extreme string slap
 

about a week ago during a extended shooting session my 82 airborne suddenly bit back taking a goodly slice of skin off my arm. ok time to a armguard i said to myself and so i did. gave shooting a miss for a few days to let the arm heal up a bit.
went to the local range this morning and all went well till i had shot about 40 arrows. the string ripped the armguard right off my arm and really did some damage to my arm. 9 stitches later and a arm thats blue from elbow to wrist.
i have been shooting this bow very well for about 6 months now and have no problem with the draw or poundage.
now the question is! to long draw? (ime 1.84m tall 29 inch draw) driver error all of a sudden?(why suddenly after all this time) could some problem have crept in with the bow setup ( was shooting good groupings the whole morning) or has the bow gone rabid on me cos i have not hunted in a while ha ha!
any thoughts would be welcome on this issue since its really bugging me (and it hurts like hell)

RE: extreme string slap
 

Sounds like your DL is to long. With proper form you shouldnt have string slap.

RE: extreme string slap
 

Well if you are shooting good to start with and then all of a sudden you get this long into a session I would say its your form breaking down because you are getting tired.

RE: extreme string slap
 

When you draw your bow , is you elbow bent out a little bit or is your arm completely straight ? If it is straight , I would say your draw length is too long .
If it is bent , then I would think your form is bad .

RE: extreme string slap
 

I'd say your Draw length is too long. Have someone measure your wingspan and divide by 2.5. That may not be exact but it's a close place to start.;)

Dan

RE: extreme string slap
 

Sounds like your getting tired to me,your left arm is giving instead of holding

RE: extreme string slap
 

Yeah like these guys have said-- most likely one of two things -- or both. 1. you're getting tired and losing form meaning you're pulling too much weight OR 2. DL is too long

RE: extreme string slap
 

Using the wingspan divided by 2.5 that gives a draw length of 28.7" and I always round down and not up using that so we're talking about 28.5" then if you take into account that you're string may have settled in a bit longer as it broke in you would be a just a bit long in the draw but not very much. However, if you're also on the upper limit of weight you may be turning that elbow in to lock it as you fatigue. Given both of those in combination: [:@] Ouch! [X(]

RE: extreme string slap
 

When did he measure his wingspan?

Dan

RE: extreme string slap
 

I think he took his height as roughly his wingspan since they are usually about the same.