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Offline ravenbeak

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Mary Rose - shot from centre?
« on: October 26, 2015, 07:34:40 pm »
Hey guys,

I went through the mary rose museum a couple days ago,  but I couldn't tell from looking through the glass.  Were the burned symbols for the arrow pass put exactly at centre?  or were they located slightly above?

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Re: Mary Rose - shot from centre?
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2015, 06:18:19 am »
The pechmark is about 1 inch above the center.

Offline WillS

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Re: Mary Rose - shot from centre?
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2015, 08:21:41 am »
The marks are bowyers marks, not arrow pass marks.  Many of the MR bows don't have any, some are 1" above centre where the arrow would pass, some are on the belly. 

The best way to know where to shoot from is simply balance the bow, and shoot from 1" above geometric centre.