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    Feb 27, 2020 5 minutes

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    I'M THINKING ABOUT TRYING A KISSER BUTTON. THEY SEEM TO GO IN AND OUT OF FASHION?

    The kisser button is a simple device attached to your recurve bow string to help with shot consistency. The logic behind it is that it is one more reference point on the face to ensure that the string and drawing hand are set in the same position shot after shot.

    Attaching the kisser button accurately to the string is essential, and it is important that it references a place on the face that cannot or does not move during the normal shot cycle. Most set it up so that it touches a certain part of the top lip: hence the term kisser button.

    Unlike stabilisers and clickers, a kisser button is not universally used by the very best archers; it is more of a personal choice

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