Measuring draw length?

[Matt/TN]

I'm almost a firm believer that people have just about quit using AMO for measuring draw length. I measure to the back of the grip for all my bows.

How are you guys figuring your draw length? When you say I'm a 29" draw, is that 29" AMO (back of the grip plus 1.75")? 29" to the back of the grip? 29" to the front? Or do you even know?

Lets say you order a Hoyt tomorrow and you order 29". It will come in, 28" to the back, and 29" to the front.

So, who uses AMO to measure draw still?

[buckeye]

AMO is the standard and what I speak of when discussing DL.

From the string to the grip at full draw plus 1.75 inches.

[TEmbry]

I honestly dont know.... nor do I care really.[8D]

[Rick James]

I measure my DL on a draw board. I measure and record it as AMO draw length, simply because it's the only standard that's out there to be consistent from one bow to another. There are a lot of bows that when you measure to the front of the riser, it's not going to be consistent due to riser geometry, etc.

With that said, Ithink it's silly to have an industry standard based on adding that 1.75",but again...........it's the only standard out there so that's whatI use when referring to my DL and when I write specs down in my journals to reference later.

For the record, I'm currently shooting a measured 30 3/8" AMO draw length right now on my hunting bow. For indoors I typically shoot 30 1/2-30 5/8", and for hunting I usually shoot 30" to 30 1/4".