ropedawg

How can you tell if you have a bow with a good back stop and what are some bows with good back stops? There are some bows out on the market with soft back stop and I heard it's hard to be consistence with them...

marcusjb

Lot of people refer to it as a hard or soft "wall". I couldn't list any bows, but if you're shooting fingers a soft or mushy wall can give you an inconsistent release. I found a hard wall improves my finger shooting. I can't say for sure how it would effect release shooting.

BowBuilder

Bows with a soft wall...or no backstop...tend to be the older bows. For example, my old Bear Whitetail 2 has a very soft wall. I can change the draw length from 28" to 30" just depending on how hard I want to pull back.

The newer bows tend to have a solid wall. Some have a built in mechanical stop on the cam...for example my Mathews Outback has a screw/rubber stopper on the cam that physically stops the cam from folling past a certain point. Some bows have a solid stop without this mechanical stop, just based on cam design. My Mathews UltraMax has a very solid wall, and will not go beyond its intended draw length.

To tell if your bow has a good backstop...just see how far you can pull back your bow. (always knock an arrow, and point in a safe direction) If the bow always stops at a certain draw length, and has a solid feel...you have a good backstop. If the bow feels "squishy" at full draw...like you can pull it just a little more than is intended...you have a soft back stop.

ropedawg

thanks

BobCo19-65

Backstop....Not on my bow.