New Bow String

[Ol Man]

Bill,

I will add my own string silencers on the string for you (No charge).. it will be extremely quiet by itself. The only thing you will need to do is adjust the brace height and add a nocking point.

[Selfbowman]

Bill,

I will add my own string silencers on the string for you (No charge).. it will be extremely quiet by itself. The only thing you will need to do is adjust the brace height and add a nocking point.

Your the man Doug.

[native_texan]

Bill,

I got the impression from your earlier brace height thread (and somewhat from this thread as well) that you are of the opinion that brace height adjustments are one of the aspects of tuning arrows to your bow.

I can see where brace height adjustment can be a tuning tool, but in my opinion you shouldn't consider the brace height as an adjustable element in the tuning of arrows. It is an adjustable element in the tuning of the bow, but once the optimum is found it becomes a fixed element.

In my opinion, your brace height should be a fixed entity and not an adjustable commodity. Once you have determined the correct brace height that gives you the quietest and the smoothest bow (least hand shock), leave it alone. Write down that number somewhere and check your brace height periodically to see if it has changed and don't consider it as an adjustable element in the tuning any further. New strings will stretch somewhat for a while. How much stretch and how long awhile is dependant on the string material.

Once you've determined the optimum brace height for your bow, then the arrow tuning comes into play with the variables of spine, length, and point weight. The draw length needs to become a fixed (not variable) entity as well.

I have found that it can be difficult to determine the quietest and smoothest brace height without first installing string silencers.

I'm sure there are others that will disagree, but I hope this makes some sense.

It does make sense and thanks for the comment. You know how newbies are ... just like babies, They babble a little trying to sound like they are talking. Let me see if I can make sense of what I mean. If I don't make sense, I'm always open for correction.

1. New bow string to start fresh - find quietest brace height.
2. I have string silencers that are large rubber "pom pom". I don't know if they are the most effective. I need advice from the GS on that.
3. I'll shoot, shoot shoot to get best form and release, and start developing accuracy from 3 yards to 20 yds (20 will take a while I'm, sure).
4. I will be posting pictures of my form for critique by my brothers and sisters.
5. Sometime in the future, I'll start tuning arrows. When that times comes, I will surely ask for a little help from my friends.

I think this is what I mean. Please correct me if I'm incorrect.

Take care and may God bless all.

[native_texan]

Bill,

I will add my own string silencers on the string for you (No charge).. it will be extremely quiet by itself. The only thing you will need to do is adjust the brace height and add a nocking point.

Oh wow, Doug. You are so generous !! My string silencer problem is solved. Thanks so much buddy and please know I will be happy to pay you. Just say the word. God bless, Doug.

[native_texan]

Usa a longer heavier arrow that will quiet itI have a 27" draw length, and my arrows are 30.5"

10-4 on the long heavy arrow. My arrows are about 30 1/4 inches and weigh about 491 gr. with my 26 inch draw. They appear pretty stable at 15 yards (big back stop) ... at least they appear to be since they stick in the bale pretty straight (not sticking up or sideways). Thanks for the comment. May God bless.

[huntinpool]

Start around 7" and shoot a few arrows. Raise BH about a 1/4" and shoot again Listen to the bow and feel the bow. Keep doing this , at some point the bow will be its quietest and have the least amount of hand shock. That WILL be the brace height you should use.

There is no SET measurement for any bow. Arrows , draw length, release, and grip are all factors. There are some starting points but SHOOTING is the only way to properly get it right. If you use a chronograph while doing it , you can see when it starts slowing down and that is when your bow is working most efficiently.

My bow gained speed from 7 to 8 3/8" then started losing speed. It shot the fastest and was quietest at 8 3/8". I then worked on my arrows from there with small fine tuning.

[native_texan]

Doug builds a fine string.

Yes, your draw weight will increase some, but likely not enough to notice much if any at all.

A performance decrease does not necessarily occur from raising the brace hight. Sometimes it does, sometimes it don't, but it won't be enough for you to worry about it if you don't go real high with it, and with one of Doug's strings on there you're probably going to see some performance increase regardless of what you set the brace height at as long as you get your arrows matched to the bow properly.

You'll be fine. Put the string on, and raise the brace height to where the bow is quietest, and most stable, getter tuned up, and go shoot.

Rick

EDIT:

P.S
I would set the brace height at 8 to 8.25 inches, and see how she behaves.
I'm betting you will like it.

Rick, you are correct. I did exactly as you suggested. I put Doug's string on Eagle after putting on some new strips of velcro and raised the brace height to 8 1/4. It's very quiet. Just a "thump" and I love it. It appears too that the arrows fly a little faster too. I don't think it's my imagination, either. so far, at 10 yards, the arrows impact the Block straight with a hard "thump" - no left or right-leaning fletchings. Also, I put a dental floss knocking point so that my arrow is about 1/2 inch high. It shoots pretty well. I am pretty happy with the set-up. Thank you very much for the advice. Hope to see you at a shoot someday or visit elsewhere. God bless.
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[RickBarbee]

Real glad that worked out for ya Bill.

Now go enjoy the bow. 8^)

I too would like to meet you at a shoot someday.
I'm hoping I get to make some in 2013.

Rick