Does anyone else tune up the brace height on longbows and recurves? This is always the first thing I do to a new bow is make a new string. Just wondering.

Yup I play with my brace height. Like to have the bow as quiet as I can at as low a brace as possible.

I am unsure why bowyers have a minimum brace height recommendation.

Yep--one way to get the most out of your bow--quieten it down before you add the silencers, help get rid of handshock too.

I think there is a recommended lowest point because too low can stress the limbs and riser too much, and some folks just don't know where to start.

Chad

Each bow will have a cetain BH where the bow shoots the best and is not AS noisy.

Regardless of how low a BH a bow will tolerate, I have always found, for my draw-length, if I get below 7 1/2" brace, the bow is too noisy and I can feel the shock much more. One older Bear I have pulls and shoots extremely nice at an 8" brace. I do not want the limbs over-flexing.

c903, what does over-flexing do to the bow?

When I build a self bow I start by BH so my feathers just clear the riser. Usually about 6 - 61/2 inches.

what does over-flexing do to the bow? over-flexing puts stress on the limbs and could possibly break them. that us why it is recomended to never let anyone with longer draw length than yours shoot your selfbow.

Bowhunter, I understand that from a self-bow point of view. I have broken a couple. But I thought he was referring to my question regarding minimum brace height.

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