Two Nocking Points - An Insurance Policy

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Two Nocking Points - An Insurance Policy
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Getting some questions about why I use two knocking points. Listen there's a lot of people
out there giving tuning advice right now and there's always more than one way to do things
and I'll tell you why I personally like two knocking points. I want to ask you this question
when it comes to archery gear what is one thing or two things that wear the most?
Okay the number one thing I think when it comes to wear is going to be your D-loop because your
D-loop just like back when we clipped on underneath the serving that serving always used to wear out
when we'd clip our release directly on there we ended up going to a D-loop as an industry
so that we could just replace the D-loop and we weren't having to continually redo our serving
and our knocking points because you change the D-loop whether it's to change it for length or
fit or change it for the wear on different types of releases or different brand releases can wear
something more or wear something less but if the top of your D-loop is your knocking point
technically if you don't have two knocks if you're using one knocking point if the top of that D-loop
is technically your knocking point because it's your arrow is riding right there then if you have
to replace this D-loop or if it ever comes done or if you are turning it in a camp which a lot
of people I've seen them turn their peep or their D-loop in order to get their peep rotation correct
as you turn this D-loop on that string it's going to corkscrew down so it'll go lower as you go
around one way and it'll go higher as you go around the other as it wears and starts to smash
it might get that arrow get higher up against that and so all that starts to change the knock
position and that is going to affect accuracy if you're ever on the road and all of a sudden
your D-loop you notice it's cut and it's risky whether or not you're going to go out on a hunt
with a high poundage bow and risk that breaking you could replace it in a camp and never change
your tune at all if you get the length wrong you might change your fit or your feel on your face
but you're not going to change the accuracy it only takes millimeters back here of movement to
affect a lot down the range so I like two knocking points my top knocking point is one less extra
tie than the bottom and that way I have my release directly behind that arrow shaft just like this
when it's on there okay when that pressure's on there I know that there's a lot of talk about
the knocking point position or how many to use I use two I do have the bottom a little bigger
than the top and I never have to worry about making a quick D-loop change that would affect
my accuracy as well as my fit so two knock points are an insurance policy that's why I use them
