zukidude

can you tell me what is good and bad about having a loop

shootr mcgavvin

well zuki the better ones are made of kevlar and will never wear out unless you use a crappy release thats made for regular nocks and thats where the only con i know of comes from,you will be sinking 60 bones into the right release made for a string loop! good luck.........


shootr

BTM

Here's Bob Ragsdale's reasons to use a string loop:
"Eliminates arrow-falloff at full draw.
- Makes nocking point location less critical.
- No need to re-nock after a let-down.
- No serving wear from release aid contact.
- Assures easy one-handloading
- Releases can remain attached and ready to go.
- Eliminates gaps in serving from up pressure on nocking point.
- Controls peep sight rotation.
- Eliminates nock warping due to pinch at full draw.
- Allows release aids to be at an angle rather than only level.
- Makes shorter length bows easier to work with.
- Extends maximum available sight range area.
- Prevents arrow from sliding down the string during the shot.
- Prevents release aid rope slap with high cheek anchor.
- Improves shoulder alignment.
- Loop length can modify draw length of bow.
- Eliminates chin slap from inward swinging release aid ropes.
- Can be used with all non-rope release aids.
- Reduces string vibration noise."

mammasboy

Ultra Nok XL.

peashooter

The only con I know of is they make you adjust your draw length just a little shorter, so you slow your arrow speed down by about 5 FPS. But, you usually gain that speed back. Most people without a loop have 1 or 2 brass nocks, and an eliminator button on the string. You don't need these with a loop (though I use a tied in nock-it weighs basically nothing and doesn't slow your string down at all). The nocks and eliminator buttons can slow your bow down by about 10 FPS or more, so the loop doesn't really hurt speed.

Other than that, you get no nock pinch, inline force behind the arrow, a peep aligner, or basically everything that BTM has in his reply.
I wouldn't be without one, especially not on today's shorter bows.

peashooter

BOWFANATIC

Pro's - is more forgiving to hand torque!

Con's - changes your anchor point (with trigger hand) if you use it as one of your anchor references.

Ragsdales list of "reasons to use a loop" is laughable!

PABowhntr

Just to add a bit more to the pot....though I believe they really have the potential to increase accuracy on short length bows I do not entirely believe that they are necessary on the longer ones. The reason I say this is because I have been shooting a Pro 40 Freedom for the last few months right off the string with an eliminator button and a tied-in nockset and am getting some incredible accuracy with this setup. I did not see an increase in accuracy when I used a string loop with this particular bow.

Just something to think about.

Carwi

I just ditched my loop to try it off the string. I use a tied in nock only. I do not use an eliminator button and seem to be more accurate than when I was using my loop. I'm not sure why that is but that is the case with my particular bow. I use a scott release, maybe that is the difference? I don't know if I'm getting that much nock pinch to make a difference or not, however, my groups are smaller now for some reason.