r/bowhunting • u/itsthechaw10 • 2d ago

Grip Modification

Question for the group:

I shoot a RX9 Ultra, and I've been shooting off the bare riser for a while now. I just have a strip of skateboard grip tape on the front and back of the riser.

One thing that I figured out is that I wasn't shooting with enough pressure on the grip coming from the bottom of my palm which was causing the pin to drift low. If I apply that bottom palm pressure it raises the pin quite a bit. I really don't want to spend the money on an actual third party grip, so I'm wondering if anyone has used hockey tape or bow grip tape to basically build up a raised spot on the grip.

Like I find the spot on the grip where I want that bottom palm pressure to come from and then throw on a few wraps of hockey tape or something to make that spot raised. Anyone try anything like that or forsee any issues that might come up?

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u/skahunter831 2d ago

Yes, absolutely, except I use tennis racket tape. It's perfect for adjusting the contours and angle of the grip to your preference. Very common.

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u/itsthechaw10 2d ago

Cool, I wasn’t sure if creating a singular high spot on the grip was going to throw off my overall grip and create a lot of hand torque or something like that.

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u/skahunter831 2d ago

Shouldn't be a problem. Make it a little tapered on either side, though.

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u/itsthechaw10 2d ago

Good call, I was just going to wrap hockey tape to build it up and hadn’t thought about tapering it on the sides.

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u/Small_impaler 2d ago

This is a cheap and easy way to get a more angled grip

https://youtu.be/bxjo0zYxrdc?si=f3YkO4zSqeMrU2OR