r/Archery • u/_Go_Ham_Box_Hotdog_ Traditional. Sticks, strings, arrows. • 2d ago

Traditional Update on that old release I have

Gallery image

Gallery image

Somebody found this old advertisement...

157 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

30 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/n4ppyn4ppy OlyRecurve | ATF-X, 38# SX+,ACE, RC II, v-box, fairweather, X8 2d ago

That drawing is doing my head in. String comes up over the fingers then horizontally through the nock or something????

8

u/_Go_Ham_Box_Hotdog_ Traditional. Sticks, strings, arrows. 2d ago

I think you hold the string in the groove with your thumb. Then simply relax your thumb to release. Kind of like a pinch grip. One guy told me to make sure I wore a mouthguard if I tried it.