It was raining pretty good here yesterday morning so I pulled out a couple old DVD's to watch with my morning coffee. The first one I put on was Masters of the Bare Bow 2. I once again was very impressed with Steve Fausel and his shooting. When talking about his bow he mentioned his brace height and how this particular bow liked it very high. It appeared to be a black widow bow and if I had to guess the brace height I would have to say 10 inches plus. I'm wondering what would dictate setting the brace this high and if any wallers have ever had to do this. If so, what was the reasoning behind it.

My wright stalker recurve has 10.5 inch bh. extreme short bow and that's where the bow is designed to work according to the bowyer. -ted

Bows don't like or not like a particular brace height; shooters do. Granted, shorter bows generally require a higher brace height, but, in general, folks set brace height where it feels good to them. Some are looking for more performance. Some for a quieter bow.

An extreme high brace height is generally going to be quieter, but it robs the bow of performance. I've owned a lot of bows over the past 50 years, and I've never found it necessary to go to an extremely high brace height with any of them. Perhaps if I could communicate with them better, some would have expressed a need for a higher brace height. :>

With a 30 inch nominal draw length I will always brace a bow on the high side unless that makes it noisy. I have several bows that I braced at 9 inches or a bit more. Power stroke with a 30 inch draw and 9 inch brace is the same as a 28 inch draw and 7 inch brace height.

DDave

Many things can influence brace, including forward riser that push the pivot ahead as much as a few inches. My Carroll's is about 9 1/4 to 9 1/2 when shooting best. It would be smart for people to realize that brace can differ by an inch or more on the same bow at the same draw for two different people. It's just the way it is.

Another question on this same line. Would keeping a higher brace height in any way be detrimental to the limbs over time.

Not enough to be concerned with . Some of these guys let there recurves and longbows strung for months at a time.

What George said. As it pertains to glass bows. High brace heights can be death to self bows. Brace height is what it is. I've said a dozen times that I know of more than one professional bowyer that shoots their personal bow considerably outside the suggested brace height.

Doc --

It's a lot simpler. Back in the day, brace heights in the 10"+ range weren't uncommon for target bows on the indoor circuits. It allowed for a stiffer arrow, and there was less "string time". It was believed that made the rig a little more forgiving.

Yes, you can tune a bow to shoot with almost any brace height you like, by picking the right arrows and tweaking the other parameters.

Viper out.

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