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wooden shaft users?
The Singing Bowyer:
I taper the nock end, and have found I get a more consistent group and better flight---on the days when i can shoot, anyway.... ;)
Glenn R.:
I use nock taper shafts when hunting and most of my shooting. The latest issue of TBM had a great article on just such subject----I believe it was said nock tapered shafts had 8 or 9 ? percent better penetration than parallels and that nock taper had 18 ? percent better penetration than barrel tapered----something like that--don't have my mag. handy. I have always found nock taper to fly better/ cleaner and quieter off the longbow handle.
BigWapiti:
Sorry, but nock taper? - Does this mean it tapers from the nock to the point, or vice versa?
DanaM:
--- Quote from: BigWapiti on January 13, 2008, 12:46:20 am ---Sorry, but nock taper? - Does this mean it tapers from the nock to the point, or vice versa?
--- End quote ---
YUP, like a shoot shaft or cane does naturally
BigWapiti:
Thanks DanaM - just only had my first sip of coffee - so bear w/ me... So the thick end is at the nock, right?
Trying to remember back to what I have read, do a lot of folks also suggest thick end at the tip too? OR, is it that they use the "bottom" end (closest to ground) for the tip, and taper it appropriately (nock taper, etc)? Is the ground end more dense so adds punch power to the arrow?
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