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TAC 15/15i Basic Unpublished Information
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<blockquote data-quote="jon.henry755" data-source="post: 492052" data-attributes="member: 29115"><p>Hi Konrad,</p><p>This is a great recap of the corner stone standards for shooting accuracy with a bow, but it's concise and totally factual. These elements are not up for negotiation or compromise, since they are long established laws of physics and arrow flight. </p><p></p><p>The sequence of priorities can be argued to some degree if anyone wants to get political, but the elements are all there and as stated some may have more importance than others, but all are need to be checked and verified or adjusted to achieve optimal shooting performance. </p><p></p><p>I believe we learned years ago that spine alignment, shaft deflection, shaft straightness and shaft weight / F.O.C. were the four big critical factors affecting arrow grouping and flight performance, but these only become critical after the others you've listed have been set up and tuned during the initial bow set up sequence.</p><p></p><p>I like to equate these items as similar to what a "Long Range Precision Shooter" does. Let's face it, he's probably not going to be able to walk into a store and by a stock rifle that's going to give him the type of accuracy and performance that he's looking to achieve. </p><p></p><p>Like wise, store bought ammo isn't going to give him the type of consistent pin point accuracy that he's looking for either, so what does he do? He customizes his gun in many different ways to get it shooting the way he ants it and he may hand load special ammo with different powder measurements and different bullets until he has just what he wants and needs to provide the accuracy that few others ever attain. </p><p></p><p>We are chasing the same type of special accuracy, just with a slightly different type of shooting instrument, so it takes some customizing of both the weapon and the ammo to achieve the highest level of performance possible with today's components. </p><p></p><p>We'd love a straighter shaft if one was available, but in light of what we have available and can do, we can do quite well with today's materials. </p><p></p><p>I think all TAC15 owners will be pleasantly surprised within the next week or two once we complete our research and we publish the findings and how-to's. </p><p></p><p>Collectively, we have gone from knowing almost nothing about these crossbows and their arrows to knowing almost everything there is to know in a very short amount of weeks. Thanks to everybody's intellectual input and help, we've unraveled a great deal of information. Much has been tested, thanks to Super 91 and a great deal of technical know how and engineering data has been brought to the table by yourself (Konrad and a few others). </p><p></p><p>I'd like to say more, but I dare not, since the actual verified bare facts come from somebody else who's compiling and crunching the data. </p><p></p><p>Stay tuned over the next few days!</p><p></p><p>Jon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jon.henry755, post: 492052, member: 29115"] Hi Konrad, This is a great recap of the corner stone standards for shooting accuracy with a bow, but it's concise and totally factual. These elements are not up for negotiation or compromise, since they are long established laws of physics and arrow flight. The sequence of priorities can be argued to some degree if anyone wants to get political, but the elements are all there and as stated some may have more importance than others, but all are need to be checked and verified or adjusted to achieve optimal shooting performance. I believe we learned years ago that spine alignment, shaft deflection, shaft straightness and shaft weight / F.O.C. were the four big critical factors affecting arrow grouping and flight performance, but these only become critical after the others you've listed have been set up and tuned during the initial bow set up sequence. I like to equate these items as similar to what a "Long Range Precision Shooter" does. Let's face it, he's probably not going to be able to walk into a store and by a stock rifle that's going to give him the type of accuracy and performance that he's looking to achieve. Like wise, store bought ammo isn't going to give him the type of consistent pin point accuracy that he's looking for either, so what does he do? He customizes his gun in many different ways to get it shooting the way he ants it and he may hand load special ammo with different powder measurements and different bullets until he has just what he wants and needs to provide the accuracy that few others ever attain. We are chasing the same type of special accuracy, just with a slightly different type of shooting instrument, so it takes some customizing of both the weapon and the ammo to achieve the highest level of performance possible with today's components. We'd love a straighter shaft if one was available, but in light of what we have available and can do, we can do quite well with today's materials. I think all TAC15 owners will be pleasantly surprised within the next week or two once we complete our research and we publish the findings and how-to's. Collectively, we have gone from knowing almost nothing about these crossbows and their arrows to knowing almost everything there is to know in a very short amount of weeks. Thanks to everybody's intellectual input and help, we've unraveled a great deal of information. Much has been tested, thanks to Super 91 and a great deal of technical know how and engineering data has been brought to the table by yourself (Konrad and a few others). I'd like to say more, but I dare not, since the actual verified bare facts come from somebody else who's compiling and crunching the data. Stay tuned over the next few days! Jon [/QUOTE]
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