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Offline bowtarist

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Body Shock! Anything I can do?
« on: July 22, 2011, 06:57:14 pm »
I picked up a bow in trade on here and it's got incredible hand shock.  It's a 64" 51# @ 28" glass backed and bellied pacific yew longbow.  Anybody got any ideas to lessen the beating I'm taking?  I love the bow, but man does it ever shake the body.  Thanks for lookin' and any help too.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Body Shock! Anything I can do?
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2011, 07:50:55 pm »
The only thing I can think of is to shoot heavier arrows.
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Re: Body Shock! Anything I can do?
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2011, 07:54:22 pm »
Could it be that it has a negative, or less than enough of a positive tiller? I have heard that this effects the handshock issue. You might check it's tiller.
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Re: Body Shock! Anything I can do?
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2011, 07:57:46 pm »
too much mass in the outer limbs is usually what causes hand shock in mine.  I'm moving thid topic to "around the campfire" as the "bows" section is strictly for natural materials
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Offline okie64

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Re: Body Shock! Anything I can do?
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2011, 08:05:20 pm »
How heavy are your arrows? Heavier arrows can make a huge difference.
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Re: Body Shock! Anything I can do?
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2011, 08:10:47 pm »
A small digital scale is gonna be my next investment.  That's what I was afraid of...heavier arrows.  Most of the natural materials I use are pretty light.  Going to have to start cutting fatter arrow materials.  Thanks guys, sorry Josh, first time posting in bows, forgot about it being glass free. 
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Re: Body Shock! Anything I can do?
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2011, 08:16:04 pm »
quite alright, we all make mistakes from time to time.  Lord knows I make em on a daily basis!  ;D  Good luck with your bow, friend.
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Re: Body Shock! Anything I can do?
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2011, 09:18:49 pm »
 Yep, that bow likes heavy arrows.
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Re: Body Shock! Anything I can do?
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2011, 11:19:22 pm »
Another suggestion I got on eliminating handshock is fastflight string, I changed from b50 to fast flight and noticed a big difference. I also use old growth fir for making arrows and it puts out a heavy arrow. Good luck!

Josh
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