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Brace Height Of Primitive Bows?
NOMADIC PIRATE:
5 1/2" is pretty much standard for all my bows, little tweeking now and again, but not by much
brokennock:
I like anywhere between 4.5" to 5.75" depending on length of bow and side profile unbraced.
As for arrow spine, I would start 10 lbs. under the draw weight at my draw length, leave em long and cut them back slowly till they shoot good with a 125 grn head. then if I'm planing to use a heavier hunting point I check them for flight with those and tweek brace height and nock point to try and get it right from there.
jpitts:
Ok...Bob brought up something that I'm curious about. Which is the "standard" or is the most accepted way to measure brace height? Thumb extended fist from belly side of bow? or from the back of the bow?
Pat B:
The way I measure brace height is with my fistmele, heal of my fist on the belly(at the handle) with my thumb extended up. The actual brace height is measured from the string to the back of the bow, at the handle. My fistmele is just my indicator of where brace should be and not the actual measured brace height. ??? ::) ;D Pat
Justin Snyder:
The fist just happens to be a tool you usually have with you, right Pat. ;D I put my hand on the belly of the handle. I don't actually measure to the top of my thumb. I go to the last joint of my thumb or just past. I determined this by finding a brace height I liked without measuring. Then measuring it with my fist. I just try to reproduce the same height, using my hand as a guide. Justin
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