OK, here' s the deal. I' ve been shooting with fingers for a good 15yrs now. I' ve tried several releases in that time frame, but never liked any of them until last year. My brother made the switch with a Winn' s C-10, glove style. I found this one fairly decent. So anyways I want to make a good honest effort on making the switch. Mainly because I feel I' ve reached the max I can with finger performance at 3D shoots. I don' t want to get into the Pro' s, and Con' s of each, because I' ve been weighing those for yrs. But I do have a few questions some of you Release guys maybe able to help me with. Don' t laugh if they seem obvious to you, because they don' t to me!
1) I noticed in several magazine pictures, most all the release shooters anchor below the jaw bone. I anchor w/fingers right behind the mouth, w/ my thumb running across the bottom jaw bone. I was curious is anchoring fully under your jaw bone because of the release itself for clearance, or is it just a better spot for anchoring, or a personal perference?
2)Back Tension form. I' ve been reading alot about this, and Target Panic. Shooting Fingers I' ve probably had some form of it for yrs! My question here is using your back muscles I' ve read you try to sorta squeeze both your shoulder blades together which moves your arm, and touches off the release. But wouldn' t moving both back muscles cause one to move both arms, and possibly jerk your bow with your grip hand? Or do you actually just move your release side muscle. Also do you do it slowly, or just do it?
3) Winn makes a model I believe the C-12 for my situation. You hold the trigger back when drawing, and release the trigger to fire. Would this be a better route in getting started. And would that style of release have much target panic?
4) I hate to have to go out, and buy several releases trying to find one I like. Especially after being use to $4 tabs. All the different style of heads, and what works with this type of string loop, rope, plastic,metal,etc. I don' t have a clue on what type of head works with what. Or what style head releases the best. I don' t like the looks of the string angle inside the nock when connecting directly to the serving. That has to have some sort of effect, or doesn' t it? And should I even worry about it at all in making the switch?
I' d appreciate the info here. It' d really help!!