Lowering the shelf

[202turkey]

I had a post up earlier and mentioned reworking the grip on a 70's Browning explorer 2. I was also thinking about lowering the shelf by about 3/8" to 1/2" to put the arrow closer to my hand. I have seen this done on other bows mostly older Bears. How much do you think this will affect this bows tiller? I do know that every one that I have seen have come with an elevated rest from the factory,and I am shooting this one off the self already. Thanks Joe.

[raghorn]

Don't lower the shelf, just radius it. Leave the contact as is. If you cut the shelf lower to your hand you will create another issue.....cold weather hunting with a heavy glove or mitten you find yourself shooting off the glove.

[ksbowman]

I shoot with elevated rests on all my bows. Depending on the size of the sight window I move the rests (higher or lower) so I get the same look in the sight window on all of them. They vary from 1/4" off the shelf to as high as 1 1/4"+ above it and if I have a tiller problem I can't tell it. They all shoot good. So 3/8 to 1/2" shouldn't be a problem.

[d. ward]

now me personaly I lower the shelf on all of my bows.I always have because I like the way my bows shoot with a lower shelf (its really to each his own type thing) my green stripe gainsville riser shoots great and its about 1/4" above my knuckle.I have never ever had lowering the shelf a little cause any problems with tillering on older model bows.They were mass produced and were tillered within a given amount (give or take 1/4" eather way)........bd