RE: sting loop or rope release
I went back to rope or jaw releases last year. I have been using the TRu speed nock since they brought it out, and that stabilizes the string, if you want that. The new servings don't wear for me, and anyway I have a ton of serving jigs and stuff if a repair is ever needed, but I haven't repaired one since they stopped shipping mono served strings.
One of the things I like about dropping the loop is that I have a bunch of releases that I like to play with, and I can use jaws and ropes interchangeably on the string, where certain releases don't work with the loop.
I really didn't start shooting releases until the Easton hard nocks came out, and I don't have any particular trouble with nock pinch, or arrows falling off the string.
The TRU nocks are designed to aleviate pinch. They have a radius that is supposed to reduce the problem. Though the Easton nocks also have a depresion built into them to key with brass nocks.
I bought the TRU Single balls the second year they were out, and still have a few or four. I have been giving them a turn in the saddle recently, and while I don't think they are prefect either, I prefer them to loops. If I ever get my Accutouch release, they may end up getting the most use
I think Loops were a good idea say 7-10 years ago, but many of the problems they were designed to overcome are history. Obviously many shooters continue to prefer them, but to me a lot of the issues raised look to me as though someone hasn't paid attention to all that has changed in the last 10 years. That isn't a shot at M88, who is just telling it like it is.
OK, last point: I just nocked a 2312 X7 on my C2, with a diamond braid serving, and a tru speed nock. I used a standard scott caliper release on the string, and cranked it to full draw, and let it down, 10 cycles, no repositioning of the arrow on the string. It didn't fall off the string, and when examined after all that it was still fully nocked on the string, no creep. I was just curious, I know some folks use the loop so they can let down, but recently I hadn't noticed that problem and wondered whether it was because of all the target shooting I do, where let-downs occur, but aren't as traumatic as when you spook some game because an arrow falls off the string and out of the stand. This is the kind of thing that can creep up on you, you think everything is OK because there aren't problems during practice... Obviously I have nothing to worry about.
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