I'll bet most of you guys would find that your preferred axle-to-axle is real close to the "sleeve length" of your dress shirt. For some reason, that seems to be a good starting point, anyhow. It probably has something to do with that picture by DaVinci. Anyhow....

I really dislike the short A-A bows. I got one about 2 years ago, and liked it when I got it, but the more I shot it, and the more I tried to achieve "absolute accuracy" with it, the more I hated it. I couldn't wait to sell it off, and go back to a 34.5" A-A.

It sounds to me like fantarain's draw length is more than the 28" he's set up for, and depending on the brace height of his bow, the strings could be coming in at a real sharp angle @ full draw, in which case the peep won't ever "get right", and the string will always be some distance from his nose. My suggestion would be to go to a shop and try a bow with at least a 33" A-A length and a 29" draw length, and see if that doesn't put the string right at your nosetip. As far as an anchor point with the hand, I always encourage new shooters to start with the knuckle of their thumb shoved into that one spot under the jawbone, just about an inch in front of the ear, where it really hurts to apply pressure. (For most people, it can be found by bending the thumb, laying it up under the jawbone about even with the lips, and then pressing in and up. Draw your hand back, slowly, and about half way back to the ear, it should become painful. That's the starting spot, for anchoring.)