Are there any ways to reduce hand shock?

[Faith In Flight]

I have a slight carpel tunnel problem. It seems shooting my Hoyt Gamemaster recurve makes that slight problem into a big problem. It really upsets it. I am enjoying shooting trad so much i'd hate to have to go back to a compound over this little problem. I dont notice the hand shock in the bow but apparently my wrists do. Are there any ways I can reduce this hand shock from my bow?

[JimmyC]

I think the four main control points are:

1. brace height - needs to be right
2. string type - usually smaller the better
3. silencers
4. to a smaller extent, arrow weight

Play around with it and see if you can fine tune the bow a bit.

[Bjorn]

The above is good........also tape your wrist with a tensor type bandage to help protect it. Some bows shock more than others, that would be a good thing to look into since you are enjoying Trad.

[Dalebow]

it is a metal recurve, your going to get handshock get a good wooden bow and you will be fine, my wife has carpel tunnel and has no problems shooting a wood bow

[vermonster13]

Switching the limbs over to the ILF ones with the DAS kit on the bow will calm it down and improve it's shooting.

[DAS Kinetic]

Fast Flight,
    I've found the Gamemasters vary quite a bit from bow to bow.  Here are some things to try:

1. Make sure the brace height is correct of course.  The GM,s that I've shot don't do well with low brace heights.  8"+ is better.  The stock strings are really ropes too.  Get someone to make a quality string for you.

2.  A set of limbsaver ultra solids mounted on the belly of the limbs at the fadeouts will help control the vibration from the limbs

3.  Lining the limb pads on the riser with cork or some similar material will help.  Be sure to keep it thin (around 1/16"), and replace the limb bolts with 1/4" longer ones

4.  A stabilizer or riser weight screwed into the stab hole will help vibration and will improve the balance of the bow.

5.  If you have a shaker, my guess is the limbs are a big contributor.  Replacing the limbs with a quality set will do wonders for that bow.  Most short ILF limbs can be adapted to that riser.  Any of the older short Hoyt Gold Medalist limbs make an excellent upgrade, and can be found used for pretty reasonable prices.  The Gold Medalist carbon plus foam core limbs are an excellent choice.  The older carbon plus maple cores are also excellent limbs.

 Start with the easy / cheap stuff and see how it goes.  The Gamemasters can be made to shoot really well.  Some are pretty good right out of the box.  Some need a little help.  If you don't feel like hunting stuff up yourself, I have most all the parts on my website to do the work.  I'm a sponsor here so I'm easy to find.

Hope that helps ...........  David

[Faith In Flight]

Thanks for all the good suggestions guys, i'll start giving some of them a try.

[Van/TX]

Do you grip the bow tightly?  If so quit.  Good luck   ...Van

[SilverTip]

what Van said, he beat me to it. lol. It took me years to figger dat out.  


                   Billy

[buck-tamer00]

BEND UR ELBOW  A BIT

[Shawn Leonard]

Ya can add a stabilizer as well, the make strap on adapters to hold fishing reels,stabilizers and other stuff. Shawn