I don' t shoot with a loop, but I was wondering how many guys do and don' t use one. From what I understand and what I was told...shooting with a loop causes you to loose a few fps and there always is a chance of the loop breaking. Now I understand that your release will start to wear on the serving, but if you do any amount of shooting...shouldn' t you really replace your string every couple of years anyway. In that amound of time, your string will wear out before your serving. Right? Just wondering what you guys think...

I shoot a pretty hot setup so I tried it to increase my consistency and it did help that. I may have lost a few fps to the loop but I also eliminated one nock and an eliminator button so I think I gained them back. I am not worried about it breaking either, it seems pretty stout.

To help in the consistency of your shot groupings? If so, how does a loop help that?

Thanks

By pulling from directly behind the arrow it reduces/eliminates torque than can be placed on the string with a regular setup.

TBONE whats makes a bow HOT? speed accurace or just the name? i wanna kno if i have a hot bow

Any bow that has a nice curvy figure, 36-24-36 are nice measurements!!!!

LMFAO TBONE you got me rollin i do belive i like those measurments i sure hope my bow has em and if it does you kno i got a snug fit with it

I use a loop as well.

Apart from hooking directly up behind the nock a loop also reduces nock pinch which will happen on longer draw lenghts with shorter AtA.

I have also found a loop gives me a cleaner release.

I have to agree with everyone.

My 30yd groups went from 4" to less than 3" when I added a loop.

And as far as wear on the serving goes. I can wear out 2 servings on a string before the string is worn out, so there is a lot of benefit there.

I have been shooting a loop for several years and I have never had one break or fail. I always have mine installed by my bow tech.

As mentioned, a string loop helps to evenly distribute force above and below the nock itself so you get more of an even distribution of energy upon release. This should, theoretically, improve accuracy. I switched to a loop at the end of last season and saw an instant increase in my accuracy level. However, I used what is commonly termed a " low loop" where the arrow is actually nocked above the top knot of the loop and a served-in nock is used instead of a brass one. This would seem to go against the theory that the equal force distribution alone was responsible for the increase in accuracy. I would like to think that Ausie' s suggestion of a crisper release may play a part in it.