Clicker stick's length

[Quackor]

One more of those magical things I can not wrap my brain around and therefore question it's credibility.

I am using Cavalier's magnetic clicker mechanism (yes, MECHANISM - so I like the word), and the other day at the range some guy who was helping me tune my stickapult says onto me:
- Oooohh dude, you need to cut your clicker man, it's too long.
- Huh? Too long?
- Yeah, its supposed to slide off a moment after it gets on the point of your arrow not off the end of it.
- Umm OK.

Didn't want to be rude and question the authorator ;) Has anyone here heard about that rule? Why does it make a difference?

[Flehrad]

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Does he mean that once you draw the arrow so that the clicker is on the point, it comes off? Instead of coming off the tip of the point, but off the side of the point?....

In reality, it doesn't make much difference because the clicker is just a consistency draw check device. The only difference is, having it set to the same position, but drawing it through the tip of the point will be further, thus more draw weight, more draw length and the associated things with that, while drawing it until it falls off the side of the point, is shorter.

I use a Beiter and have it set to fall off the tip of my point, never off the side...

[The One]

Tell him he's a turkey. He's quite wrong, having it come of the edge of the point instead of the tip is not ideal

[Archangel]

I would say 'goose' instead of 'turkey' but otherwise I agree with The One.

Presumably it makes no difference to draw length, because you'd set it to different positions. However it's rather more precise having it click across the end of the arrow, because the only thing that's important is what angle the clicker's set at. With it sliding off the top of the arrow, both the angle and the length of the clicker will affect it - which would make it a total pain in the ass to adjust.

I used to shoot one of the Cavaliers waaaaaay back in the day, but I ditched it in favour of a Beiter long ago. With the Beiter, there's a plastic cover on the end of it which is a pretty strong hint that you're *not* meant to do it the way he suggested.

[Progen]

Agree with Archie and The One but he's a cross between a turkey and a goose which explains the nonsense he gave you. I'm using a Cavalier, having switched from a Beiter. Love it, love the sound and the fact that you can just flip it up and put the shaft back on the rest if you let down in the middle of aiming.

Besides bending it, I didn't cut mine. Right now it's halfway between clicking on its little magnets as well as on the clicker plate. I'm hoping that after ten thousand clicks, the 6 arrows I'm using will have their points magnetized enough to give me tighter groups. :rolleyes: :-D

[Ja]

what the others said is right, to clicker should go off once ALL of the arrow has past it.

also, make sure the clicker is nice and close to the riser, usually this isnt a problem, but my old one was bent out and tearing the fletches off, easily fixed just by bending it closer to the riser

[grim_reaper]

hi all. bit off the topic here, but when i was at the worlds i saw a guy from America with a clicker (one of those ones that go below the arrow and spring up) nothing weird about this, but what was weird however was he was shooting a compound... why would you need one?

[Leighton]

Well, you don't need a clicker with a compound, but you can use one. I've seen some compounds where there is less than a millimeter of play when the compound is at full draw. He could be using the clicker as a sort of signal to punch the release if he's using a trigger. But if its a BT, I have no idea.

As for the original topic, look for help elsewhere, this person doesn't know that they're talking about with regard to clickers.

[Progen]

hi all. bit off the topic here, but when i was at the worlds i saw a guy from America with a clicker (one of those ones that go below the arrow and spring up) nothing weird about this, but what was weird however was he was shooting a compound... why would you need one?

You sure what you saw wasn't a dropaway rest?

[New Tricks]

I shot a clicker for a year or so on my compound to combat target panic. Jackson Fear shot a clicker for years and years and from memory he had the World (inner 10) compound record.

[SBR]

I'm pretty sure Frank Pearson shot with a clicker for years and was one of the best pro's in the 90's. Also as Alex said, Jackson fear shot with one as did Craig Trudgon and obviously Alex Reiken (all very good compound shooters).

[Jay.G]

- Oooohh dude, you need to cut your clicker man, it's too long.
- Huh? Too long?
- Yeah, its supposed to slide off a moment after it gets on the point of your arrow not off the end of it.
- Umm OK.



Thats rubbish, don't listen to him i had it that way for a while because the clicker was too short then i made a double jointed clicker and problem solved.
lol now i look back i remember i had a twig stuck on it for a while lol.