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Old 12-14-2007 | 11:29 AM
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Default RE: Is the lack of handshock over hyped?

Handshock and inherent accuracy have ZERO in common. NOTHING.

You guys haven't shot many target bows have you? LOL. Go shoot a Mathews Apex one time and then tell me what your impression of "Handshock" is. Then go ask Tim Gillingham if he thinks it's accurate.

Do the majority of you even know what "Handshock" is? What is it?Seriously....... Is it recoil? Is it vibration?
It's an overrated made up term that is simply a product of bow geometry combined with energy output and in reality will be felt in varying degrees by all shooters anyway because we all grip a bow slightly differently.
Has nothing to do with how accurate a bow is or can be.

If you want a quiet hunting bow buy a quiet bow, if you want a super fast longer ATA 3D bow don't also expect it to be the same as the "Quiet hunting bow"
Goes for any make model or manufacturer.

My opinion is that technology and materieals have come so far that we're all spolied as far as shot feel goes.
Go find your old Golden Eagle "Battleaxe" from 1994, fire a few shots with arrows at 5grs per lb of draw weight and then pick up ANY bow from today and then tell me your impression of handshock and how it relates to anything.



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