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Diligence:
Okay folks, bear with me on this one, maybe it's simple.

Barrage was telling me how great this embroidery floss was from a craft store near us, so I re-served my string with some.  Previously, I had just used some polyester thread I had around the house.  I went shooting last night, and let me tell you, I thought I was drunk.  Those arrows were flying all over the place...no consistency, and unpredictable.

Does new serving affect arrow flight?  Also, what substitutes for serving have you all used?  Is it cotton, poly or rayon?

Cheers,
J

PS...Barrage, you were right though, there are a million colors!

Barrage:
You must have got the wrong color... >:D

Serving material shouldn't have any effect though.  Were your nocks way tight after?

Diligence:
a bit tight, but I sanded them down to be just "one tap" tight.

Also, the bamboo arrows seemed to be really unstable in flight.....so much so on one of them that it looked as though I didn't have any forward weight....severe oscillations.

half eye:
Diligence,
        May be slightly off point, but I dont use any serving on my strings, not even at the loops. I feel that having my arrows "loose" on the string I get more consistant results when the arrow leaves. I find that most of my bows like it and I also have a very wide spine tolerence....while having the same point of aim. For what ever it may be worth.
Rich

Barrage:
Did the number of twists in your string change?  Sounds like something changed and arrows aren't spined quite right anymore.  If your arrows were right on the edge of spine tolerance and you changed something in your bow setup (or anchor / draw length?)...

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