[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

It is. Though, hold it long enough and your arm will tire. You're holding I think 1/3 the draw weight at full extension.

It makes using an over-strength bow easier*, but I'm not sure how much easier.


When I was younger I could break over a 60 pound compound bow and hold it for several seconds, long enough to sight and take aim, but I couldn't do that with a 60 pound recurve.

Originally Posted by Anthony

You could design a compound bow with a draw force curve that didn't dip at the end, but it's hard to come up with a reason you'd want to.

cool cheers,

I thought that was the case but started second guessing myself, years of experience on the internet has left me a bit gun shy of making 100% absolute positive statements! ;-)