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bradsmith2010:
I think you arrows are too lite in spine,,
I know they are supposed to go left it to heavy,, but if they are way under they will go left too,,,
also,, I think you have moved your hand way to the right of your eye to get to 30 inch draw,,
that will move the impact to the left,,
try canting the bow so the arrow is under your eye,,
with a heavier spine arrow, ,your left and right should be much better,,
dont be afraid to change your arrow to something that hits where you are looking, that will increase your odds of success,,
sometimes overpractice,,, can be a bad thing,,as well,,
I have alot of arrows,, sometimes I shoot 5 different spine arrows,, and the one that hits where I am looking is what I go with for that bow,, there is always one arrow,, or spine arrow that shoots the best with a given bow at a given time,,
hope that helps,,
ok one more thing,, make sure you are not putting too much pressure on your bottom two finger on release,, :)

aaron:
You said the arrow was slanting left into the target... to avoid any possible confusion, can you be more specific. Was the tail left? Still want to know how wide the handle of your bow is.

bjrogg:
100 grains, thanks for the additional info. By bareshaft slanting to left I'm thinking your saying the notch end or tail of arrow is leaning left. I'm also assuming your shooting right handed off the left side of bow. If that is all correct then it would seem your dynamic spine is to weak. You could go with shorter shaft or lighter point to stiffen your dynamic spine. To my way of thinking 100 grains is already about as light as I think I'd want to hunt with but I may be wrong. I would be tempted to bareshaft your 50-55 but your most likely going to need heavier points if you do that which might throw of your distance shooting short term. You could maybe try lighter point or shorten shaft 1/2 " at a time. Good Luck grapefruit sized group at 15yards ain't to bad hopefully tuned arrow will put them where your looking as Brad said don't be afraid to change your arrows when you get the right combination it will be worth it.
Bjrogg

100grains:
Aaron- By slanting left I mean that the nock was farther to the left than the tip poked into the target. There is a cut in shelf and that brings it close to centershot but the arrow still angles away so it is less than 1/4 in from centershot in the handle.

Well the more I mess with this setup the more I feel like I'm chasing my tail.

The 50-55# spined arrows at the same length group very slightly to the right from that bow. While shooting a recurve or a lighter weight self bow I have no issue whatsoever with shooting to the left using those arrows.

My next choices seem to be use a different bow, cut in the shelf further, or aim to the right.

Additionally since I only have an inch or less of clearance from the riser should I cut them to length such that the broached just touches my knuckle at full draw?

aaron:
Ok, thanks for the clarifications. Seeing as the bow is near centershot, I agree with everyone that the arrows are too weak. I would just build out the strike plate. That is add leather to the sight window to make it less centershot.

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