stacking

[mattmcdonald]

i am curious if someone can tell me what stacking is on a bow and what are the effects of it when shooting

[rastaman]

stacking click here  

Here is one thread on stacking that will answer your question pretty well.  As to the effect of it on shooting, it might make it more difficult to reach your anchor, or at least make it uncomfortable to reach full draw if the bow started stacking before you reached that point.
Maybe some of other folks will see your question and throw in their two cents worth.

[straitera]

Stacking is disc brakes to your draw before full pull (or anchor).

[royking]

stacking on a bow is like suddenly running into
a wall

[Archie]

Picture a guy doing bench presses.  He has the bar down low, by his chest.  He starts pressing, and every _?_ inches that the bar goes up, someone puts a _?_lb. plate on each end of the bar.  The higher it gets, the heavier it gets.  "Stacking" is the rate at which that weight accumulates.  

It's a smoother press if the weight is added gradually and evenly.  A bow that really "stacks" is one that suddenly gets very hard to pull as you approach full draw.

[YORNOC]

If you want to feel it for yourself, take two bows of equal draw weight. One 58" and one 66 inches or longer. The longer bow will be much smoother and easier to draw back than the short one, even though they are the same weight..  Thats why Olympic recurves are 68 to 70 inches long.
Different bowyers limb designs are more forgiving than others also, different bows of the same draw weight and length can be quite different to pull back.

[jhg]

I disagree.
A well designed bow will not stack regardless of length. I have shot a 56" Cascade recurve and it did not stack and I draw 30". It felt slightly different at the shot than a longer bow does, but after all, its 56 inches long. But it was smooth all the way back to anchor. I have shot a lot of bows longer than the Cascade that showed "issues" out past 29 inches.
Sure lots more longer bows draw smoother than lots of shorter bows. But length has lots less to do with it than we think it does. Its more to do with limb design.

Joshua

I should add that because a bow stacks at such and such a draw length does not mean its a poorly design bow. The bowyer may have made it that way for a shorter drawing archer. He chose certain performance characteristics to shine within the shorter draw at the expense of later stack, which for that archer would be a non-issue.

[YORNOC]

I haven't found that. Probably just my build. All shorter bows do not draw well for me compared to longer. I have bought as many customs as anybody. Thousands and thousands of dollars.  I wish I could shoot them, I have hunted in every province of Canada and all over the US and the longer bows do not carry as well, but it is my issue to deal with. Could be worse!
Should have mentioned the draw length though like you said. Don't go buying a 27" draw bow if you pull 29.
But I still stick to my first advice, shoot the two bows of equal quality and the two lengths and decide for yourself.  Don't just listen to us, shoot, shoot, shoot!