Hand Shock and What to do?

[SteveT]

Send the bow to me, i'll shoot it until handshock is gone then return...  

[Onehair]

How do you indentify a timing problem ? I am working on a BBO and the tiller looks fine, 3/16 positive, but kicks more than it should.

[Pat B]

Excess tip weight could easily be the cause with the tip overlays and underlays. Would you dare narrow the tips a bit. That might get enough tip weight off to reduce the shock more.

[Molson]

If one limb were reacting quicker than the other, it should show in the nock point location and a nock point adjustment should fix that unless the tiller is really just off.

Dampening the limbs with the straps and adding weight with the quiver will certainly reduce felt vibration.

[2fletch]

Well, I figured out how to prevent this bow from the hand shock that I was getting. I sold it to someone else. Ha!

Seriously, the thing that made the most improvement was using a much heavier arrow. With a heavy arrow, it shot very well and the hand shock was acceptable. Several of the guys were here today for a bow building session and one of them really liked the bow. Now he owns the bow at a very low cost, and it's a perfect match because he likes to use a very heavy arrow.

My only regret is that I didn't finish experimenting with some of the things some of you suggested. Anyhow, thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Longbowshortarrows]

I can see why you selected it, that is some preddy wood, not really trad but an absorbing type grip material may soke up a little bit of the shock.

[JamesV]

Lots of tip weight with all the over-under lays. Beautiful bow, might be a better wall-hanger than a shooter without a major redesign.

James..................

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Beautiful bow!

[Stone Knife]

Don't hold it like a recurve heal the bow like you would a Hill, that will go a long way in reducing felt hand shock. The grip on that looks like more of a longbow than a recurve, but it might just be the angle of the pic.

[2fletch]

Actually, the use of a heavy (600+ gr.) arrow improved it significantly. Now it's acceptable.