Changing paradigms

[kennym]

That must be my deal, wrinkles on the belly! 

[Pat B]

...and elsewhere for most of us, Kenny.   

[Mad Max]

Compression effects on the tape?

Yes the tape is showing you that the belly is compressing.
I'm sure you could draw 2 lines 6" apart on the back and it would be a little longer at brace.

[mmattockx]

I'm sure you could draw 2 lines 6" apart on the back and it would be a little longer at brace.

You wouldn't be able to easily measure the difference over a few inches, but it would be measurable from nock to nock. If you take something easy to measure along the back like a Hill longbow design with several inches of reflex unbraced there will be around a 1/4" (or more, depending on the details of the design) increase in the nock to nock length from unstrung to braced.


Mark