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I knew a guy who shot an aluminum bow. I've heard of a bundle of
plastic rods (as per and Egyptian papyrus) used as a bow. Aluminum
is period but more expensive than gold. I haven't checked recently
but isn't the only rule concerning the makeup of a bow that the
motive power comes from the bow and not the string? Of course, we
should always strive for as much authenticity as possible, and
personally I have no interest in one, but I don't see that we can
ban PVC bows without proving a safety problem.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/14/2012 9:18 PM, John Atkins
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<div><span class="187500801-15092012"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial" size="2">I might suggest we could be getting
off topic here. As far as bow failure, I have had perfectly
period'ish bows fail. But I think the point Eirik made
about looking more period is perhaps the more valid point.
Now don't get me wrong. I'm not in the group thinking
everyone should be shooting only period bows. Not everyone
can afford them, thus recurves and slightly more modern bows
are still acceptable on the range, i.e. Tomahawks from
3Rivers, Kasai horse bows, Bear Kodiak Magnums or Martin
Hunters. All good traditional bows acceptable, but all
plastic white bows? Seems there might be issues with the
"looking period" there. Now the point of how they are made
becomes a larger issue. Having worked to a great extent
with PVC piping I can tell you that one year in the sun and
it becomes very brittle. However when a bow breaks during
full draw arrows do NOT fly off at 90 degrees or do any of
the stupid things stupid marshals think they will. They
simply fall at your feet as the bow now has no power to
deliver to the shaft. It becomes a product of physics and
mechanics. But we come back to an archer wearing Nike
tennies, a cheap cotton tunic over camoflauged jeans and sun
glasses shooting a PVC bow. Period? Which? Sorry having
more issues with the entire kit than just the bow. I think
marshal's decretion is the best. We do that with atlatl on
an archery range, why not with PVC bows or any bow a marshal
may question?</font></span></div>
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org">mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</a>] <b>On
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 14, 2012 8:30 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Archers] PVC Pipe Bows<br>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">What are
the legal/insurance ramifications if we inspect and pass a
non-standard bow type and it fails on the range and
injures someone? Does merely exercisin<var
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">Cheers</span></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">Fen</span></div>
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<div><font color="#4040ff">Atlantian Archery. Nothing exists
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