Faulty Bows

[Stagmitis]

If I didnt build bows Im not sure I would respond here-

Sometimes when I read these posts on shooting struggles I wonder how much is really shooter error and how much is a poorly built bow...

If not for faulty string alighment and poor tiller then for impossible grip shapes for proper alighnment and repeatable accuracy-

[Pine]

You bring up a good point.
I can shoot most any bow but once in a while, I get ahold of a bow thet will blow an arrow over 2 feet off my line of site.
I always wondered about that.

[McDave]

With a beginning shooter, there will inevitably be shooter errors.  How do I know this?  Because I am not a beginning shooter and I am still discovering shooter errors in myself.  Even shooters who are far more advanced than I am get checked occasionally to identify errors that may have crept in unnoticed.

However, having bows that are designed poorly certainly doesn't help beginning shooters to progress, which is compounded by the fact that most beginning shooters have nothing to compare their current bows with, so don't know that a large part of their problem may be outside of their control.

[Lehtis]

Propably it’s not the stick itself. Propably more like the string height and position of nocking point. I do shoot historic style (long)bows w/o arrow shelf and found that even a couple of mm means a lot in string height and even more with nocking point position. On top of that poorly chosen arrow spine and it’s other specs like length and FOC mean a lot.

[Sam McMichael]

My guess it is more a problem of tuning and form errors. However, the possibility of a bad bow is a good reason for trying out the bow you are considering if that is possible. I have only had one bow that has issues not caused by me. When I shoot it slams the arrow rest into the knuckle of my bow hand, possibly a tiller problem.