| RE: New Compound Thing is that you can not assume that a higher brace height and slower cams are automatically more tolerant than a faster setup.
Case in point #1
Spirals vs Cam 1/2.
The Cam 1/2 would be more 'forgiving', right? Not always. Because of the way the back wall is designed on the Cam 1/2 it is very very easy to not notice this cam being out of time. When it is you will get high shots (high gold indoors) that you shouldn't get. The Spirals have a longer draw stop and thus a harder wall, so you can feel straight away when it's out and fix it. Then the extra 12fps from the Spirals allows the use of a much heavier projectile in windy conditions which allows you to score more in tough conditions.
If a finger shooter is using a clicker this effect is minimal, however release shooters shooting off a wall this is a major concern.
Case in point #2
Brace Height
IF higher brace heights are more forgiving and thus will give you more points then why are people not buying bows with 9" brace heights? Fact is they are not and since bows have gotten shorter and lower in brace scores have improved greatly.
There is an optimal brace height for each person's draw length. Too high and the string will still be moving left-right when it lets go of the arrow on a bad release. It won't have time to straighten up. Also too high and it has not had a chance to guide the arrow very long, like having a short barrel on a rifle.
With fingers there is a left-right movement of the string, you tune your arrows to take this into account. If you change the rate of movement it won't shoot as well.
With release that left-right movement doesn't exist. If you release poor enough that it does exist then you were not aiming in the middle anyway and the shot placement will be random. You may hit the 10, but that's luck more than forgiveness.
The only real way to get left-right stuff with a release is to torque the bow, and the effect of that is determined by the rest and sight position, not the brace height.
Long Axle to Axle compounds are not wise with a release aid because your string lengths are alot longer. Even with materials like 452X there can be movement in the string. The longer the string the greater the movement. This is why it is best to avoid long axle to axle bows. Obviously finger shooters need to reduce pinch, however release shooters don't. So a release shooter must look at a shorter bow to reduce string length and vertical string movement on release, a hard wall with level nock travel, and optimising their rest and sight positions to reduce the effects of torque. After that a release shooter should shoot a high energey cam with stiff heavy arrows to counter the effects of wind drift and they will produce their best results. Brace height and axle length is not a factor for any of that. |