65% or 75% letoff

[teomacleo]

I am buying a new bow and was confused about what letoff to get. I know about the 65% letoff and P & Y rules but I wanted to know more about the advantages and disadvantages other than that. I was told that by having the 75% letoff I may not be as accurate as the 65% letoff, is that true ? Thanks

[hunter9022]

That can be true. It makes you a little to relaxed in my opinion. I like the 65%. If you shoot tournament the 75 might be a little better, but for hunting go with a 65%.

[c903]

" The 65% models are about right all around except on lower peak weight models. Bows with more let-off are quite often undesirable in the sense that the draw length must not only be RIGHT ON THE MONEY to fit comfortably (due to a very short low-weight holding valley area) but even then IF YOU CREEP FORWARD EVEN A SMIDGEN it may suddenly rip the string it right out of your hand. These types call for extreme caution and discipline and are no fun to let-down, but ' to each his own.' What I dislike is that this causes many to over-bow themselves even more, for example they calculate that since they' ll only be holding 23# they think they can now " shoot" a 115# bow."

Bob Ragsdale

[Pinwheel 12]

65% letoff retains more tension throughout the system, which makes it harder for the shooter to pull the string out of it' s natural line when drawing which in turn creates more left/right shots. It is also P&Y legal in all states, whereas the 75% currently is not. 75%-80% gives a " false sense of ease" and the illusion that the archer can easily hold more weight at full draw, so can therefore pull more weight. This illusion is directly responsible for many cases of shooters strained and torn rhomboid muscles due to the shooter pulling too much weight for them at the beginning of the draw cycle. If a shooter pulls the correct weight for them, they will never need the 75%, bottom line. Alot of companies are now building 70% letoff offerings, this covers both ends of the spectrum and is about as much as anyone realistically needs as far as letoff without creating the excess slop in the system that manifests the problems stated above. Good shooting, Pinwheel 12