Pinwheel,

I was confused by your explanation and was hoping you could expand on it.

At first you said, "...is acheived by the measurement from the top of the cam where the string connects and disappears, down to the nockset via the string. The lesser the distance, the more forgiving it is" Is this measurement taken at full draw? It would seem to me that on long ATA bows, this measurement would always have a tendency to be longer, since it can be substantially longer with the bow at rest. I was always under the impression that longer ATA bows were more forgiving if brace heights were the same. This statement would seem to say that they are not. Out of two bows with the same brace height, this measurement would be longer on a longer ATA bow.

Towards the end you say, "the only true constant that has any real bearing on the forgiveness at the shot is this movement of the string." It would seem to me, that this would be the difference between the previous measurement taken at full draw, and the same measurement taken with the bow at rest. Where am I going wrong on this? Thanks,