HOW TO SHOOT A TRIGGER RELEASE (Which release should you shoot?)

Lancaster Unboxing. Welcome back everyone. Diving in the season, the season of archery, the season of things. We're gonna start diving more into archery things because hunting season's over, obviously. So PJ, my friend PJ, sent this over and kind of an interesting product. This is the True Ball Stinger XT. This is supposedly the most sold release that Lancaster Archery Supply sells. So the most sold release out of all releases is this bad boy. And it's a relatively cheaper release. You probably have seen these. You might be using one, but you probably have seen them if you haven't used one. Just laying all around in pro shops. It is your classic beginner style release for pro shops. So what we're going to do is open this up. I really want to see how sensitive, how good we can get this release to shoot. If you can actually shoot this release on like a higher level, or if it is more of a beginner release. And then kind of go from there. They say it is deadly silent, pull trigger to open, let up to close. So that's good. It's just one swivel. There is a sensitivity adjustment. So that is super awesome. Adjust draw length easily by cutting two and tightening the screw. Okay, we'll have to figure that out. So that is good. You can adjust the length of it. That was my number one concern. Open this up. Stinger XT. Most popular release. Not just trigger release. Most popular release. There we go. We got tested to 100 pounds right there. So Super Bare Bones, we have a typical strap here. And let me say this also before we dive too far. This is going to be a great video if you're just getting into archery, just getting into bow hunting, trying to understand releases, trying to figure out what release to get. Maybe you're wanting to upgrade because we are going to go through some other type of releases, how to shoot them, why you should look into those. But I guess we're going to start at the ground zero of just a simple trigger release. And this is probably the most simplest one. So we have super simple just standard leather strap. This strap from True Ball actually comes on the majority of the releases from high to low. This is the strap. We have this mechanism where I just read the instructions. This is like a rubber tube, they said, and you can cut it to change the length of it. So we're definitely going to mess around with that because this throat level is really long. When you have your release on, you want your finger to be able to wrap around that super well. And this looks pretty long right now. So we'll have to see how that looks. Simple trigger open. Oh wow. Yeah, so it's just you pull on it to let go and then you let go and the spring shuts the clamps again. I do like this jaw system that it opens up in the middle. I think that like creates a really clean D-loop release. Stinger XT, there we go. So I guess there's really not a lot to talk about this product. That's why we're going to talk more about process and why you shouldn't shoot one thing over the other in some form. So we're going to get that wrapped around how you want to install trigger style releases. You want a little bit of room, but you don't want it super loose. You don't want it so loose that it's like way up on your wrist like this. You want it tight enough. You don't want it so tight that it's cutting off circulation. You just want it tight enough to where you can still move it around, but when you go to shoot it really hooks in. It looks about like that on you. So I can tell right now that that's not too bad. But it definitely, when I get some tension on it, it's probably going to be more around my fingertips. So let's go ahead. I thought these were the arrows I was going to shoot, but these are not the arrows going to shoot because they're not fully made yet. 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These are actually the ones that I shot. And I think every single one of these I shot a deer with this year because this is what I'm down to. I got a steel, or I actually stole these because now I need to build these for me and put some inserts in. So I guess before I knock an arrow, you can kind of see I get some tension on that. I reach around. It's a decent amount. I have a feeling once I get some more poundage on it, it's gonna be even farther forward, which I don't like. So it is nice that literally you just clip it right on. I do like that. You don't have to like bring your thumb around or clip it on. I have some other examples I'll show you guys here in a little bit. Okay, let's see here. Yeah, so see how far forward that is for me. I can't really wrap that around. We're gonna fix that. We want that to be way deeper in there so that I can really wrap around, get some good tension, and get some proper falling off. So they said I need to cut it, and I'm guessing we tighten that down. So I'm gonna guess I probably need it like that much shorter. I've never done this before, so bear with me. Now let's take it off so we can slip that through. Okay, so you just grab on to that bolt, and then you can spin. Ow! Don't do that. Grab on to the nut, and then you just spin it right off. Okay, that is the tube section that I cut off. And man, that's a lot of bolts sticking out there. They say you can adjust it that way. Easy peasy. Okay, so we have that a lot shorter. You can see that is running down there a good bit. Honestly, if it does land right here where I want it, I could maybe cut that off to make it a little shorter. But we have it a lot shorter, more how I like it, and we can still, you know, extend it out or back it in, and all we did is cut off this little tube section. And I think the only reason they have that tube is just to make it look nice for one, and to make it more quiet so that it doesn't bang on anything. So let's pull this back again and see how we feel. You always want to pull back, for those that haven't shot this before, always pull back with your finger behind the trigger. You don't want to be out like this or anything, because all it takes is one little tap, and you're sending them downrange. Okay, that's better. See how I have it wrapped around? You want it good tension. You don't want to be reaching for it or anything. That actually fits really, really nice. Okay. So it is adjustable, sensitivity-wise, but that, honestly, how it was set up was not too bad. So I'll run you through how I activate one of these things, how I shoot them. So obviously we have it in the correct position now, the correct length, like to wrap my finger around, and then as we push and pull, we pull against the back almost slightly, your finger kind of drags along the trigger. Very similar to how you shoot a button, it's just a different part of your hand. Obviously use your thumbs and your index, but you just drag, drag it along, you increase pressure, and eventually it just goes off. You build up enough pressure in there that it just fires. Honestly, how it's set up right now, it's not bad at all. But what's key is what I just did, shortening it up a bunch. So many times, you guys have probably seen these in pro shops too, they won't shorten them up. They'll leave them super long. Then you go to test shoot a bow, or maybe you've been running it like this for a long time, and you're like reaching for it. You can barely get the tip of your finger out on it. You don't want that. That helps promote bad form. It helps promote target panic because you're reaching for it, you're slapping the trigger. You don't want that. What you want is a shorter throat. It will wrap your finger all the way around. Increase pressure, push and pull, and it just goes off. It goes off naturally, almost surprises you the same way other releases would surprise you. It's actually not that bad of a release once you get it set up properly. I have definitely shot these with them super long, and that's no fun. Yeah, this will play just nice now. So that is how I would set it up, just like that, and if I knew this was my spot more permanently, I would probably cut off some of this, just with a pair of pliers or a Dremel or something, just to keep it a little shorter and nicer in there. What I am going to show is this. It's obviously a very, very budget-friendly one. If you're just getting an archery or you're just on a budget, this will be great. This honestly feels really good, nice and sensitive. You can adjust the sensitivity even more if you want it harder or lighter just by that little set screw right in there. You just turn it in and out, and it'll adjust the sensitivity. This was a release. This was another true ball release that I was running for a long time. You can see I was doing some fun Dremel work on this, but it's the same sort of deal, but it just has a hook, a clasp right here, and you pull down and that clasp releases, just like that, but there's a little bit more adjustability to it. Same with this one. This is actually Caitlin's. This was a B3. You have more adjustability. We got four spots here, so it can go in and out this neck to get it where you want it, and there's also just a hook right there. I believe there's micro, and there's also micro adjust right here. So essentially as you upgrade, get to higher levels of like hunting style trigger releases, the adjustability just makes it a little bit easier. You don't have to use, you know, like a bolt style like that. It's just, you know, pop an Allen wrench screw out and put it back in. I wanted to say I had some Target ones, but I don't think I do anymore. Target trigger releases even go up in adjustability from that, so the tension is super, super fine-tuned and adjustable. It's a little bit more crisp of a release. There's less travel in the trigger, and then of course the in-and-out adjustment. So these are trigger style releases. Obviously you have, you can get your $20, $30 triggers all the way up, you know, these more adjustable ones are gonna be like $80, $90, $100, $150, and then you have your premium Target ones, which are more $200 plus, it can get more expensive. And then we have our button style releases. This is obviously the UltraView button. This is a very premium button, all sorts of adjustability, but the biggest thing, the biggest difference is you hand held it. Like you hold it in your hand, you have no sort of straps, no nothing, and you activate the release with your thumb. So very similarly, the form and the technique on how to fire it is very similar. And I've talked about this before, any style release that you shoot, you should all be activating them very, very similarly. So you can, you know, if you're well-trained, you can pick up any sort of release and shoot it just about the same. It's the same technique, the same thought process. So with this, this one, with the button release, you obviously pull back, and you rest your thumb on the barrel, and then the same sort of thing. You push and pull, push and pull, let your thumb drag on that barrel, increase pressure, increase, and then it just goes off. It almost surprises you, same sort of thing. It's just a handheld version instead of a trigger index. But same mechanism, you're increasing pressure, you're allowing that movement, the movement's okay. You need the movement to make it go off, because to actually functionally go off, it needs to move. But we're not punching, we're not reacting, we're controlling, and we're dragging your thumb or dragging your index finger across, push and pull, and then it just goes off as normal. On the total flip side, we have what's called a hinge style release. This is also a handheld release. This is the UV hinge. This style still uses similar philosophies of making the trigger go off, but there is no trigger to press. There's nothing to, you know, press a button to make it go off, or press a trigger to make it go off. What this does is there's a rotational movement, I guess you have to do, and there's internal moons in there, and I guess to kind of show the analogy. There's your hook that clips on to the D-loop, and then there's this hinge, or this latch system, and they overlap. And as you rotate, as you rotate, they keep slipping, they keep slipping, they keep slipping, then boom, finally, it releases the latch that's attached to the D-loop, and it goes off. And to reset it, you just flip them back into place by, you know, this whole mechanism. You just flip it back into place, and it's on the hinge, and then the rotation, you rotate, rotate, rotate, and that's the click, which I'll talk about in a second, and then rotate, and then boom, it finally goes off. It's literally just two moons, two latches, two ledges, however you want to talk about it, and they slip, and they rotate, until boom, they finally fall off, and that's the rotational. The click that you guys just heard is, it's literally machined into one of those moons, that when you cross there, it pops down, and it actually is metal on metal, and it's the click. And that, all that does, is it says, okay, you're in the right spot, keep moving. Now, people use it in different, you know, situations, it's very customizable, for the length of it, and everything. Some people, when they get to full draw, they want the click to go, to be like, okay, I'm set, I'm in the right spot, on the direction of the moon, like I'm further enough along, I have about, you know, two, three, four seconds, to keep rotating, until it finally goes off. So, we have hinge release, handheld, slightly different way to go off, but still the same principles. You still want to get at full draw, get on the back wall, push and pull, continue the movement, continue aiming, and then a good surprise shot, when it does happen. So, get to full draw, get through a click here, click, and then keep pulling, keep pulling, and then it goes off, and it just surprises you. So, all the different types of releases, and then there's a tension style release, I don't have one on hand right now, but it's set up in a way, which is great for battling target panic, it's set up in a way, there's actually no buttons, no ledges, no nothing that makes it go off, other than an internal mechanism, where you push and pull, and you finally break over a set poundage, on your back wall, where the mechanism releases. So, you are truly pushing and pulling, until you've reached 18 pounds, or whatever you have it set at, on your back wall, to finally break and release. So, we have trigger style, button, and then hinge. So, it's kind of like the tier system, if you want to look at it as a tier system, or whatever, very beginner, more advanced, very advanced, slash training tool, this can be used very much so as a training tool, but as a beginner, it's so great to start out on one of these, but it's also very important that you do it correctly, get it set up correctly, for your hand, for your anchor point, make sure it's short. Number one problem with these, that I see, is they're too long, the neck's too long, people are reaching for them, so don't be afraid, customize it, if you have one of these, make sure you shorten them up, shorter the better, in my opinion, you, you, you can be too short on these, because then you're like, wow, I'm way deep in here, that is a problem, but you want to have it about to where your finger is nice and relaxed, at this 90-degree angle, at this knuckle right here, so that you can bury your finger into that trigger, push and pull, and make it go off. The True Ball Stinger XT, a great budget style release from Lancaster Archery Supply, their number one selling release, which is so wild to me, with all the releases that they have, but it's just a great, good budget release, make sure you set it up properly, any sort of release you have, make sure you have good technique, right now, I could pick up any one of these releases, shoot it properly, and shoot well, what is the differences of the releases, is obviously the, the repeatability of it, and the adjustability, and how nice it feels, there's all sorts of things, but if you have proper form, if you properly execute them, you can shoot them all the same, you can shoot them all well, so, yeah, True Ball Stinger XT, make sure to check it out, LancasterArcherySupply.com