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Title: 3 finger under pros/cons ?
Post by: jerome on June 25, 2009, 10:29:00 PM

any of you shoot that way?

Title: Re: 3 finger under pros/cons ?
Post by: Stan the bow man on June 25, 2009, 10:34:00 PM

H eer weee goooo againnnn

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Title: Re: 3 finger under pros/cons ?
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on June 25, 2009, 10:39:00 PM

Have a browse through the Shooters' Forum, and you'll get heaps of information.

Title: Re: 3 finger under pros/cons ?
Post by: Chris Wilson on June 25, 2009, 10:57:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by jerome:
any of you shoot that way?

Yes, for the past 10 years.

Title: Re: 3 finger under pros/cons ?
Post by: jerome on June 25, 2009, 10:57:00 PM

thanks

Title: Re: 3 finger under pros/cons ?
Post by: 30coupe on June 26, 2009, 12:24:00 AM

As you may have guessed, that topic has been cussed and discussed    :bigsmyl:  

I have done both. I'm back to three under and doubt I will switch again. I shoot much better that way.

Title: Re: 3 finger under pros/cons ?
Post by: Tree man on June 26, 2009, 01:39:00 AM

Three under puts the arrow closer to the eye and helps many people shoot well with less practice...and some shoot better that way no matter how much they have practiced with other methods that position the arrow nock further from the eye. On the other hand lower anchors/nock positions tend to be easier to use in long range shooting. With a F-glass laminated bow there is little concern abouyt tillering specifically for three under and  if you like shooting that way It certainly doesn't bother me. Three under can be hard on selfbows unless the tillering accounts for it. Of course 3 under doesn't work well with loose fitting nocks. For me split is simply "right". I shot 3 under a little bit 25+ years ago. It was easy to hit close range targets but it never felt "right" to me so I switched back to split.

Title: Re: 3 finger under pros/cons ?
Post by: Brian Krebs on June 26, 2009, 03:49:00 AM

It works fine. I hope your nock doesn't fly apart when you shoot it: and fly into your eye...saw that once happen.

 I shoot two fingers split.

Title: Re: 3 finger under pros/cons ?
Post by: sj_lutz on June 26, 2009, 05:30:00 AM

I shoot 3 under and it doesn't bother me a bit; it feels more natural to me than split.  

I had a nock break at the shot a couple weeks ago.  The pieces of the nock ended up well in front of me; I'm not at all sure how shooting split would have put my eyes at less risk.