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Old 11-20-2003 | 12:50 PM
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Arthur P
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Default RE: grip consistancy help

If your bow has one of those tacky rubber grips, get rid of it. Some manufacturers have wood replacement grips or, if you' re lucky, one of the aftermarket outfits might make a wood grip for your bow. Or you could do like Kevin and not replace it with anything (though a piece of leather trimmed to shape and glued onto the grip area with Barge cement is more comfy than bare metal, at least to my hand).

I like Danny' s solution, because I do the same thing. The more hand you' ve got on the grip, the more likely you are to grab the handle differently each time. The high wrist takes most of the hand contact off the grip and leaves not much more than the web between the thumb and forefinger. It does wonders for getting rid of torque too, for the same reason. Your wrist feels pretty weak when you first start using the high wrist, and you might need to come off the draw weight a bit at first. It doesn' t take long to strengthen up though.

What I look for is a grip that forces my hand into exactly the same position each time I grab the bow. You just don' t find many grips that will do that nowadays. If you' ve already got a wood grip, a little judicious work with a rasp and sandpaper might can fix it right up. At least, if there' s enough wood to work with.

Oh, by the way... I carry a small bottle of baby powder in my quiver to dust my bow hand so it won' t stick to the handle in the wrong spot.
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