I hear folks talk about hand shock & until today I was not sure I'd ever felt it. I have a GN Bushbow & it came with a FF string & I never had any hand shock at all. The other day I put a new B 50 string on it and WOW...now I know what hand shock is. Don't notice much loss of speed but it almost hurts to shoot it now.

I actually had the same experience with a great northern.  On the flip side when i used the dacron it was absolutely silent.

That does not make a whole lot of sense to me. B50 shoudl not increase hand shock??

Noise vs Handshock, I'd prefer noise any day!

I have noticed the same thing with my bows they get quieter but have more hand shock with B50 strings.LCH

I have never had a string make a difference in handshock. Brace height, grip, hold, yes. I guess everyone is different!

QuoteOriginally posted by FerretWYO:
That does not make a whole lot of sense to me. B50 shoudl not increase hand shock??

I think I heard before that FF transfers more energy to the arrow & less back to the bow??

zinnl is right

A B50 is "generaly" a fatter heavier string than most FF strings. That along with the stretchyness and long longbow limbs turns it into a vibrating machine.

Shot 3 arrows through a Wesley w/B50, it was still vibrating when I handed back to the guy!

Eric

Mine are all B-50 except one D-97 which is faster & noisier. (*no dampeners yet). Grip lax & they'll rock you cockeyed. Definitely not a problem however as much as a friendly reminder.

QuoteOriginally posted by zinndl:
 

QuoteOriginally posted by FerretWYO:
That does not make a whole lot of sense to me. B50 shoudl not increase hand shock??

I think I heard before that FF transfers more energy to the arrow & less back to the bow?? [/b]

I guess that makes sense. See I learn something new everyday.

Yes,I am been told by many bowyers that a longbow is much more silent and shock free with the ff string since it recovers faster being lighter.

B50 can increase handshock on some longbows,especially Hill style type longbows and B50 is not always a quieter string in my opinion.

there are many factors associated with 'hand shock', notably - arrow weight in relation to bow holding weight (gpp), energy transmission (the bowstring), bow mass weight, limb recovery from release, and the archer's bowhand grip.

low stretch strings are capable of transmitting more energy to the arrow, as long as the arrow has enough mass to accept that energy.  

regardless of the bowstring fiber, if the arrow's mass weight is too low, the unused energy reflects back to the limbs and riser.

each bow, arrow, bowstring and archer is an experiment of sorts, and your results may surely vary.