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As a spin off of our topic about using side bars in hunter class, here is an interesting article about bow stabilization that I found while trying to do some research. This guy believes that a bow sight does not add significant enough weight to cause a cant in the bow(not sure I agree) but that the cant is caused by the archer. The side bars or V bars are used more to offset torque caused by the front stabilizer.
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lmao
take a kid shooting then one day he may take you
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Good article. I think that I’ll need to read it a couple of times to have all of that sink in.
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Moose24 said
As a spin off of our topic about using side bars in hunter class, here is an interesting article about bow stabilization that I found while trying to do some research. This guy believes that a bow sight does not add significant enough weight to cause a cant in the bow(not sure I agree) but that the cant is caused by the archer. The side bars or V bars are used more to offset torque caused by the front stabilizer.
I think if you read it closely, you will find that his point is that the “uncoiling” of the forearm bones is what causes the torque — torque being defined as a twisting of the bow. He argues that the purpose of the rear stabilizer is really to act as a counter balance to the weight on the front stab. I may have it wrong, but it appears that Ryals argues for a statically balanced bow — ie when held out not at full draw just held out there — it sits level.
Larry Wise has a slightly different perspective on the issue.
http://arrowtrademagazine.com/…..ngBows.pdf
He argues that you should consider the things bolted onto the bow — like a sight or a quiver. But he also argues that you should think about balancing the bow “dynamically” — ie when at full draw. Wise also addresses the idea of fine tuning the stabilizers to obtain the best arrow grouping down range.
Both authors agree in the basic principle — the stabilizer’s purpose is to increase the moment of inertia (the bow’s physical resistance to transient movements) to slow down pin movement which in turn helps the archer to relax which has the effect of allowing the bow to settle even more — a self improving cycle ( as opposed to the notion of the harder you try to force the pin onto the target — the harder it becomes to do exactly that.)
If you are serious about the subject, the consider the flexibility offered by the B-stinger design. It offers a very stiff rod of varying lengths along with weights that come in 1, 4, and 8 ounce units. The Pro Hunter series comes in lengths of 8, 10.5, & 12 inches with 8, 11, 14, & 17 ounce weight options. Note these weights can be combined with the single unit wights to customize your set up. To obtain a 12 ounce set up, simply add a single 1 ounce weight to the 11 ounce weight. Just watch your overall length if you are trying to stay in e hunter classes.
http://www.b-stinger.com/b-sti…..isting.php
Take a read and see what you think.
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