Originally posted by Chuck Hoopes: For a touch more speed with lower brace, you sacrifice, some quality in arrow flight, clean release becomes more critical and bow is louder. I shot w/ lower brace hts. for years, then increased them significantly,-- it was way, way, way, easier to shoot accurately, particularily under stress of hunting conditions. - You will get cleaner, more accurate shots off, faster. Low Brace ht. is fine for target, 3D shooting, but in the real world a higher brace will serve you better.
Originally posted by pdk25: QuoteOriginally posted by Chuck Hoopes: For a touch more speed with lower brace, you sacrifice, some quality in arrow flight, clean release becomes more critical and bow is louder. I shot w/ lower brace hts. for years, then increased them significantly,-- it was way, way, way, easier to shoot accurately, particularily under stress of hunting conditions. - You will get cleaner, more accurate shots off, faster. Low Brace ht. is fine for target, 3D shooting, but in the real world a higher brace will serve you better. I've heard this argument a couple of times. I guess I have never made drastic enough changed to the brace height to notice differences in any effect on my release or shootability. If you're arrows are tuned appropriately and you slightly increase the overall arrow weight to accomodate the increase in stored energy, I don't know why there would be negative effects in that regard. Maybe someone can explain the mechanism behind this. [/b]