Hinge Or Spike? Carter Or Scott?

[TheGeekLord]

Hey Guy's,

I have finaly decided to buy a NEW BT release instead of looking for used at the same price as new! I need your imput on this as it will affect which i should purchase and not! Since i am not familiar with the differences? I need ur help! :) Thanks!

1. Spike Or Hinge?
2. Carter Atension or Scott Longhorn?

I think i will get 4 finger but if i can get some imput on that also would be GREAT!!!

Thanks
Mike :beer:

[WOOKIE]

Don't buy a spike unless you like punching yourself. Hinges are the way to go. Before you buy one though, try to shoot a bunch as a BT release has to fit and feel good to use it to its full potential.

Or you can do what I did and start buying, shooting and then selling the ones I didn't like. I went through 1/2 dozen BT releases, before I found the "ONE". It by the way, is a 3 finger Carter Bighorn.

[TheGeekLord]

Hey wook,

That bighorn is like a Lock style BT release?

How do you do your BT motion? Do you just move your hand?? Do you pull ur shoulder plates together? Do you relax ur pull arm?

[WOOKIE]

What do you mean by lock style BT?

The Bighorn is a non safety hinge head BT release.

As for technique, I push my bow arm through the target and pull my release hand directly through my release elbow with relaxed a hand as possible.

My motto:

Push and Pull and soon it will go!

[TheGeekLord]

http://www.thearcher.com/coachCorner/tipDetails.cfm?tipId=7&type=general&email=No

this guy explain that the pull arm needs to be relaxed but how will you hold your bow string back if your arm is relaxed?

[acearchery]

Your back muscles work to hold your upper arm in place with the shoulder joint as the fulcrum. You will use other back muscles when drawing but holding weght should be completely transfered to rhomboids. Move the bottom of you shoulder blades together - that is your rhomboid muscles.Your upper arm should be relaxed (bicep/tricep) as it does not have to hold anything and your lower arm muscles should be relaxed as well.

Think of your shoulder as the turret of a crane
back muscles (rhomboid) muscles here as the boom hydraulic
The upper arm as the boom of a crane and
The lower arm as the line from boom tip to release. -tension supplied by bow! to hold everything in straight line.

If you activate arm muscles this is where release torque comes from. Think of a crane lifting a weight and pushing sideways on line. When weight is released line moves sideways! - release torque!

This analogy helps me!

[TheGeekLord]

TY Acarcher!

Last night i had the chance to go to my pro shop and try a Scott longhorn with a pse bow and this sorta trainer thing that is attached to the bow! The first time i was sorta nervous and it was kida like a rush then Allan the pro shooter there showed me his form with the Longhorn and when he pulls the bow back and fall on the wall at his spot the longhorn CLicks and is ready to shoot! Then he proceeded to tell me that his brain makes the release go off! WOW Magical! I tried to concentrate on the movement he did and couldnt see at all any movement at all! OMG i started to freak out! So i picked up the bow again and shot it a couple of times and got the feeling so i bought the longhorn.

Now it's all about getting adjusted!

Ty Everyone! I think i finally found the release thats right for me!