Shooting with Stan
Got my new Stan SX2 compound release today. Up until now I've been shooting just with a back tension, which is a bit of a struggle when it's windy (and it's often windy).
First impression: this is a piece of technology stolen from the Klingons. Quite an agressive design - the silver side looks much meaner than the green side.
You can adjust the bejeesus out of it. The thumb trigger can be changed positionally (to lengthen or shorten the post, swivel the direction of the trigger, and change the angle of the post) and the amount of travel and sensitivity of the release action is completely configurable. Out of the box, it's so sensitive that just putting my thumb on the trigger sets it off. Played around with it a while to get the trigger in the first joint of my thumb, on a slight angle (the natural angle of my thumb when my hand is curled around the release), and cranked up the stiffness a bit. This ended up giving me a fairly dull trigger that's almost impossible to set off without a decent amount of backwards pull at full draw, mimicking my back-tension. Not sure, at this stage, whether this is a good setting or not; it does mean I don't punch it, but right now it gives me a slower release than my BT.
Very comfy to hold, very crisp and silent with none of the metallic "ping" that my Tru-Ball BT gives me on release. I think that swapping between this and the BT will keep me on the straight and narrow as far as sloppy lazy releases go.
Looking forward to Saturday to give it a good nudge at 50m.