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Old 12-30-2005 | 10:12 AM
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ORIGINAL: Arthur P

I think ossage is talking about doing, barehanded, what I do with the bow itself.

I hold the bow'sgrip in my hand, naturally,then squeeze the fingertips - hard -into the front of the grip. If the bow torques off to the side, I move my grip sideways and do it again. (If the back of the bow torques left, making the arrow point off to the left in other words,I move my grip to the left. If it torques to the right, I move my grip to the right.) I want to find the spot where my grip won't move the bow, no matter how hard I squeeze it. It's usually a bit different on every bow.
Interesting, you do this all with your bow hand, correct Arthur. I'm confused because I believe Ossage said to use your drawing hand.

Plain longbow grips are wonderful for this, next best thing to a machinied riser without a grip, or a shrewd precision grip. if you hold your left hand out a little, and relaxed, take the finger tips of your drawing hand, and pull back into your lifeline area. You will actually see your hand shift position if you load the areas outsideo fht ezero torque position.
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