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You want to know the real challenge. It is managing to hold a string, a little thicker than dental floss, with three fingers only while you pull over 40 pounds on it while still remaining relaxed enough to have a stable frame. Even if you get the slightest bit tired everything just starts tensing up and your grouping moves from a 5cm/6cm group on 5 arrows to a whopping 20cm without changing anything else.
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Why not just use an M4A1 Carbine? It's more powerful and more accurate, and less tiring. Also a higher rate of fire.
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UrBaN wrote:Why not just use an M4A1 Carbine? It's more powerful and more accurate, and less tiring. Also a higher rate of fire.
One issue.

You need a specialized gun license. Which by the way you can only get for a carbine if your job requires it :wink:
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Used to play squash. Don't have a place or the time to anymore. Meh!
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Tell them programmers are endangered and constantly under threat by monopolising amalgamates and thus you need protection and the carbine is the perfect balance of rediculace awesome and unending win.
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RuadRauFlessa wrote:
UrBaN wrote:Why not just use an M4A1 Carbine? It's more powerful and more accurate, and less tiring. Also a higher rate of fire.
One issue.

You need a specialized gun license. Which by the way you can only get for a carbine if your job requires it :wink:
true. And if you live in the us, you need a special permit because in addition to it being an automatic, its a military weapon.
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Squash is cool. Great way to stay fit. I don't play it, which explains why I'm not fit. :lol:
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i bodyboard, i know not many will call it a sport, but it is a sport played at the world summer games (or something like that) and has its own world championships and local circuit etc

it is awesome
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UrBaN wrote:Tell them programmers are endangered and constantly under threat by monopolising amalgamates and thus you need protection and the carbine is the perfect balance of rediculace awesome and unending win.
Wahahaha :lol:
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UrBaN,

carry you computer screen to lan parties is not a sport. :P
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I used to play soccer and cricket, now I don't do much sport at all. I gym but that's it.
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Prime, Nice grammar :P

Yea that screen is never being moved again. I need a PC :(
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Mystical_Titan wrote:Squash is cool. Great way to stay fit. I don't play it, which explains why I'm not fit. :lol:
an fantastic when you feel like clobbering someone. :twisted:
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UrBaN wrote:Prime, Nice grammar :P

Yea that screen is never being moved again. I need a PC :(
grammar whats that :P

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I currently shoot .22 rifle, pistol and air rifle, as well as canoe and cycle

Canoeing has done wonders for my shooting, especially in the standing discipline!
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Monty wrote:I currently shoot .22 rifle, pistol and air rifle, as well as canoe and cycle

Canoeing has done wonders for my shooting, especially in the standing discipline!
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How is that?
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Makes your muscles stronger and fitter so they are more controlled, thus less twitching etc., thus better stability and better aim. Also far more endurance.
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Mystical_Titan wrote:How is that?
Canoe and cycling practices your legs and stamina. It thus improves your base from which you work. Everything in archery and combat shooting stems from having a stable base. If your base is not stable there is no way you can be accurate in anything else you do.
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Mystical_Titan wrote:Batsman. :)

And hopefully part-time off-spinner this season. :D
Shahid Afridi was a "part-time" spinner once upon a time.
Mystical_Titan wrote:Squash is cool. Great way to stay fit. I don't play it, which explains why I'm not fit. :lol:
I reckon squash is the greatest crash course on fitness known to man. I played it for about a year, just socially. About two days after my first session, I could hardly walk. But I got used to it within a couple of weeks.
UrBaN wrote:Makes your muscles stronger and fitter so they are more controlled, thus less twitching etc., thus better stability and better aim. Also far more endurance.
Indeed. Watch The Karate Kid. :P
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Makes sense... which is why I didn't think of it. :D
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RuadRauFlessa wrote:
Mystical_Titan wrote:How is that?
Canoe and cycling practices your legs and stamina. It thus improves your base from which you work. Everything in archery and combat shooting stems from having a stable base. If your base is not stable there is no way you can be accurate in anything else you do.
All your base are belong to us?
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Mystical_Titan wrote:Makes sense... which is why I didn't think of it. :D
You make more sense than you know.
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RuadRauFlessa wrote:
Mystical_Titan wrote:How is that?
Canoe and cycling practices your legs and stamina. It thus improves your base from which you work. Everything in archery and combat shooting stems from having a stable base. If your base is not stable there is no way you can be accurate in anything else you do.
All your base are belong to us?
ROFL :lol: :lol:
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Started martial arts again in the form of Brazilian (Gracie) Jiu Jitsu, and will probably start cross training with Muay Thai as well. Running and cycling for fitness.
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RuadRauFlessa wrote:
Mystical_Titan wrote:How is that?
Canoe and cycling practices your legs and stamina. It thus improves your base from which you work. Everything in archery and combat shooting stems from having a stable base. If your base is not stable there is no way you can be accurate in anything else you do.
Canoeing is good for arms, shoulders and core (I put on 5kgs with canoeing, majority of it went to shoulders and core). The stronger your core, the stronger and more stable you are in general
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