Old bows never die, how about a Vintage class

[Eolla]

I took the old 6PM Hoyt 1 piece out and shot it on the weekend. 66" 44#, Used my 20-14 clout arrows, It shot great, 6 ends at 40 mts were 53 54 52 52 57 54. There have been days I couldn't do that with my mega buck take down. I enjoyed so much I might shoot it a bit more.

It got me thinking if there would be much interest in a Vintage class at a tournament, something along the lines of alloy arrows and bows made prior to 1980??

[frommy]

Any response made by Marcus would predictable. ;)

[2Dogs]

No! ;)

[Eberbachl]

No!

No more divisions in this crazily divided sport!

:rofl:

If you want to shoot an old recurve, go ahead, but do it with everybody else.

:D

[Bruce]

Not at a state tournament , but why not organise it as a club shoot . We used to do things like that at our club for the fun of it , have a day set aside for old equipment , shoot an old round like a york or something and have a ball open it up to interested visitors and make some bucks for your club .
We don't need more divisions at sanctioned interclub shoots


BRuce

[James Park]

I have an old 4PM Hoyt, 45 pounds at my draw length.
I shot a round a while ago using 1916 X7's.
Just about killed me, and made me realise that all this gear we now use is wonderfully easier than it was back then.
I managed to shoot mid 1250 FITA with that old stuff in the 1970, and could not believe how much easier it was in 1997 using a modern bow and X10's. Absolutely stuns me to think of the scores that Pace, McKinney, et al were getting back then with that old gear.

[Zoe]

You could stipulate a rule that everyone must shoot a bow older than themselves. Might challenge a few.

[Stace]

You could stipulate a rule that everyone must shoot a bow older than themselves. Might challenge a few.

It might challenge a few to FIND a bow older than themselves ;-)

[Karl]

lol yeah like that 80+ guy from america at the worlds

[GrahameA]

Zoe

Would you accept a design and manfacture method?? :D