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staveshaver:
I have been working on dogwood and privet shoots ,so far they are sanded ,straightend, and have self nocks .I shot them today to see how they fly from my flatbow ,and kind of primitively spine test them .Surprisingly 14 out of 18 of them had a very straight flight path @ 25'. This is with no fletching or point of any kind. My question is how much will a point and heat treating effect the spine and performance of those that flew well ?and is heat treating necessary ? Thanks

Kegan:
Points will affect flight, but it should be in a good way. At 25' you can't relaly tell just how well matched the arrows are to the specific bow. 20 yards is about the right distance, though 10-15 yards will usually suffice if you have enough feathering on the back end. I don't know about heat treating though?

Little John:
The way I was taught was to shoot at ten yards with your point but with out fletching If they hit straight into the target they will only do better with fletching. If the nocks leans to the left the shaft is spined light  to the right too stiff and this is for a right hand shooter.  Spine can be tweaked with longer or shorter arrows or lighter or heavier points.      Kenneth

Pappy:
That is the way I was taught also like Kenneth. You can also increase and decrease point weight to adjust the spine,heaver point will decrease the spine and lighter point will increase.  :)
   Pappy

mullet:
  You can also increase the length of the shaft. I shoot longer shafts,33" and can shoot them out of different weight bows with good results.

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