Re: problem with recurve

Hello, Dave.

Tuck wrote:

You do not say what type of bow you have?
It is AIM Dakota 35# right handed. Plastic riser, laminated wood limbs. Says 62", but I could not figure out what these inches mean.
The riser seems quite a bit heavier comparing to 18# (which is AIM bullseye). It has taps for sight, plunger and stabilizer.


Generally a recurve bow will have a brace height of between 8 and 91/2 inches depending on length and type.
Could you please tell what brace height means in this case? The distance from string to the back of a shelf is 5", and 5.5" to grip.

By the way, when I strung it today this length seems to be a little bit larger then yesterday -- arrow fletching now does not touch the rest.


Your string is too long. It can be shortened by twisting the string. Usually 20 - 50 twists is normal - try it. 
I tried 50 twists and got to 7" from string to arrowrest.

If it is still below 71/2 inches get a shorter string.

Dave 

> Andrew Nikitin wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I strarted shooting recurve bow a couple of months ago. It was 18#.
>> Then I decided to add some weight and bought 35#. The prblem with new
>> one is that it always hits me in the wrist (in the base of a thumb).
>> I wonder what can be wrong here. When I carefully inspected new bow I
>> noticed that the distance between string and arrowrest is less than 5"
>> -- arrow fletching touches rest when string is fully released. Can it
>> be that string is too short?
>> Another suspect -- I keep using same arrows I used with 18#, which is
>> bemans's Venture 500 with 125 gr field points. Can this be the reason?
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
> Andrew
.

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