Like the illusion of Wall Street, with its vast and powerful investment banks, now shuttered, China too is an illusion perpetuated by the Globalists that gave us the 15,000 mile Caesar salad, poisoned cat food and lead based paint on babies' pacifiers. Like the illusion that money would come from thin air to always push housing prices higher, China has spent a generation pursuing its illusion. Pursuing an unattainable dream to be like the West, while 6000 years of its carefully shepherded top soil blows into the sea.
Joined: Mar 18, 2005 Posts: 2691 Location: Minnesota
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:05 am Post subject:
I have a compound bow & i can almost never recover an arrow...they always get damaged to some degree.
So i receintly decided on a pellet gun. Good points are:
- almost sielent (use in your back yard)
- cheap $37 + a whole box of ammo is $3
- hand cock (no CO2 cartridge needed)
- will kill a rabit or squirl (inexhaustable food supply).
I would suggest a pellet gun with a velocity of 750 fps (feet per second) or faster (maybe 1000 fps), with the "pointed tip" pellets for ammo (better penetration).
I have two older bows, a recurve Bear Kodiak Hunter at 45lbs draw and a Bear Whitetail Hunter compound at 60-80lbs draw. The recurve is great fun to shoot, great for rabbits and squirrels (tho for squirrels you really need something called a floo-floo arrow) and for shooting fish. The compound is just too powerful for small game. I was an inch or so off on my target placement one time and instead of just behind it, I hit the doe's shoulderblade. The kinetic energy was so great that the arrow shattered her shoulderblade as effectly as a bullet could have. Shattered her left shoulderblade, pierced her left lung, put a large gash in her heart and nicked her right lung. From the time the arrow hit her, til the time she died was maybe 12 seconds. Bows are extremely lethal.
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:21 pm Post subject: compound vs recurve
Hey all,
One important thing to remember is that if you are using a compound bow you have to have top quality arrows. The acceleration is much greater and you wouldn't want to have a homemade arrow break on you and possibly end up lodged in your arm. Recurve bows and long bows are much more forgiving in that respect. So if your thinking your going to have a bow so you can make your own arrows when/if tshtf - you probably would want to stick with a recurve or long bow.
Joined: Oct 20, 2004 Posts: 520 Location: The Land of Do-As-You-Please
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:47 am Post subject:
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In our highly technological society though, the traditional bow can seem odd or hard because it doesn't have fixed sights like a compound bow or a rifle.
I took the sights off my compound bow, and aim instinctively over the tip of the arrow. It works really well- all you have to do is estimate the hold over you need. By practicing a lot at random distances from 30 to 5 or so meters, I found I could hit a 2 litre container about 60% of the time.
As for accuracy, I agree with that. I can probably shoot better with my bow than with my glock offhand. I can shoot as well or better with the glock from a supported position though, like prone, sitting, barricade etc.
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