brace ht 1965 Indian Archery recurve?

[tom-wisconsin]

#2547

Have 1965 Indian Archery Recurve. Not sure what the recommended brace ht should be. Any one know where I can find out? I would settle for educated guess.

Thanks

Tom

[tradbowman67]

#12106

Tom,
I have spent a lot of time finding and using older recurves (mostly Pearsons), and when in doubt, what I learned from some of the “old heads” that showed me the way, was to not worry so much about nock point at first, and start with the B.H. fairly low about 7 1/2, the work your way up about 3 twists at a time till you find the “sweet spot” as far as noise level goes. The spot where the bow first becomes quiet is usually optimum. It takes some time and playing with, but for me I’ve tried it on several bows that I KNEW the B.H. for and always find the “sweet spot” is usually at the high end of the recommended brace height. From there, it’s just a matter of setting the nock point for optimum arrow flight.

[Buzzard]

#20174

Tom, I’m with TBM67 on this one also. Most of my recurves are 60″ bows and every one of them is set at 8.5″s brace height. Your shooting style may need something slightly different but I’ll bet’in this’ll be close. Let us know how it turns out. Buzzard

[tom-wisconsin]

#45482

Had brace ht set at 8 1/4 inches but when I was adjusting the arrow nock I was using a metal nock and the nock pliers cut some threads of the string. So I bought a new string and no longer am I going to use the metal nocks. Lesson learned. The arrows were just a tad too stiff with that set up using a 58 inch string.

Just put on a new string, 57 1/4 inches long, marked 58 inches. Now at that brace ht my arrows are too weak. They were too stiff with the old string. Any one know about bow physics to explain this to me? Very frustrating to have to start over with tuning.

Tom

[Stephen Graf]

#46158

If everything else is the same. And the only difference is the string. Then the answer may be string material. If the old string was B-50 or some other polyester string, and the new one is fast flight or similar, then that would tend to make your arrows spine weaker.

Easy fix – add a little material to your side plate. Move the arrow out 1/16 inch. See what happens.

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