Zippernut,

I want to say thanks. I followed your suggestions, and within 10 minutes things were falling into place. Once I did it right, the release went off easily with no undue strain. I didn't hit my face after release and for the first time I experienced what a true back tension release felt like. Right away, my groups were better than I've ever been able to shoot.<img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle>

It's weird, but I thought I was using back tension before, but it was almost all arm tension. With the true back tension, my arm didn't come flying back so hard. I see what you mean by the draw length being correct. I think mine may be about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. I'll try it a little shorter and see if it works even easier.

On a side note: I put my regular index finger release on and shot a bit trying to use back tension and I shot better with it also. Strange, but I've shooting a bow for 30 years and never once released a shot with true back tension before yesterday. What feeling, almost like a revelation! I really believe that with practice, this will improve my shooting more than anything else I've done in the past 10 years.

Thanks again,