Pronghorn brace height

[vernon]

I just want to hear some brace heights from people who are shooting Pronghorn Bows.  I have a 3 pc longbow that is 62" and is 54 @ 28.   Also curious about knock height, and string silencers.  I know all of the above mentioned things change from person to person, and different styles of form and shooting, but would just like a little feedback.  

I just received my new pronghorn and have about 8 days to get it tuned to perfection before my caribou hunt.  I"m shooting axis arrows with a 100 grain insert and 125 Magnus BH.  I'll probably put cat whiskers on but I've always split the string and used floss to tie them on like Asbell states in his book.  Is this the best way or is tying them on work just as well?  

Any feedback would be appreciated due to my time issues.  My brace is currently around 7 1/2 and it seems to be shooting good but sounds a little loud.

thanks,

James Vernon Kozisek
Cody, Wyoming.

[Blackhawk]

Your brace is in the ball park, but would be a bit high for me since I prefer 7.25" and nock at 1/2".  

I like the rubber cat whiskers and just tie them on for easy adjustment. On my 62" Pronghorn, I have them at 14"-15" from the tip and it's very quiet.

If you shoot 3 fingers under, that could be the noise problem.

[zilla]

Go to Herbs website.  I do believe he  has tuning info there.

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[Roadkill]

mine-almost identical to yours is 7.5 to 7 5/8

[Curtis Haden]

Just finished helping a good friend get one set up today.  He got a 3-pc 62" 51@28 all osage Pronghorn in the mail this morning, and we spent all afternoon tuning and shooting.

What we came up with was 7 7/8" to 8" on the brace, and 1/2" nock height.

Now that the stats and specs are out of the way, lemme give you my impression of the bow...

WOW!  What a nice bow!  Pretty, QUIET, quick, QUIET, pretty, and did I say QUIET???  The aluminum and carbon we were shooting made a little swish going over the rug rest, but that's it.  Used half a cat whisker served into the string at the 1/4 points and   nothing  to hear.  Even without string silencers, there was just a little buzz from the string itself.

Was really surprised at how it tuned.  Marty draws about 28.5" to 29" and he was shooting a 30" CX Heritage 150 with only 150 grains up front, and THAT was showing very slightly weak bare-shaft at 22 yards.  This is a 51@28 hybrid, cut close, but not quite to center...

Great bows!  I was suitably impressed!!!  Hope yours treats you good Vernon!      

[PrarrieDog]

James, I'm glad you finally got it. Whatz it look like? Are ya happy?
Prarrie Dog

[Marty Wiseman]

Thanks to Curtis for helping get this baby dialed in.  I'm still relatively new so having someone to help tune arrows, set brace height etc... is VERY helpful.  It took me a bit to work the kinks out of my release (haven't been shooting like I should have) But once I did some work on that the bow shoots great and is very quiet and no handshock. Curtis pretty much covered the question, but I couldn't help chiming in and saying I was really pleased with my first CUSTOM bow!  Here are a few pics.

 
 
 

[PrarrieDog]

I cut and pasted this directly from Herb's site.
Hope this helps
Prarrie Dog
Brace Height  There is no such thing as one perfect brace height for a bow. An archer's individual shooting style alone can dictate a personal brace height. There is a range of brace heights for any bow. Some archers get good arrow flight with as low as 6 1/2 inches., while others do well with a 9 inch brace height. Experiment by first choosing the proper arrow, then shooting at the lowest recommended brace height, increasing height until arrows fly cleanly.
Knocking Point  Shorter reflex/deflex longbows seem to require a slightly higher knocking point than recurves or longer longbows. Experiment by starting 1/8 inch above horizontal, increasing in very small increments until arrow flight is consistently good.

[vernon]

I love my Pronghorn and I can't believe what a sweet shooting bow it is.  I will post pics as soon as possible but I'm positive it will be after my caribou hunt.  I love the look of the bow and my wife has told me repeatedly that I cannot bring the bow to bed with me.  Right now I believe this is the bow for me and can't imagine shooting another bow or purchasing any other bow than a pronghorn.  Thanks to everyone for their advice and all of their suggestions.

James Kozisek