Re: whisker biscuit or fall away
Well I'll throw in my two cents on arrow rests.....
Bisquit - the ONLY advantage to the bisquit is the silent containment of the arrow and the certainty that your arrow will not "clatter" off the rest as you draw on an animal. It is certainly adequate accuracy wise for hunting purposes but it is not going to be a tack driver.
Drop away- the great advantage of the drop away is in providing arrow clearance...especially in high speed bows with light arrows. With the speed and energy todays bows are generating the rate of spin of the arrow coming off the string often makes it very difficult if not impossible to get the fletches through a conventional 2 prong rest without having fletch contact. These rests will also minimize some of the archers common mistakes such as torqueing the bow etc...it will not eliminate the effects but it will minimize them. It will also minimize the effects a poorly tuned bow will have on the arrows flight.
Fixed lizard tongue - properly tuned and in the hands of a strong technical shooter this will generally be the most accurate rest available. It provides a constant point of contact to direct the arrow thoruout the shot with minimal surface contact with the arrow shaft. This type of rest should be shot with a loop tied to create a slight down pressure insuring consistant contact and pressure from shot to shot. This rest is most often seen in paper shooting (FITA) where speed is not a concern and arrows are generally VERY heavy and bow poundage tends to be quite light.
For an all-purpose rest for the hunter and casual target shooter I would reccomend the Trophy Taker Shaky Hunter. Its wide containment arms are almost impossible to lose an arrow off of while drawing. With a little felt applied in the right spots it is virtually silent. Also it is a very simple sturdy design...very little to go wrong on this rest.
As always...just my opinion
Chris
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