another World Record!
« on: April 15, 2014, 09:01:01 pm »
For those who missed it, or don't have access to certain forums / Facebook , Joe Gibbs has broken the current record for Livery arrow distance at this year's EWBS shoot held by Mark Stretton at Donington.

Here's the video of the shot (the bow is 170# Italian yew and made by the exceptionally talented Ian Coote) and the distance achieved was 292 yards.  Pretty insane.


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Offline adb

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2014, 10:23:07 pm »
Both very impressive achievements... casting a 65g arrow 292 yards, and doing it with a 170# bow. Congrats!
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Offline Cameroo

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2014, 11:32:08 pm »
Amazing!  I don't know what's more impressive, the bow, or how Joe just holds that sucker back like it ain't no thing :)

Joe's war face looks a lot meaner than yours Adam ;)

Thanks for the link Will.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2014, 12:11:20 am »
W-O-W.

I uploaded it on youtube in case photobucket goes slow for people, it goes slow for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTX1kss99_0
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 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Offline Badger

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2014, 01:46:33 am »
     The whole thing is impressive, every aspect!
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Offline leehongyi

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2014, 04:37:55 am »
Wow~what's the bow's length?
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Offline leehongyi

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2014, 04:39:38 am »
this is a 2012 record?
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Offline WillS

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2014, 06:13:31 am »
2014 record.  He set it last month!

What's even more impressive is that the string is natural fibres - no FastFlight or Dacron!
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2014, 08:21:03 am »
Quote from: WillS on April 16, 2014, 06:13:31 am
2014 record.  He set it last month!

What's even more impressive is that the string is natural fibres - no FastFlight or Dacron!

Wow, that is indeed impressive.  Goes to show what natural can do.  It does look like he is grabbing the bow a bit high in the pic though.  I'll have to watch the vid
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2014, 09:11:19 am »
Quote from: WillS on April 16, 2014, 06:13:31 am
2014 record.  He set it last month!

What's even more impressive is that the string is natural fibres - no FastFlight or Dacron!

Is it linen?
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline WillS

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2014, 09:24:24 am »
Not sure Daniel.  I'll ask him at some point.  Last time I spoke to him he was using hemp.
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Offline Robby101

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2014, 04:56:37 pm »
By the sound at release, I'd say every bit of energy went right into the arrow. Well done, shooter, and bowyer!!!!! Hearty congratulations all around!!! I love this stuff!!!!!
Robby
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Offline PatM

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2014, 07:45:52 pm »
I'd like to know the diameter of the string.  Everyone knows that the surviving Mary Rose arrow nocks "prove" that warbows were only 80-100 pounds because it is impossible to build a natural material string that will hold up to any higher weight and still fit an 8mm nock.
   ::)
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Offline Badger

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2014, 07:59:22 pm »
  Robby, actually he got somewhere around 55% of the energy into the arrow, which is still excellent for a 5.5 grains to the pound arrow.
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Offline mullet

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Re: Another World Record!
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2014, 09:02:26 pm »
Holy crap!, that is impressive, from the Loose to the final results, well done.
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