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Had a great time shooting with my son today and we made a new friend. Not a great score but memorable fun time!

Some of y'all likely seen my other oldie post where I built the old Pro Vantage. I wanted something with a little more zip. Something that would be good for spot shooting but would be a little better for 3D should the need arise and my regular 3D bow be broke down like I've been the past few weeks and causing me to miss several tournaments. My son has a 1995 Hoyt Superstar and I like it pretty good so I set out trying to find me one. So I bought this Superstar Legacy for $75. In it's current state it's much too long of draw length for me with 32" draw wheels. So I found another donor bow, (a Hoyt Mystic Rebe)l, on eBay with accuwheels that should work nicely. I'm going for 44-1/2" axle to axle. 30" draw @50# peak weight. I'll update my progress once I get the donor bow.

Well friends I'm ready to go to my first 3D of the year. I've had a tough time getting ready however. I have had a bad nock left tear shooting through the paper tuner with my Prime since installing new string and cables. I did everything to be thought of: shimming cams, changed limb orientation, tried arrow spines from 500-200. Nothing helped. Doing an online search I found if your draw length is too long it would cause it. So I changed my cams from 30.5" to 30" and boom! Bullet holes! Whew! I'm happy that's fixed! I wanted to shoot a couple more indoor rounds and use my vintage Hoyt Pro Vantage because it was less weight but the closest club changed their last two 5 spot tournaments to indoor 3D tournaments so I opted out of those. Yesterday I managed to get my sight settings out to 45 yards. I'll have to fine tune them between now and Saturday. I found I'm pretty rusty at 35-45 yards so hopefully I can get some practice before then. I'll be headed out to Bear Creek Archery in Wise Virginia. I can't wait! P.S. I'll be styling in my new Thwack Life shirt and hope to see plenty folks while wearing it to get the word out!