Yesterday, I noticed that my primary release - True Fire Short 'N Sweet - was starting to develop a very slight little creep in it right before it let go. As a gunsmith, I know this to be an issue to accurate rifle and pistol shooting; so I decided to take this little gizmo apart and see if the trigger break could be improved. It's a pretty simple mechanism - similar to many firearms. After stoning the engagement surface lightly with ceramic stones and tuning the break away angles, I came up with a trigger pull that is about the closest thing to the pull on a Jewell rifle trigger. The release of the arrow is impossible to anticipate - it kind of startles you when it lets go. And, for the first time since I have shooting a bow, started right away having trouble breaking nocks.
This is something I have never heard much about in the world of archery. Seems to be a major improvement to the whole system - particularly for fighting target panic. Anyone else ever dabbled in this arena?
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Over my head, but definitely makes sense. I know my Savage Accu Trigger is set as a hair trigger, you breathe on it and it shoots. My .270 requires a winch to set the trigger off. A light trigger is definitely more accurate.
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I can adjust the trigger pressure on my releases, TruBall Tornado, and have adjusted to as light as I can get it without it releasing on its' own. It is a great option to get in a release.
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Just a word of warning to the non-gunsmith types......
Don't even think about taking your trigger apart and performing these modifications yourself!
While it appears that Roskoe has the gunsmithing experience necessary to correctly hone the sear, most reading this board do not.
I have seen more than a few triggers screwed up by somebody attempting a DIY trigger job (i.e a Colt 45 that only fired in full auto....the last couple of rounds went off with the gun pointing up at about 30 degrees)
On a bow, you certainly don't want that sear to let go before you pull the trigger. You also definatly don't want a punch from yourself in the mouth while pulling your 70# bow.
Release Tuning
