Benifits of a forward riser bow?

[Pettit877]

I'm wondering the benifits of a foward riser bow such as the Black widows and the rer, kwyk styk.

Eric

[bamboo]

it moves your bow hand in front of the working limb--by doing so it makes it harder to torque the bow

[schlaggerman]

A deflex riser makes for a very stable shooting bow and in my opinion a bow that points very naturally. Attributes that make for a very good hunting bow at crunch time, when your mind tends to be occupied elsewhere other than proper shooting form.

[RainyDayBows]

Eric  . I agree with the above comments my first forward handle bow was a Browning Fire Drake that I got over 20 years ago and i still have it. forward handles are still my first choice.I make a forward handle bow take a look at it. George

[reddogge]

I like the "pointability" of them.

[Keefer]

The Rer Arroyo I used to own was very forgiving and a gem to shoot! I also have a Hoots Little Hoot recurve and it also has that forward handle design and these bows seem to throw an arrow fast to me...Not sure if the design helps in that or not?

[PowDuck]

I'm not sure about the technical part but for me I don't get string slap on my forearm with a forward handled bow like my Shrews and Griffin.

[fireball31]

Originally posted by PowDuck:
I'm not sure about the technical part but for me I don't get string slap on my forearm with a forward handled bow like my Shrews and Griffin.

I think that would be because of the higher brace height.

[WRV]

Very stable and they "shoot where you look"

[amar911]

Think of the wheels on a grocery shopping cart where the axle (center of rotation) sits in front of the point where the wheel contacts the floor. It keeps the wheel tracking correctly when pushing the cart. The same principle applies to the forward handled bow. It provides the characteristics described by others in their comments above.

Allan

[Zradix]

This cemented it in my mind while waiting for the sun to come up one morn on a hunt.

Find a small slightly curved twig. ( your tiny bow )
Hold it in the middle with your thumb and index finger.

Now twist it around to a "forward grip" profile and use your index finger and thumb of your other hand to bend the tips back like they would when drawing your bow. pretty easy right..?

now...
Twist that twig around to a "grip behind the tips" profile and try to "draw" the tips back without it twisting or torqueing the bow...

[JDunlap]

My rer xr has great pointability; really helps the accuracy.