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Offline bootmaker

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Grips
« on: March 16, 2007, 08:38:00 PM »
I am getting befuddled. My sons bow is a 55# recurve and I shoot a 48# recurve. When I shoot my Grizzley, I get stung about every 4th shot. With his custom take down,I never get stung.
Can the grip make that much differance, and what will it be like when I start shooting a longbow?
Kevin

Offline loco_cacahuate

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Re: Grips
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2007, 09:45:00 PM »
I'm far from being an expert but I think it's combination of grip and how you grip it. Also i think that a low wrist grip has less arm slap.

peanut
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Offline swampbuck

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Re: Grips
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2007, 12:59:00 PM »
Yea I think the grip can do that for sure.With my present bow I need to hold it in a certain spot which also happens to be the spot where I can grip the bow hard without it moveing around even though I don,t grip it very hard when I shoot, in order for it to not slap my arm and then sometimes I let it get around and still get slapped.I had an ACS that I tried out for a couple weeks and not once did it ever hit me.The grip on the shrew seems to give me better clearance too.

"what will it be like when I start shooting a longbow?"

LOL the bows I was talkin about above are LB,s

My first stick was a Martin Hatfield(recurve) which I altered the grip on a little to much the wrong way.It tends to move my forearm into the shot more now even if the grip is more to my hand than it was I shoulda made it to my hand but made it so that my thumb wasn,t so far around the grip.I still have and shoot the bow with no problem but I coulda done a better job in hindsite.It'd take more than I'm willing to remove to change it now and may weaken it too much so I just shoot it like I got used to and only use it for bow fishin at this time anyway

I don,t wear an armguard very often because I figure it shouldn,t hit anyway and if it does it may have and adverse effect on arrow flight.besides a good slap in the arm is a wake up call LOL

On my LB I grip it hard,choke that bad boy,find the spot that the bow just sits there no matter how hard ya squeeze.Thats the spot I like to shoot from Good luck
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Offline bootmaker

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Re: Grips
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2007, 10:31:00 PM »
Thanks for the replys. The bruises are about gone and time to give it another try befor I get rid of the darn thing.

Offline Snakeeater

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Re: Grips
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2007, 02:28:00 PM »
bootmaker,

check on your brace height too. raising it might solve the arm slap problem for you. it might also make the bow quieter and improve your acccuracy.
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