If the center of the grip is center of the bow. What is the best shelf height for split finger shooting? Or better yet what is the most common ?
It can vary - some people like the arrow close to their hand so the shelf is cut just above center of grip. Others like it higher off their hand. 1" to 1-1/4" is probably pretty common. I like mine shelf close, but that is just a personal preference.
I grip the handle with my middle finger at the center and mark the top of my hand for the arrow pass.
I been using 1" for a long time but been thinking about adding an 1/8. It would give me more of a radius for the shelf. I've been experimenting a little and can't find much difference between 1" 1 1/4 "
I do pretty much what you just described Mike, I go 1.125 or 1.25 and then radius the corner of shelf and sight window and end up about an inch. I shoot split with a high anchor and usually tiller even.
In my bows the shelf is precisely at the top of the handle.
Are you guys saying your shelf is 1 1/4 above the handle? Why in the heck would you do that?
How do you cut the shelf just above center of the grip? That's shooting through your hand.
I have no idea what you guys are talking about.
No, 1.25 above bow center, it ends up right at top of hand....
The 1" I've been using puts the arrow right on top of the knuckle. I was just curious what everyone else did. Was thinking I'd like to cut the shelf a bit different but might just leave it alone.
Ok Ken, I get that, and that's how I do it too, I prefer asymmetrical bows, but that's not how these posts read when we started off with "If the center of the grip is the center of the bow".