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How do you measure draw length?

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stuckinthemud:
Thanks Hamish, I think that is the misunderstanding I have been operating under

Hamish:
Quite easy to be confused, especially as AMO draw lengths of modern/non wood fg recurves and compounds etc are measured from the belly side, usually from the dip in the pistol grip. The riser is much deeper.
 On a wooden bow, especially one that is highly stressed, it might make the difference between a great shooting bow and a broken one, as the archer effectively draws the bow 1" or more further than the bow's draw length to get to their own full draw length.

Selfbowman:
I always measured from the throat of  the handle tell I started building flight bows. At that point it is easier from the back .

PEARL DRUMS:
Throat of the grip is the only way. Back of the handle changes with every bow. Your draw length doesn't. I draw 28" with a bendy handle bow and I draw 28" with a deep, contoured bow. But, if you measure from the bows back then that number can change by 1-2".

bjrogg:

--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on February 17, 2025, 04:19:20 am ---Throat of the grip is the only way. Back of the handle changes with every bow. Your draw length doesn't. I draw 28" with a bendy handle bow and I draw 28" with a deep, contoured bow. But, if you measure from the bows back then that number can change by 1-2".

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This is how I measured when I started making Selfbows and makes sense to me.

When I asked the same question as you did I was overwhelmed by to the back replies.

Now I’m confused again.

Kinda like the old question “how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

The world may never know

Bjrogg

PS I was thinking I got the tip for measuring a persons draw length from Pearl, but maybe my old brain is getting tired

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