| Okay, you bought the compound bow, now you | | | | accuracy for the archer, time and time again. |
| need to accessorise, every accessory you add to | | | | In the tubing just before the weight in a stabilizer, |
| your bow serves a primary function. Most of | | | | is a component of vibration absorbing materials, |
| them resulting in better accuracy and precision. | | | | likely made up of mostly rubber, this is called the |
| A bow stabilizer is no different, understanding its | | | | dampening device. Its this dampening device that |
| function and how they can help you is the first | | | | allows the stabilizer to perform its second |
| step in determining if you need or want one. | | | | function, which is reducing the vibration the bow |
| A bow Stabilizer serves two main functions: | | | | makes when releasing the arrow, ultimately giving |
| | | | you a quieter shooting bow. |
| 1. Puts a balancing weight on your bow to keep it | | | | A simple bow quiver full of broadhead arrows will |
| steady and more stable. | | | | serve the same purpose as a stabilizer for adding |
| 2. It aids in absorbing excessive vibrations and | | | | weight, if that is all your looking for is weight. But |
| hand shocksNow truly understanding what a | | | | if your looking to reduce vibration or hand shock, |
| Stabilizer is and why its performance is important, | | | | then yes a stabilizer is what you want. |
| is the first step in determining whether you use | | | | There are many different stabilizers on the |
| one or not. lets examine the two functions. | | | | market today, but again, like most things in |
| What is the makeup of a Stabilizer? | | | | archery, you have to determine whether your |
| Unlike the first stabilizers on the market, when | | | | going to be target shooting or hunting with your |
| they were made up of heavy metal tubes, the | | | | bow. |
| stabilizers of today are actually made up of | | | | Typically, target shooting models are much longer, |
| carbon or plastics. | | | | usually 2 - 3 feet, then hunting models, which are |
| Now, even though one of the main functions of | | | | 6 - 8 inches and only weigh about 3 - 10 ounces. |
| the stabilizer is weight, the carbon or plastic | | | | Another thing to keep in mind, the longer the |
| material remains durable and lightweight enough to | | | | stabilizer the more steady your bow will be and |
| perform as well as metal without causing too | | | | consequently the more accurate you will be. |
| much weight to your bow. At the end of the | | | | Which is why the longer models are used for |
| stabilizer tube itself is the weight, the weights | | | | target shooting or competition shooting. But when |
| main purpose is to counter balance the bow, thus | | | | it comes to walking through the woods, they can |
| keeping it stable when being shot, consequently | | | | be quit cumbersome, which explains the shortness |
| allowing your arrow to follow a straighter path to | | | | of the hunting model. |
| its target. The stabilizer is designed so the weight | | | | Hopefully this has helped with any questions you |
| sits at the front of the bow giving you more | | | | may have on stabilizers and helps narrow your |
| consistency in aiming. The outcome is better | | | | search. |