Who shoots off an arrow rest?

[Steve O]

Moleskin makes the Bear WR deadly silent


 

[Ward / Texas]

Ahhahh!  Thanks Steve O!  That's what my Tall Tines will look like this evening when I deck it out with moleskin.

[reddogge]

Most of my bows have rug rests but an old Root Gamemaster came with a Flipper rest and I shot it well so I left it on.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I'll have to take a pic But what Steve O posted is kind of what My PSE Kingfisher recurve looks like (Camo Moleskin)

[YORNOC]

Just make sure your stick on rest isn't too thick for your setup or it will have your arrow sitting too far away from the riser. You don't want your adhesive strip to be too thick either. A lot of guys give up after a few shots but don't realize they need a thinner rest. If you see a lot of older target recurves, alot of them had the sight window sanded thinner than factory to get more of a center shot. If you order a bow today set up for a rest, they are usually all set.

[mmisciag]

I use a Trap feather rest on my Bear Montana longbow. It works great. I am not sure why but it just does.

Martin

[myshootinstinks]

I prefer the shelf close to the knuckle, AKA "Fred's grip". However, I do just fine w/ an elevated rest. I have a 1968 Shakespeare Necedah recurve that has a very high shelf with a feather rest that I shoot well. I think you can get you can get used to either a high or low rest.

[Ed Q]

Originally posted by mmisciag:
I use a Trap feather rest on my Bear Montana longbow. It works great. I am not sure why but it just does.

Martin

Would you happen to have a pic of your set up?

[wat53]

Ok guys, newbie here.  So what you guys seem to be saying is that a flipper type rest may improve accuracy?

[YORNOC]

Yes.

[reddogge]

I'm not saying that but the one and only bow with a flipper rest shoots well.  Not better than a rug but just as good.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

I started out with a safety pin bent in the position of a flipper rest and taped on with heavy duty tape. It worked great for a number of years, then I took all of that off and now I've got a pad of beaver hide with the hair trimmed down to make a nice little mat for the arrow to rest on, same thing for the back plate. My arrows fly awesome off of the beaver hair/leather hide. Beaver works so well for me because the hair is so dense, when you trim the long guard hairs off of it the underfur is super thick and hard to wear out!