what is the proper fit for a shooting tab?

[Smallwood]

decided to try a tab again, so i got two different ones for Christmas.
when i'm shooting them, i get string slap either on my nose, or on my lip.
what gives? this doesn't happen when i shoot my glove. are the tabs too long, too short?

[Bill Carlsen]

You need to trim them down  a bit so that doesn't happen. I just read a chapter in Tony Camera's book, SHOOTING THE STICKBOW, where he addressed that issue. Apparantly it is something most guys who shoot tabs do. Trim it slowly. just a little at a time and you will eventually solve your problem.

[O.L. Adcock]

I've got mine trimmed where it lays between the finger tips and first knuckle. It looks like the string would hit your fingers, it doesn't....O.L.

[R H Clark]

If it's leather,you can put babby powder on it and after 100 or so shots you will see a line at the end where the string lifts off.Trim to the far edge of the line and you've got a custom fit.

[Bowtie]

I trim my tabs off just short of my finger tips.  Works for me.

[RightTrailWrongTime]

Yep I used to slap the crap outta myself until I posted the very same question here! Trim it down and you'll be spared a slappin.

[Woodduck]

Originally posted by R H Clark:
If it's leather,you can put babby powder on it and after 100 or so shots you will see a line at the end where the string lifts off.Trim to the far edge of the line and you've got a custom fit.

Never tried that, thanks.  

[Smallwood]

good ideas, thanks for the input... i'll have to give the baby powder a try and see where the string is coming off the tab at.
should i cut 1/8" at a time off, or is this too much?

[Bradd]

Geeezzzzz...FINALLY..you guys are great!  

I tore up my nose and lip pretty bad on the brass nock, and did everything to figure out what I was doing wrong in my form or release.  I didn't realize that it could be the tab!!!!  

Come to think of it now, I switched tabs and it happens less so now all I have to do is to trim back a bit to save face! hahahahahahaha

[Smallwood]

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