4"-5" on a recurve. When strung there should be about a 7-8" gap between the arrow shelf and the string. (at least thats where I found it was best on mine) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.ansteorra.org/pipermail/ansteorra-archery-ansteorra.org/attachments/20120417/40c603c8/attachment.htm>