Best type of rest for finger release

[BugSlugger]

I know I'm going to get a lot of varying opinions on this.. but here we go.

I'm just starting to shoot bows. My wife got me a Reflex Bighorn Intruder (very slightly used). I've been shooting it for about a week now and can consistently shoot 3 inch groups at 15 yards. (probably not the best, but hey, I'm just starting) My question to you all is this....

The rest on the bow is a standard flipper rest. I'm noticing a lot of marring on the flipper rest and on my fletchings. I've got the nock set so that I've got one fletching horizontal to my left. ( -< ) Should I be seeing this marring? Second question is this... Would a prong style rest be better for finger release, or is this more towards the mechanical release systems?

I'm not entirely positive how well tuned the bow is. I'm going to be taking it down to Archery Unlimited in GR to get it tuned, and before I do that, I want to make sure I have the rest on it that I'm going to use.

Any advice, opinions appreciated.

Ron!

P.S. I can't believe how much more time I'm going to have to hunt this year :)

[john warren]

sounds like a good start on a shot group to me. a flipper rest has worked for finger shooters for decades, yes you may get some fletching wear, some tuning will reduce it to tolerable levels. go to a proshop and have them check your setup. but i wouldn't worry too much about it if your getting good groups. if your getting erraic flight then i'd look harder at it. just shoot a heck of a lot and enjoy it.

[TnRidge]

I allways used a flipper rest with a plunger button when I shot fingers . A Whisker Biscuit works good for a finger shooting rest too .

[Dave49749]

I use three fingers under and bare fingers:

I bought a Golden Key Star hunter ($20) and as a bare bow shooter it works very well. Just my 2 pennies.

Dave

[GVDocHoliday]

Don't get me wrong here, I totally love GKF rests, in fact all of my bows are decked out with them. But I discovered that the NAP Quicktune 700 is a much better rest for fingers. The adjustments are better and the arrow holding abilities are better. I always had trouble with the flipper arms moving around on the starhunter and it was causing havoc with my fletching and grouping. The NAP is more solid and like the GKF, you can remove the lateral flipper and use a plunger button. The NAP is currently on my Dad's bow and he's shooting it fairly good for a newbie.

[Dave49749]

Doc that is a valid point I have to cant the bow during the draw or the arrow will fall off the rest, even so it does fall form time to time. I went to NAP site and I did not find a 700 but a 750 and it does look like a better mousetrap. I know you shoot an Oneida as well so I think I will have to try the NAP thanks for the tip.

[john warren]

your getting the string too far back into the knuckle. keep it on the first pad of the finger and it will be drawn towards the rest , i can draw my bow at nearly 90 degrees to verticle and the arrow stays put.Doc that is a valid point I have to cant the bow during the draw or the arrow will fall off the rest, even so it does fall form time to time. I went to NAP site and I did not find a 700 but a 750 and it does look like a better mousetrap. I know you shoot an Oneida as well so I think I will have to try the NAP thanks for the tip.

[savagethirty06]

Glad to hear you picked up the stick and string... when I shoot fingers, I think my all time favorite rest is the golden key/futura Hunter Supreme... it has a plunger coming through the riser and a flipper that extend behind the riser so the fletching can go between the flipper and plunger... I use it on just about every bow except my Hoyt which i have a drop away rest...

Another good rest made specifically for finger shooters is the Bodoodle... little more pricey but it's a sweetheart of a rest

[GVDocHoliday]

Yes...My bad, it's the 750, not 700. It's a real solid rest. When I shoot fingers I always put the string deep into my fingers, then when I anchor I slip the string up to the first pad then release. I actually kind of do this during the draw cyle, I start with the string in the middle crease of my fingers then let hte string slip forward as I bring to anchor.

[TnRidge]

I forgot all about the Quiktune 750 . I used to have one on my fingershooting bow . Nice ,simple rest for fingershooters .Whatever rest you choose ,it needs to have some lateral give to it because the arrow will bend sideways more when shot with fingers .

[BugSlugger]

Whatever rest you choose ,it needs to have some lateral give to it because the arrow will bend sideways more when shot with fingers .

Ok.. I've never understood this, and I really do want to. Is it just because of the drag of the fingers that the arrow wants to bend?

I've been looking at the quicktune and have just about decided that this is the rest I'm going to go with. Thanks everyone for all the input.