I have a BW recurve that I ordered with a split finger tiller. I've recently been experimenting with a three under and like the results. I have noticed the bow is definitely louder and vibrates a little more than shooting split and just wanna make sure I'm not doing any internal damage to the bow?
Thanks for your input
You are ok. You may want to move your nocking point up about a 1/8". It will be a little louder shooting 3 under so just experiment with moving your string silencers around a bit. Shooting an arrow around 11 grains per pound of draw weight will quiet it down as well. When shooting, try to keep most of the pressure on your middle finger and almost zero pressure on the ring finger and it will shoot even quieter. Hope this helps buddy
Last summer one of my shooting acquaintances wanted to try three under and asked to use my target. We found that the nock had to up 1/4" to get his arrows to fly at all and the bow banged more. He did not like how downward his arrows looked so I gave him a Three Rivers feather arrow rest to lift the arrow, better arrow flight was obvious. Then just a touch higher with nocking point, his arrows flew perfect and the bow quieted down as well. I do not know if this was Hoyle, but it worked.
Great advice Tradcat and pavan. I have had to do all of the above at some point or other.
I would go Tradcat one further and say to take a substantial amount of pressure on your index finger. I start my draw with my index finger hooked more than the other fingers, so it feels like there is more pressure on it that the other two. As I draw, I think the pressure equalizes between my index finger and my middle finger, but I try to keep pressure to a minimum on my ring finger. This has really tamed my 3 under noise and has allowed me to lower the nock point by about 1/8".
If you are going to take most of the draw weight on your index finger you may as well shoot two fingers under...I used to shoot that way a lot...after talking with a very experienced FITA shooter last year I am convinced the way to go for me is the Flemish release, two finger split, with most of the pressure on my middle finger...that FITA shooter told me he wants to feel 90 percent of the draw tension on his middle finger, very much like one finger under...he was shooting 46 pounds but he told me he has trained with the Koren Olympic shooters and they shoot 55 pounds up to 8 hours a day that way
DDave