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Don Case:
I did a bit of practice shooting this morning and noticed that a lot(most) of my shots hit the target with the nock to the left. I shoot right handed. I suspected spine but the five arrows I was shooting spine from 45 to 75#. I'm thinking I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas? I was shooting from about 10 yds if that matters.

bubbles:
Nock left sounds like spine to light, but if you're shooting 75# spine arrows, it must be quite the bow that you're shooting. Mark the spine on the individual arrows and see how they behave. From a 50# self bow, the 45# arrows should fly pretty straight, the higher the spine the more nock right the arrows will hit.

Don Case:
It's only a 45# bow. That's why I was looking for something other than spine. I've probably only shot 100 or so arrows since I took this up so the obvious suspect is me. The five arrows I've made are 47,55,65,65 and 74#. I can't see much difference among them. I'll have to spend a little more time at it. There should be an obvious difference between 47 and 74 shouldn't there?

bubbles:
Yes, there should be a noticeable difference between 45 and 74 in their flight patterns.  They sound like they might all be stiff for that bow.  Are they all the same length? Length and point weight also play a factor in this. Maybe try shooting closer to the target, the fletchings might be correcting the arrow flight at that yardage. Shoot at 5 yards and see what happens.

Josh B:
Did you have a right to left crosswind while you were shooting?  It sounds like a silly question I know.  But that would be a probable cause given that you were shooting such a wide range of spine and the angle was consistent.  Josh

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