[Archers] New Society TA Rules

[Elizabeth Dorris]

Greetings Fellow Archers,


I noted something in the rules that Mungo was kind enough to link that troubled me and wanted more clarification on the subject.


The rule reads thus "A. Bows may be made of any suitable material, provided they are judged safe to shoot by the Target Archery Marshal. "

It is the "suitable material" part that worries me, in regards to someone bringing a PVC bow to the range and then claiming that under this rule they would be allowed to shoot it, because the rule does not say that PVC is not allowed - nor does any part of this section in the Handbook forbid PVC bows.

I know that in Atlantia we generally do not allow any PVC bows onto the ranges because they were at one point deemed unsafe, and I would agree that they are, in addition to not being period.

Has the position on PVC bows changed?

Yours in service,


-Lady Vittoria Cavalieri

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Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 7:41:43 PM
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Subject: [Archers] New Society TA Rules


Noble Friends of the Bow:

I don't know how I missed this, but there is a new version of the SCA target archery rules linked off our web site. Was there ever a message on this? Well, I'm a lot older than Lord Elvis now, and sometimes miss things.

I read through the rules, and most of them seem about the same. I say "about" because some of the rules have been rewritten for clarity. The text is much improved. There are some new rules on crossbows that require coverings for certain types of prods. This rule is grandfathered to exclude weapons already in service.

What is new, however, is a section on period archery. I know this had been in the works for a couple of years, and I'm glad it is finally here. I was pleased with most of the rules.

You can real the whole ball of wax at http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/docs/t_archery/target_archery_rules.pdf

Yours Aye,


Mungo Napier, Period Target Archer

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