STRING LOOP?????

[Guest BaerBucks18]

I've never had a string loop on my bow.....and now i'm starting to think that it would be a good idea. Sometimes when i draw back the arrow pinches and sometime it even falls off of the string.

Do you guys think i should have one put on my bow??

The only problem that I have with doing so is that it would make my draw length a half inch to long.....and then I would have to get a new cam to shorten it.....which would cost another $55.

I just wish that I would have gotten one put on when i bought my bow....so now i'm kinda in a bind

[mo_hunter]

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Maybe you could try a different release to shorten your anchor point back 1/2 inch. I love having a loop. My first bow was setup without one and I had problems with the arrow fallin off at full draw . After I put a loop on no more problems. I think you have this problem more on the shorter axle to axle bows.

[LifeNRA]

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I have one! Would not be without!

[muggs]

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they're more forgiving, but they tend to wear though. They sell metal loops that are really nice.

[Guest BaerBucks18]

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I'm shooting a Mathews Outback with a 28" draw......if i want to shorten it....would it be easiest to just buy a new cam that'll give me 27.5"

[AaronS]

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I won't own a bow that does NOT have a string loop.

[too_pointer]

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I agree, a loop of some kind, whether string or metal. I have used the metal ones, and didn't have any issues with them. If I had to let down when at full draw with an arrow, way to often the arrow would pop of the string, a loop should solve that problem. It also protects your servings

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[JimT]

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String loops are the way to go in my opinion. I do not really like the metal. Metal on metal can make noise. Therefore is stick to string.

[Guest BaerBucks18]

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Adkhunter, there is another post that will shorten it to 27.5" but then i only have a 65% let-off as opposed to an 80% let-off......i would rather stick with the 80%

[Guest BaerBucks18]

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I've been thinking about buying a TRU Ball thumb release....would that shorten up my draw length at all?...or would it pretty much stay the same?

[VaTechHunter]

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I think it would be worth using a loop (string or metal, whatever you like better) if it would keep arrows from falling off the string...but thats just me.

[tedicast]

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Baer.. A loop does not change your draw length. What it does is changes your anchor point. Is your release adjustable in length? Some releases are that may bring your anchor point back to where you are used to. If you are a 28 inch DL with out a loop, you are still a 28" DL with a loop.

If you shorten your DL 1/2 inch. Your anchor point may be where you are used to, but , if you are using a kisser button. it will be 1/2 inch from the corner of your mouth. Or if you use the string on your nose as a reference...it will be short of your nose.

[maddhunter]

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Baer.. A loop does not change your draw length. What it does is changes your anchor point. Is your release adjustable in length? Some releases are that may bring your anchor point back to where you are used to. If you are a 28 inch DL with out a loop, you are still a 28" DL with a loop.

If you shorten your DL 1/2 inch. Your anchor point may be where you are used to, but , if you are using a kisser button. it will be 1/2 inch from the corner of your mouth. Or if you use the string on your nose as a reference...it will not short of your nose.

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I agree!!!

And I also think you will not be disapointed with a loop.

Hands down the best addition to any bow!!!!!

[mitrrophybowhunter]

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A MUST!

[magnatecsteve]

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I'll never shoot without a loop either, sooooo much better than releasing from the string itself, and I shoot a Scott Little Goose, so metal loops are out of the picture.

[longislandhunter]

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I wouldn't hunt without one. Best thing I ever attached to my bow. After I first put it on it did change my anchor point a tiny bit, but it was no big deal. for sure go get one.

[EIGHTPOINT]

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Mathews bows are set the draw length it was built to. YOU are not suppose to twist strings and what not to slightly adjust the D.L. I am going through the same thing with my Switchback. I shoot 29" on my other bows but the Switchback to drawing longer . I ordered a 28.5 cam. and my pro shop will change it out for me. I could probably go the a 28 " cam but I will draw the 28.5" first and see how that feels.

If you are going the shorten your draw length on a Mathews, replace the cam with the appropriate one.

[Guest BaerBucks18]

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tedicast, you're right in the fact that your not changing the actual draw length of the bow by adding a string loop....but you are anchoring your bow a 1/2 in. farther back which is pretty much the same as your draw length being a 1/2 in. longer

[tedicast]

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tedicast, you're right in the fact that your not changing the actual draw length of the bow by adding a string loop....but you are anchoring your bow a 1/2 in. farther back which is pretty much the same as your draw length being a 1/2 in. longer

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no Baer... your anchor point being 1/2 inch back is not the same as lengthening your draw length. All it is doing is relocating your anchor point. If you were to shorten your DL 1.2 inch, yes, your anchorpoint would be close to where it was originally, BUT.... what ever you use as a reference, kisser button, or string on the nose, or both, will now be 1/2 inch short of where it was originally. Now your bow is 1/2" too short for you. DL is like show size, it is a measurment of you. It either fits, or it doesn't fit.

[VTbowman]

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On my SQ2 the cam is draw length specific. It is a 27.5" draw length cam. No adjustment at all. Believe me I looked and asked about it....

I was unable to shoot well with a loop because it made it feel to different in length.

I went to a Gator Jaw release, thanks to Josh (vtbowhunter) who just gave it to me. It basically gives the same benifits as the loop without the extra weight of having a loop on your string.

For those who dont know, the Gator Jaw is a double jaw caliper style release. (Sorry I do not have a pic..)

I love it....!!!!

[RatherBowHunt]

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in my experience i have shot without one ever since i started shooting and have never had any problems with it and i did how ever try a loop once and my bow would not shoot as accurate as i wanted so i went back to what i was accustomed to....JMO

[mo_hunter]

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tedicast, you're right in the fact that your not changing the actual draw length of the bow by adding a string loop....but you are anchoring your bow a 1/2 in. farther back which is pretty much the same as your draw length being a 1/2 in. longer

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no Baer... your anchor point being 1/2 inch back is not the same as lengthening your draw length. All it is doing is relocating your anchor point. If you were to shorten your DL 1.2 inch, yes, your anchorpoint would be close to where it was originally, BUT.... what ever you use as a reference, kisser button, or string on the nose, or both, will now be 1/2 inch short of where it was originally. Now your bow is 1/2" too short for you. DL is like show size, it is a measurment of you. It either fits, or it doesn't fit.

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tedicast is right on baer you are not changing your bows draw lenght by adding a loop. Depending in your adjustment in your release only your anchor point may change.

[maddhunter]

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tedicast, you're right in the fact that your not changing the actual draw length of the bow by adding a string loop....but you are anchoring your bow a 1/2 in. farther back which is pretty much the same as your draw length being a 1/2 in. longer

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no Baer... your anchor point being 1/2 inch back is not the same as lengthening your draw length. All it is doing is relocating your anchor point. If you were to shorten your DL 1.2 inch, yes, your anchorpoint would be close to where it was originally, BUT.... what ever you use as a reference, kisser button, or string on the nose, or both, will now be 1/2 inch short of where it was originally. Now your bow is 1/2" too short for you. DL is like show size, it is a measurment of you. It either fits, or it doesn't fit.

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tedicast is right on baer you are not changing your bows draw lenght by adding a loop. Depending in your adjustment in your release only your anchor point may change.

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So in other words you would have to shorten your draw length when adding a string loop to keep the same anchoring point.

[tedicast]

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So in other words you would have to shorten your draw length when adding a string loop to keep the same anchoring point.

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Yes. if you are happy shooting a bow this is now too short for you. If you end up adjusting your form to make up for the draw length being short, by either bending your bow elbow more, or craning your neck forward to the string, your anchor point will be right back where it was.

[NYBUCK]

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I just put one on my Outback, today as a matter of fact. Shot about 100 arrows. I think I am going to love this thing.