How to improve handshock?

[djanko]

Have a 66' Dwyer longbow, eperiencing some hand shock, have two 58 in Treadway, no handshock.  Any suggestions??

Dan

[vermonster13]

Try adjusting brace height up and down to find the sweet spot and add weight to your arrows to absorb more of the energy.

[ron w]

Exactly what Vermonster13 said. I had a long bow that was bad in the handshock dept. I took the 66" bow to 8" brace and shot heavier arrows and it was almost gone.

[djanko]

I've got pretty heavy arrows, but my brace height is 7 1/2 max...I'll try moving to eight. thanks!

[Tater John]

I have a 62" Defiant #46. I shoot 1816's with a brace height at 6 7/8". It doesn't have enough handshock to be noticeable, to me. I don't know what the recommended height is supposed to be but with the few longbows I have, none are above 7"

But thats just me...

Rusty

[Molson]

Sometimes brace can be more subtle and require you to increase or decrease at smaller increments.  As an example, my 66" Ram Hunter kicks the crap out of you if it drops below 7 1/4.  7 3/8 is perfect and if it goes above 7 1/2 its performance goes away real quick.  Handshock can also be subjective.  Are you talking about hurts to shoot handshock or just a thump?  It could be just the difference in bow design between the two that causes you to notice.

[Jason Jelinek]

Try a heavier arrow with a fast flight string.

[30coupe]

How heavy is your string? When I went from 14 strand B50 to 8 strand d97 with loops padded to 16 w/B50 on my Mahaska, it went from fairly shocky to ZERO hand shock.

[swampbuck]

For me when I shoot the D shaped LB's that tend to have more shock I find it helps if I hold onto the bow more firmly than I may with other type's.I grip the bow hard to find the spot that she stays put even when I squeeze hard than hold like a firm hand shake...works for me

[Steve H.]

1). Balance limbs
2). Lighten tips (1/2" max)
3). heavier arrows
4). Some of the advise above

[pebowbender]

Use a bow mounted quiver. The added weight will absorb the energy that wasn't absorbed by the arrow.

[Bob B.]

I am a Dwyer Junkie!  My favorite bow is my 66 inch Dwyer longbow.  With fast flight, it shot great, but did have hand shock ... noticable!  I went to a 15 strand 8125 string with musk-ox silencers.  No hand shock and it is quicker by a few fps and is DEAD slient.  Also, my bow loves 7 1/8th, inch brace heigth.  I am going to try 12 strand 8125 string just for kicks, might pick it up another fps or two and still make it quiet and shock free.  I shoot about 10 grains pre pound of draw weight, but it shoots 11 to 11.5 real good also.

Good luck.  

Bob.

[Jack Skinner]

Shoot a selfbow for a week. Then go back to your bow. No More Handshock.  (^8

[bmgarto]

I shot around 30 to 40 bows at Kalamazoo. One thing I noticed is the mild R/D had more hand shock then the radical R/D bows but were much quieter. Its a trade off to some degree.

[djanko]

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