| Let off
Jez, one of the other posters was correct: 65% let-off leaves you holding 35% of the draw weight.
Be careful in choosing which you want: more let-off will leave you holding less weight and therefore your muscles will fatigue more slowly, but this will also make it easier for you to deflect the string and make a poor shot.
It's pretty difficult to torque the bow with your bow hand badly enough to cause a really poor shot, but much easier to deflect the string from a straight path (especially with high let-off cams) and cause a "miss".
65-70% let-off is about right for most people, especially in target archery.
Adam |