Bracing Height - Win & Win Winact and Samick Mizar

maverick petey · Bracing Height - Win & Win Winact and Samick Mizar

Hi all,

I am trying to fin out the correct bracing height for both mina nemy partners new bows as i forgot to ask when we bought them.

My bow is a Win & Win Winact (25 inch) on 32lb/68 inch limbs.

My Partners is a Samick Mizar (23 inch) on 24lb/66 inch limbs.

Does anyone know what the bracing height of our bows should be, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jabberwocky

Hi,

If you do not have the manuals that should have come with the bows, You may well find the information you are after on the Samick http://www.samicksports.com/ and Win & Win http://www.win-archery.com/ sites.

If not then a general guide is to start at a bracing height that leaves a little of the string groove showing (about 1" or so) then adjust up and down by about 1" either way to find the quietest point. This is usually the best point to shoot from.

Setting your bracing height is not an exact science and it takes some playing about with to find the best point for your setup and style.

for example I shoot a 66" Samick Masters, I am currently using a bracing height of about 8 1/2" but my Win & Win Infinite I shoot at 9"

but around 8-9" is a reasonable starting point

Hope this helps

Mjollnir · The simple answer

The simple answer is, there is no one correct value for a given limb riser combination.

When you release (finger release) the string doesn't travel in a straight line to the bow (on the horiziontal plain), it moves in a slight sign wave and curls back on itself as it settles. how much of a sign wave depends on your shooting technique. By adjusting the bracing height you are controlling where on the wave your arrow leaves the string, and you want it to happen when the string is moving in the most forward direction possible. How do you work this out, simple really, when you find the right point more of the bows energy will be passed into the arrow in the direction that it is intended to travel in, so the arrow will fly slightly faster. Therefore, in small adjustments start at one end of the range and work your way to the other, aiming at the same point of the target, and record you grouping position (best done on a target at least 50m or you'll hardly notice the difference), you should notice the grouping move up then back down again. at the point where this is highest is the correct bracing height setting for you and your bow. Bear in mind that your nock height is going to have an effect to, the further offset it is from the arrow rest position the higher you nock height will become as you bring the bracing height down, so bear that in mind. I cannot remember the ranges for a 66" and 68" bow as I shoot a 70" and the range for that is about 22cm-24.5cm.

One thing to note with all of the above, this is very fine tuning. as long as you have your bracing height some where within the range for your bow length you should shoot fine.

I hope that helps.