recurve release aids???

[mikeyboi]

i am goin 2 start shooting recurve prehaps this year,
and i would like to know if its possible(and within the rules) to shoot a recurve with a release iad.

i would be shooting the recurve with sights n stabilizers and all that so yer


any help will be greatly appreciated

[Bruce]

You can't use a release aid with your recurve .

It must be finger release , all of the sighted divisions for recurve are Limited , hence finger release .

[mikeyboi]

oo ok, im only still a newbie to archery so thnx

[Liam M]

Iv'e just been thinking about this and was wondering is this even do-able??? I know i'd never try it...
If anybody's ever tried this just to play around or to do a road test, what happened???

[ACE]

Actually liam, i gave adam my BT for an afternoon when he was shooting that old green longbow. Quite a giggle really

I wish you could use them though, itd make for a very steady, quick shootin machine!

[Liam M]

Never going to happen though....

I spose i'll go ask him, he never told me that. That would have been a laugh.

[Steve_Barratt]

I am aware that release aid (the first back tension) were invented when only recurves existed...so yes you can and they worked ok as I am lead to believe.... would be fun to try might have to drag out the recurve and see what happens

[Mark Burrows]

Actually some of the earliest release aids were made from timber that resembled a small dum bell. A loop of string/rope was tied to one end. This was then looped around the bow string and held back onto the round timber knob with the thumb. The knob on the other end was to stop the release slipping out of the hand. The bow was drawn and fired by relaxing the thumb. This was well and truly before compounds were invented.

[Liam M]

I had a go shooting a back tension release with a old long bow the other night after we finnished indoor. Boy was that scary. At least i can say ive tried it now and i know what its like...

[mikeyboi]

i finally got around to testing this last night, i used a handheld trigger( not backtension) and it was alot of fun, weird at first but yer, turned out to be great

[Liam M]

sweet, i'll have to try it with a trigger release, i bet its much eaiser than trying to do it with a bt releases