What are the advantages and disadvantages of shooting off of the string today? and the same question for using loops........ Anyone?
I will simply not have a bow without a string loop set up........ 1. No serving wear from a release 2. No torque on the bowstring at full draw 3. No nock pinch which can pop an arrow off if you let down 4. Allows for release pressure directly behind the nock (helps in nock travel and a cleaner release) 5. Can help fine tune anchor point 6. With today's loop specific releases it is no longer necessary to shorten your draw length to compensate for the change in anchor that the addition of a loop demands. 7. Tied properly the arrow leaves the string more consistently than a release under or varying pressure caused by wearing Eliminator buttons 8.Relatively light and easy to tie. If done right slipping is NOT an issue. (Releasedamage breakageCAN be so make sure the jaws aren't ragged or cutting your loop in any way) 9. Can be used to help consistently align your peep sight precisely square at full draw 10. You can more easily interchange between ANY release style with a loop. Disadvantages? Many people don't fully understand what they do and cause with relationship to form and proper anchor and don't utilize them correctly.......other thanthat, I personally do not find ANY disadvantages whatsoever. At no time in the last 10yrs or so have I even given a split second thought to shooting off the string.
Good post Greg!!! I didn't start shooting with a loop until a few years ago, as I didn't want to mess around with finding the damned thing in the moment of truth. Now it's just second nature. I shot well off the string, but I shot A LOT also, having center servings re-done every 3-4months which cost about $6-7 each time vs. using a loop and cutting it off annually and having another tied for $3..... I killed a lot of deer shooting off the string, and I shot more than a few RH's but I also spent probably over $100 over a few years getting new center servings done every so often.
Still old school here. I have always shot right off the string. I have yet to ever wear out a serving before I would normally replace a string anyway. But, I am not an avid shooter. My bow is just utility for the hunt. I shoot enough to be very confident but not all year long. I tried a loop very briefly and just didnt care for it. I understand that it has its advantages but to each his own. But then, I was the last person I know of to switch to a release from fingers. lol
