Target Archery

• Angles and Archery.We attempt to model archers of various disciplines and compare them, head to head, despite the fact that they don't shoot upon common targets. (We also study the scoring benefits of "fat" target arrows.)
• Mechanical Release Devices and the Compound Bow. The literature that describes the release devices used with compound bows is usually very poor, non-general, and filled with mystical nonsense in many cases ("back tension"); however, release devices are simple if properly explained.
• Aiming with Both Eyes Open. Ideally, one should aim an Olympic target bow (or air pistol, air rifle, etc.) with both eyes open. The resulting "ghost" images seen by many people (including me) can be confusing, but they are easy to understand (and ultimately ignore).
• Free Archery Targets. Everybody likes free archery targets that can be printed on a nearby color printer. The novel thing about my free targets is that they contain an overlay of grid lines spaced by 1moa. These targets can only be used correctly at their rated distance, but provide a very powerful tool for the analysis of groups of arrows.
• Matching Arrow Weights. If one fires arrows with differing weights, they will land at different heights upon the target. Given reasonable vertical tolerances, weight matching turns out to be extremely important, to a degree that seems excessive (at first).
• What's a "1300-level" FITA shooter? Shooting 1300 (out of 1440) is an incredible milestone for any archer, but exactly what does it mean?

Kleanthes Koniaris, email.