i've never shot anything other than a standard caliper head, like this....


but, some look like this, etc.......



does any certain type of head shoot better with a string loop, or wear them out less?

Tho I am not as experienced with string loops from what I have been reading some releases are being made specifically for string loops. I've found out one thing......my Scott Lil Goose is a touch harder on string loops and I am guessing so is the regular Scott Mongoose. I am getting out the emory cloth along with some kind of polish and try to take a very slight ridge off the top of the head. Tho its not at all sharp one tiny place is barely wearing on the loop. Talking to a couple of other guys they are experiencing the same thing with those releases using loops. If I can round it off a tad I should have no problems.

It looks to me that any release that has completely rounded jaws should work with a release just fine.

I love fletcher products, however I own the above release and it has failed on me more than a few times. I refuse to use it now. It has even been sent back to the company once. I got it back and it worked for a while and then a few weaks ago, POW right in the face again! I will not use this release again, I just don't trust it anymore. I switched to my fletcher 3-D release with the large rounded jaws. This sucker is bullet proof pretty much. A bit of a pain to get in the loop though. I will most likely be switching to a back tension release. My girlfriend has one I am pretty found of. I bit tricky to get used to though after using trigger releases for so long.

If you want that type of a release I suggest looking at the truball and carter designs. They have better triggers in my opinion. I looked at one at Cabela's that was really nice, but for the life of me I can't remember if it was a carter or truball. All I know is it was nicer than my fletcher.

Paul

Oh, and the difference in the heads you have posted is that one is much shorter than the other and will make up for the length of the loop. Look at how close the trigger is to the head of the release in the second picture. Of course Scott makes a regular release like this.

As far as wear on the release, I think it matters more on how well the release is made. I quality jaw type release should be just as good as a post type. Now a cheap caliper type with rough edges will wear a loop or string pretty fast.

This is the release I use now, It works very well right off the string. The jaw is large and rounded so it doesn't cause any serving or string wear.

Fletcher 3-D hunter

The picture sort of sucks though. I can take a picture of mine if you want.

If you were to get the Jim dandy release, get the claliper type, not the post type for the loop. That is what I have and it keeps coming off the loop. Other than that I like the release. However the other two I mentioned have much better triggers in my opinion. Truball makes some awsome releases, as does carter.

Paul