Long bow form and design

[Stagmitis]

"When you build a high performance bow and have everything balanced properly, with good vertical and torsional stability, the only thing that makes it finicky is the archer and the arrow set up. light arrows are less forgiving to any imperfections and inconsistency of the archer. Often times a Finicky bow can be tamed down just by increasing GPP."

Kirk, obviously i wasnt referrring to a "noodalized" bow.  Assuming you have an accompliished shooter excessive  performance AKA speed robs accuracy. Like Plato said, "everything in moderation".  So, I dont beleive its just the archer that makes the bow "Finicky", its the bow. How in the world did the archers of yesteryear shoot york rounds with yew selfbows that are unmatched today?

Stic, I agree that some bows fit a shooter better. But hand an accomplisehed shooter a  finicky bow with gobs of relex  that knows how to tune an arrow then it becomes a bow problem. They will never be as accurate as they can be.

[Crooked Stic]

Different and incosistant might be form flaws.

[Kirkll]

Assuming you have an accomplished shooter excessive  performance AKA speed robs accuracy.

I'm not buying that analogy...

It's not the speed that robs accuracy. It's the fact that lighter weight arrows are not as forgiving to a less than perfect release.  Most accomplished archers will balance the spine and arrow weight to the bow they are shooting and find that sweet spot. And ......they spend a lot more time balancing and tuning arrows than they do a bow... That is a fact.

Shooting 3D competition, there is a huge advantage to having a higher performance bow with a flatter shooting arrow. i've known national competitors, and built bows for them that spend countless hours balancing out their arrows to perfection. One of the bows i built was being shot in the high 190's and a NFAA Field Archery  high score record was broken with that bow shooting cedar shafts.

Kirk