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Help please. Arm Slap D bow (FD pic added)

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bradsmith2010:
the string is hitting my arm or arm guard on all my bows,,

Eric Krewson:
If the string is hitting your arm without a guard it is making contact with the guard but harder.

When I really whop my armguard my shot goes a foot to the left.

bradsmith2010:
Eric in my experience shooting bows for 50 years,, on a low braced bow there is some slap on the arm guard, not throwing the shot off at all,,
if the bow is throwing the shot off a foot,, I dont have any experience like that,,and would not know what to recommend,,
when I am wearing hunting jacket,, the arm guard is keeping the string from catching on the heavy jacket,,
even the best shots in the world wear an arm guard,,Byron Ferguson for example,,
I do rotate my hand to a 45 degree angle on the bow handle, and that moves my arm away from the string a bit,,
I dont think the string  is hitting the arm guard harder,, but that is just my experience, and  yours and others may vary,,,
but there is a good reason an arm guard has and is an important part of gear for shooting a bow,, its serves a purpose and on a well set up bow, does not impead accuracy or performance,, )P(

DC:
If the string hits your guard after the arrow leaves it I can't see it doing any harm. If the string hits the guard before the arrow leaves I can't see it doing any good. The trick is knowing the difference and I don't.

Morgan:
Thanks for the tips guys. When I had the bow braces low, my wrist got the slap. No harm to accuracy, braces high it hit my forearm, and I would shoot off. Badly. In drawing the bow a lot, and comparing it to others  the past few days, I've decided that the bow is rotating slightly in my hand just before full draw. 1 1/2" before full draw it doesn't. It is 100% a me thing and the way the bow fits my hand or rather doesn't fit. Like holding a 1x2. Literally. I may build it up with some leather or cork or something flexible. Really wanted to leave it true to style though. :-(

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