Types of Archery Arm Guards
Do not buy into the
whole business that if you have perfect form you don’t need an arm guard. Perfect form is great, but it cannot be relied upon. Even with perfect form your shot can still be hampered b/c in the winter you
are wearing additional clothing which come into contact with the shot. An archery arm guard can help keep this from becoming an issue. In fact, the two main benefits of archery arm guards are (1) keeps clothing
from coming in contact with the shot and (2) protects the forearm from having the string after
firing. Anything promoted beyond these two benefits can mostly be
chalked up to marketing hype.
Makeup of Archery Arm Guards
You can expect to
find two kinds of archery arm guards: (1) what we will call standard arm guards and (2) primitive or medieval
arm guards.
Standard Arm Guards
Archery arm guards
come in a variety of different materials. Some of the more common
ones include stainless steel, plastic cores, nylon staves or flex foam. Also, a number of arm guards have backing of either soft leather or a
poly-fiber. Finally, the arm guards are attached to the forearm
using elastic straps, nylon straps with Velcro, or leather strings.
All of these materials end up creating very light arm guards which provide varying degrees of comfort and
protection.
Primitive or Medieval Arm
Guards
These arm guards
have more of a showy feel to them and can be made by any number of materials including stainless steel, nickel,
and brass.
Prices & Companies
Standard Arm Guards
are very inexpensive as their prices range from $5.00 to $20.00.
Popular companies that sell standard arm guards include Lancaster Archery Supply, Three Rivers Archery Supply,
Modell’s, Archery Sports USA, and even Cabela’s and the Bass Pro Shop.
Primitive or
Medieval Arm Guards are a little more expensive as they price range is between $30 to $60. Primitive or medieval arm guards can be purchased from most traditional
archery stores. Some choices include Ravenswood Leather, Medieval
Collectibles, Ye Olde Archery Shoppe, and Artemis Archery.
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