Very nice! You may not want to do this with yours, but for handshock.........

I can't handle much myself--or my bow arm elbow can't at least. My selfbow is braced at about 7 1/4" and I have a 10 strand Dynaflight '97 string (18 strands in the loops) on it--really calmed it down. I couldn't shoot it with a dacron string--it just flat hurt.

As for arrows......that can vary a bunch. I'm pulling around 65#, and mine shoots full-length 45/50 (with 125 grain points) the best. I can get away with 75/80# spine if I do everything just right, but usually the arrows look like an olympic gymnast on the way to the target.

I'm no great shot, especially with a selfbow, but so far with this bow:

2006 Jerry Pierce Memorial--2nd
2006 Howard Hill--1st
2007 ATAR--3rd
2007 Tennessee Classic--2nd
2007 Jerry Pierce Memorial--1st
2007 Howard Hill--1st

Only killed a couple criters with it so far--still very much prefer my longbow, and I'm a better shot with my longbow--but it's a lot of fun. Seriously considering making one myself this summer.

Chad