Here is the way I see it.


Take an arrow that is 1" past the rest and torque the bow and watch the point of the arrow.Arrow point doesn't move that much.Now pretend that you have released the arrow and picture in your mind how much the arrow moves to bring the arrow back to a straight path.

Now do the same thing with an arrow that is 4" past the rest.You can see that the point is much farther away from center of the rest.Now pretend that you release the arrow and picture how much more movement the arrow has to go thru to get to a straight line path.


This is what is meant by forgiving.On a perfect shot it doesn't matter but a less than perfect shot will show more erratic flight.Resulting in downrange innaccuracy.

I also feel that balance is a contributer.You have put the rest closer to center of the shaft and this is going to give the arrow a tendancy to want to nose dive instead of letting the rest do it's job.This is the very thing that makes a fallaway less forgiving than a standard rest.Both are very accurate.I also use both but from experience,I can honestly say that a standard rest is more forgiving.It has been proven on machines that a rest that holds the arrow longer is the more forgiving rest.


Sorry to get off topic but everything is related and I just love this stuff.

Edited by - tfox on 09/18/2002 00:20:54

Edited by - tfox on 09/18/2002 00:21:36