Jerry:

Looks like you' re not getting too many takers on your questions.

Let me just tell you this. Centershot is as about as misunderstood as many of the other ' tuning' concepts derived by those trying to achieve a basic description. Many will get frustrated by not having ' absolute' answers and seek other means of archery which is not so demanding.

Even if you use the most sophisticated center shot tools, you still have other variables with which to contend and which will alter that setting. Given that centershot tools work on a static bow situation, it many times will give you a wrong setting for dynamic (bow at full draw) situations. The centershot tool also demands that the surface where it' s being mounted is absolute with it' s relativity to the other components and surfaces of the bow.

Some of the things that will negate ' factory type' suggestions, centershot tool suggestions, or ' internet forum' suggestions for centershot are; the amount of tolerancing you have in YOUR bow, the type of rest that you have on YOUR bow, and how much YOU torque YOUR bow with either YOUR bow hand or YOUR release hand.

One other thing that we have found that will affect centershot quite a bit on certain types of rests is how much the cable guard flexes at full draw. This will become, of course, more prevalent with higher brace height bows where longer cable guards are required. In effect, this is one more advantage of the Hoyt ' Tec' riser designs.

Now, I' ve probably opened up a ton of questions. Hope this at least sheds some light on the subject; but, please don' t expect me to expound on these tidbits of information. It would take a small novel.