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DRAKE Apollo - 62" - 40 lbs - Recurve bow
Made of high-strength aluminium and finished in sporty, elegant black, the slim riser of the DRAKE Apollo appeals at first sight. It is equipped with all standard bushings for the button, the arrow rest and the stabiliser and leaves nothing to be desired.
The limbs, available in black or white, are made of fibreglass laminate with a core of high-quality maple wood and offer everything you would expect: good stability and excellent performance. The limbs are attached via stable screw connections.
Only available as right-handed model.
Technical data:
Bow length: 62"
Draw weight: 40 lbs
Speed: 133 fps / approx. 145 km/h
max. draw length: 28"
Weight: 1633g
Thread of sight mount: 3/16 UNC
Thread of arrow rest mount: 5/16 UNF
Thread of stabilizer mount: 5/16 UNF
Material limbs: Fiberglass
Material riser: Aluminium
Scope of delivery:
Bow with string
Arrow rest
Pin sight
Characteristics
Hand: | Right Hand |
Draw Weight: | 31-40 lbs |
Bow Length: | 56 Inch |
Shipping weight: | 1,20 kg |
Item weight: | 1,00 kg |
Right-handed or left-handed?
Determination of the draw hand
The draw hand is the hand that pulls the string. This means that a right-handed bow is held in the left hand and drawn with the right hand.
Determining your personal draw hand has far less to do with whether you are left-handed or right-handed than you might initially assume. It is much more about determining the dominant eye. The dominant eye is used for aiming. This then automatically results in the draw hand.
The term dominant eye refers to the eye whose visual information is superimposed on everything. If a shooter tried to aim with the other eye, he would have to close the dominant eye.
There are two ways of determining the dominant eye: On the one hand, it is the eye that is generally favoured, for example when looking through the viewfinder of a camera, through the peephole or similar situations. On the other hand, there is a small exercise that can be used to determine the dominant eye beyond doubt:
- The arms are stretched out and a triangle is formed with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands.
- A small target is aimed at through the triangle, for example a socket or a cupboard knob. Focus on this object.
- The hands are now slowly brought towards the face without taking the target object out of focus.
- The triangle of thumb and index fingers will involuntarily tend towards one side of the face and this is where the dominant eye is located.
If the dominance of the eye and hand do not match, the bow should still be selected according to eye dominance. The arms can be easily retrained for the new draw hand, but not the eye.
More information on choosing the right type of bow, the right draw weight and the right arrows can be found here: A brief introduction to archery