Simple releases
As promised, here are some simple releases that I use or have used in the past. The rules allow non-mechanical releases for the primitive complex-composite class and conventional flight classes....
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Here is a sequence showing how the hook & loop releases work. This shows me actively triggering the release by relaxing my index finger. At first, the impulse might be to let go of the release...
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Thanks a lot this topic! I've allways just read from this things, but not know tham!
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That´s as simple as really sensemaking tools used to be! Thanks for sharing that. Michael
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Thanks for the pictures! I always wanted to know what kind of releases do you use. I knew the flipper releases made of leather. Those would wear very fast, at least the ones I made. I never thought...
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Cool, thanks Alan for posting pics and showing how it works. Do you find you can add a lot of distance in flight shooting using that release rather than finger release?
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I feel that the hook & loop (primitive back-tension) release is very easy to master. It just takes some practice. I wish that I could use this release at target competitions too. I would use...
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Alan, do you also pictures of the feather rests that you use? Everytime I read through these posts I see something else new I need to ask about lol!
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I put a very crude one on David's Skeletip bow that I made at 2AM in the hotel on the morning of the flight shoot. I have it pictured on another thread. See part way down in page 5 of the "I Coulda...
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So does that rest have multiple feathers glued onto rawhide(?), similar to how you would fletch an arrow? Thanks again for being so willing to answer all these questions. What you guys do with these...
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Barrage, Yes, it is several feathers glued in parallel. Sometimes I glue them first to a piece of rawhide for a base that I can glue wherever I need to on the bow shelf. I shape the rest with a piece...
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Here's another old release that I think would be neat to re-make using primitive materials.
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Very interesting indeed. Many thanks for posting this valuable info Alan. Just out of interest does anybody know why the arrow goes way left (i'm left handed) when using a thumb ring? I've found this...
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My guess, shooting left handed with a thumb ring might indicate weak/stiff spine effect in the same way as a right handed shooter shooting off the left side of the bow. So my guess is stiff spine...
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Mike: regarding the thumb release - it may be all sorts of problems. Assuming your release is good (i.e. the string does not rub on the index finger), when the arrow goes way to the side, it is often...
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Nice ! Any idea of how old these releases are ? Our society rules don´t allow equipment that is younger than around 1900 I think.
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I do not know how old these designs are. I wouldn't be surprised if someone played around with something like these thousands of years ago but it is probably impossible to prove. When I was a kid my...
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haha, I guess not ! Reminds me of my father. He took us camping and we had fun shooting straight up with a shotgun. Then we stood still listening to the sound of the tiny bullets dropping around us.I...
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I use thumb ring release on all my bows and use a loop on the bow string so I can shoot off either side of bow. Here's a new loop idea I just used on a new long bow for my son. I went around bow...
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