I recently bought a 66" Legacy Otter 66# reverse handle LB,this is my first longbow expeirence. I have been shooting a. howatt hunter recurve 60# for a while now with no hand shock what so ever, but this longbow hurts I wear a big insulated glove on my right hand(I shoot left hand)when I shoot it.
I saw these Limbsavers in 3 Rivers catolog.They look like like cabnet door knobs.
The picture in the catalog shows them stuck on the inside of a bow limb.
They claim they "can reduce limb vibration by 65%.
Does anyone know if these thing will help w/handshock?
taterbug42
They work for limb vibration. I shot a recurve before and after the limbsavers. I prefer just to use heavier arrows to reduce the limb vibration. As far as hand shock goes, I couldn't tell you. I mostly shoot recurves and my RER takedown vortex. I haven't experienced any hand shock at all with these bows. I suspect that the limbsavers won't do a great deal to reduce it, but maybe someone will say otherwise. In any case, good luck.
I used to have them on one of my bows, I couldnt tell a difference in them being on or off. Not worth it IMO.
Shoot a heavier arrow if possible and maybe try to play around with your grip to what feels best upon release.
The Kid
Try increasing your brace height by 1/4"--That should help the hand shock considerably.
I'm new to this too, and my longbow is pretty simple, but I found a HUGE difference in vibration by relaxing my grip and making sure the weight of the bow was resting on the web between my thumb and forefinger and not the meaty part of my thumb nearer my wrist. HUGE difference, it was hurting me like crazy too.
Try a new string dyna flight 97 and heaver arrows also put some string silencers on I like beaver balls this will help..
If your bow is rated for fast flight put a skinny D97 string on it. I put an 8 strand with padded loops and yarn serving on the loops on my 55# Mahaska and eliminated the handshock completely.
The limb saver will not reduce the hand shock.
Call a sting maker and tell them what is going on. Get a new string and try to get it with light serving.
NorthernCaliforniaHunter gave you the correct answer. First of all, going from a 60# recurve to a 66# Badger by Legacy is a big step. That's a big weight jump and the characteristics of the two are totally different. However, you don't change grips to compensate from one to the other.
Let that grip pull into the web between the thumb and forefinger and don't lock the elbow.
Hand shock comes from the shooter moreso than the bow. The nonstretch strings can also help, but will not fix bad form on the grip. You shouldn't need anything on the limbs.
QuoteOriginally posted by George D. Stout:
Hand shock comes from the shooter moreso than the bow.
I don't know about that George. I have tried to shoot my friends HH every which way I could and it rattled my teeth. I then pick up my PSAII and shoot it with any grip I can think of and no handshock. Maybe these are extremely different bows, but form seems to have little to do with it.
Respectfully,
Mark
The brace height is writen on the riser below the grip BH 6 7/8". Right now it measures 7 1/8".
I shoot 23/64ths.POC 29" bottom of nock to back of point, 125gr points. Don't know what they weight,but I think they are pretty heavy.
Bought this bow used on e-bay so I do'nt know if it is safe for the fast flight string. How do I tell?
Was outside shooting it a few minutes ago. Tried different grips. I have been keeping my wrist straight which put the bow handle on my thumb just below the nuckle joint on the bone. This is were I was getting the biggest part of the jolt. So I bent my wrist and rolled the grip between the thumb & palm this did help a lot! But it was alittle aukward,and I will have to us the same grip on my recurve to get used to it.
Good thing is! I do'nt have to shoot the LB all the time, it is my second bow.
I have been wanting one ...so now I have one.
I still have the recurve which is my main bow.
I'm going to work on my grip with the recurve,and pull the longbow out every so often until I get it figured out.....
I think I,ll forget about the Limbsavers.
Thanks for the help.
Keath