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mmattockx:
--- Quote from: Mesophilic on October 20, 2020, 12:27:43 am ---I shoot instinctual (or whatever kids are calling it these days). I only hold at anchor for 1/10 second, or there abouts, and then pull through the release.
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Yeah, a release would be useless for you with that method.
--- Quote from: Mesophilic on October 20, 2020, 12:27:43 am ---But it has no soul when you can't feel the string.
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I would agree with that. I shot a compound a couple weeks ago for the first time and it was way too sterile. Felt much more like shooting a rifle than a bow. Super easy to shoot tiny groups with, but the novelty wore off in about a dozen shots. Give me a traditional bow any day.
Mark
Pat B:
Even when I shot wheels I shot with a glove, not a release. I like the feel of the string on my fingers and I like feeling the increase draw weight you get as you draw unlike with a wheel bow. I never liked the let off. My wheel bow was a PSE Nova and after a while I sent it back to PSE to replace the cams for wheels and started shooting instinctively but that let off still messed with me.
DC:
Did anyone have to change the spine of their arrows when they used a release?
--- Quote from: mmattockx on October 19, 2020, 07:43:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: DC on October 19, 2020, 06:55:08 pm ---Consistent maybe, but accurate??
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Consistent always equals accurate, doesn't it? Mechanical releases are one of the main reasons wheel bows are more accurate when shot by a human being. I think all types of bows are about the same if shot with a machine, but people aren't machines.
Mark
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If the spine requirement changed you might find yourself consistently to the left or right. Would that be considered accurate? You could adjust for it, then it would be both.
mmattockx:
--- Quote from: DC on October 20, 2020, 11:42:41 am ---If the spine requirement changed you might find yourself consistently to the left or right. Would that be considered accurate? You could adjust for it, then it would be both.
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Accurate to me is small groups, wherever they land. Hitting the target is just a matter of adjusting the aiming point to suit.
Mark
willie:
--- Quote ---If the spine requirement changed you might find yourself consistently to the left or right. Would that be considered accurate? You could adjust for it, then it would be both.
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wouldn't precision be group size, and group placement be accuracy? Actually the word accuracy has a few meanings. see the targets about half way down here......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_and_precision
a stiffer arrow, in addition to a release, might also help to shrink groups
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