Brace Height

[ewolf]

Does anyone else tune up the brace height on longbows and recurves? This is always the first thing I do to a new bow is make a new string. Just wondering.

[lcoast]

Yup I play with my brace height. Like to have the bow as quiet as I can at as low a brace as possible.

I am unsure why bowyers have a minimum brace height recommendation.

[LBR]

Yep--one way to get the most out of your bow--quieten it down before you add the silencers, help get rid of handshock too.

I think there is a recommended lowest point because too low can stress the limbs and riser too much, and some folks just don't know where to start.

Chad

[c903]

Each bow will have a cetain BH where the bow shoots the best and is not AS noisy.

Regardless of how low a BH a bow will tolerate, I have always found, for my draw-length, if I get below 7 1/2" brace, the bow is too noisy and I can feel the shock much more. One older Bear I have pulls and shoots extremely nice at an 8" brace. I do not want the limbs over-flexing.

[lcoast]

c903, what does over-flexing do to the bow?

When I build a self bow I start by BH so my feathers just clear the riser. Usually about 6 - 61/2 inches.

[TheBowhunter]

what does over-flexing do to the bow? over-flexing puts stress on the limbs and could possibly break them. that us why it is recomended to never let anyone with longer draw length than yours shoot your selfbow.

[lcoast]

Bowhunter, I understand that from a self-bow point of view. I have broken a couple. But I thought he was referring to my question regarding minimum brace height.

=keith=