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2. Bowstring - Wikipedia

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   Almost any fiber may be used in emergency. Natural fibers would be very unusual on a modern recurve bow or compound bow, but are still effective and still used on traditional wooden or composite bows. Sinew and hide strings may be seriously affected by water. [4] The author of Arab Archery suggests the hide of a young, emaciated camel. [5]

3. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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   At full draw the distance in inches from nock point on bow string to deepest grip spot (pivot-point) plus 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (44 mm) (ATA standard). Bow: characteristic measure of the bow together with its draw weight. The technically given optimal draw length for full draw of that bow (ATA standard). Draw weight of a bow means weight at its ...

4. Archer's paradox - Wikipedia

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   A = bow riser/grip, B = median plane of the bow, C = arrow aiming line and trajectory Arrow flexing both towards and away from the bow handle. The archer's paradox is the phenomenon of an arrow traveling in the direction it is pointed at full draw , when it seems that the arrow would have to pass through the starting position it was in before ...

5. Target archery - Wikipedia

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   This variant shows only the inner 6 rings of a full 80-centimetre (31 in) face. There are also versions of the 40-and-60-centimetre (16 and 24 in) targets known as the "3 Spot". The targets contain 3 instances of the inner 5 rings of the 40-and-60-centimetre (16 and 24 in) faces arranged in a line or an equilateral triangle.

6. Archery - Wikipedia

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   Some modern recurve bows are equipped with a mechanical device, called a clicker, which produces a clicking sound when the archer reaches the correct draw length. , traditional English Longbow shooters step "into the bow", exerting force with both the bow arm and the string hand arm simultaneously, especially when using bows having draw weights ...

7. Senator says Trump cannot ignore law requiring ByteDance to ...

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   WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump cannot ignore a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the U.S. by early next year or face a ban ...