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About a year ago I sold my beloved Switchback so I could focus on my Trad bows and I have had heaps of fun doing so but have to addmit I am missing the compound some these days.The major prob is I find if I try to shoot them both reg at the same time they both affect the shooting of the other in a neg way.I have come up with a solution 8) I have a mate with a LEFTHANDED Switchback and have shot it a few times and found I could shoot pretty much the same as mine.My reasoning is that shooting it the other side it wont affect my trad shooting that I do right handed. :shock:
I know it is bizzare but it may just work and I would love to know of anyone that shoots both sides on a permanent basis.I can get his bow at a great price as he wants out.(I think cause I out shot him with his own bow :wink: I am going to spend an afternoon with the bow soon and make a decision then but am pretty sure that is the way I will go.
Cheers KIM
WOW, that will be interesting.
I'm am getting a new fire spitter soon too and may just parallel you in the experiment.
I have for a long time believed we shoot "backwards" anyways (IMO right handers should shoot as left handers do and vice versa).
Might be a fun experiment :P
Garden Gnome!
14-03-07, 08:44 PM
Kim,
You could certainly give it a go as I myself have been shooting selfbows both left and right handed for the better part of 2 years now, as for compound I'm yet to try but if it works for you terrific.
Going back a few years I was shown a pic of a guy holding what seemed like a left handed recurve up side down I thought he had no idea, as it turns out he makes these bows for himself for that very reason, that in away got me thinking why not.
Only now am I trying to get some one willing to make one on similar lines, think about it One Bow being able to shoot it either left or right handed when the need arises.
When you get sick of the Switchback...you still have my address :D :D
We not long talked of this in another thread about eye dominance and I commented on shooting a right handed Hoyt once. I was amazed that I could do it easier than I thought I would.
Good luck with it...
GG, you might find some "kids" and club gear type bows used to be made with a mirrored handle you could shoot right or left handed.
As a concept for bows it's been around for a while, dunno about it amongst bowyers though :shock:
The prob with a trad bow being shot upside down is that the tiller would be way out as one limb is nomally made shorter.
Cheers KIM
Would this be the case with a take down?
I have for a long time believed we shoot "backwards" anyways (IMO right handers should shoot as left handers do and vice versa).
It's like a fishing rod my grandfather was right handed and always held the rod in his right hand and used his left to wind the reel. where as i am right handed and hold the fishing rod with my left hand.
He always told em I was doing it wrong.
go figure.
You would think that you would use your stronger arm to hold the bow/fishing rod and the weaker to do the drawing/winding as it takes more force to hold the bow out in front of you then to draw it.
There is a guy at my club that shot right handed and last year got a left handed Takedown and shoot realy well with it and even took a nice fallow with it not long after he started using it.
Good luck with it Kim
IMO the bow arm is the more important one so why would we use our weakest one to try to hold something steady? :shock:
It's the way it's always been done - is the only reason I can really come up with.
8)
Luke I think it has more to do with eye dominance and not your arm.Shooting right hnd with a left eye dom would be a bit hard.
Cheers KIM
Garden Gnome!
14-03-07, 09:53 PM
Luke I hear what you are saying in regards to mirrored handel but the bow I mentioned earlier was a recurve and the guy makes them for himself and some close friends.
It looks totaly wrong but he is quite successful with it to the point of taking game in affrica withit out of the same tree stand/blind, he took I think it was an Eland right handed then minutes later an Impala left handed.
His storey and bows were published in one or two of the american bowhunting mags but I don't remember which ones.
Dose any one out there remember.?
And I would have to dissagree with respect to the bow arm as I myself don't have to much difficulty in drawing either left or right handed may be I'm a freak.
:lol:
Kim, I do it every time I shoot mate (and always have ;))
I know what you mean though :P
Warlocke
15-03-07, 07:49 AM
Kim,
I tune a lot of bows, left handed included.
Over the years i have adapted well to a left handed bow and am just about as accurate with a left handed compound as a right.
My left hand still grips the bow while pulling with the right but if I put a right handed grip on a leftie I thing my accuracy would be the same.
Wouldn't like to try it with trad though.
Part 1
I decided to give it a go and picked up the new toy last night so had a chance to give it a go this morning.I fly out tomorrow chasing Chital and I thought if this works half ok it might be a bit of insurance. :wink:
The bow came with 2 doz camo Whitetail arrows with b/heads on them so these are my tuning arrows.I was wondering how I would go with the 73# draw weight as it is the first time really shooting LH but the Switchback draws SOOOOOOOOOO smooth it was not a prob.With these heavier arrows it is very quiet and smooth to shoot also and the results where great straight up.
First shot at 2 mtrs to check flight and it was spot on.
Second shot 10 mtrs to start checking sites and not bad.
Third shot 20 mtrs and another 3 or 4 to get some grouping going and then I adjusted the sites a couple of mil across as it was shooting about 3" right.
Out to 25 which is the longest I have in my yard and can hit a playing card almost everytime so very happy.
By this stage I was feeling comfortable with the anchor and the site picture so its now packed up and will be making the trip with me and "Swoop" the curve to chase the spotty ghosts.
The next stage will of course to do some testing at longer rangers and I have a couple of days to do that before hunting commences so I hop to return with some pics in a week or so.
Cheers KIM SEE YA
Ok got a chance to do some testing at longer distances and made an adjustment to the peep position as I was twisting my head up and it was not doing the form any good but after doing this and adjustion the sights I was able to hit a 500ml water bottle at 50 and 60 so off hunting it was.I will write a story soon so wont go into detail here but I missed a shot on the first day with a MASSIVE case of buck fever but took a spiker on the last day at 40 yards with one arrow and it only ran about 30 yards.I am very happy with the bow and I am shooting it as well as I shot my other one RH.
Cheers KIM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/kimall/P1020354_edited.jpg
good work kim and great photo :D
rohan
Willy_R
25-03-07, 08:07 PM
All my instinctive shooting I have ever done was right handed, both eyes wide open :) Wasn't till I purchased a Sight and placed it on a I think it was Darton MC 5000 Compound I developed the Problem I just could not see the flaming sight.
So tossed the sight until someone gave me a shot out of their LH Martin Somethingorother with sights and peep, so shot it lefty nailed what ever I pointed it at basically.
Today I shoot any sighted bow LH, but I can Pick Up curve LH or Right makes no difference and can shoot them both, and the best fun is a long bow without a shelf Left right left right left right left..... :lol:
Never claimed I could hit anything though :wink:
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