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Pat B:
Without properly spined arrows for the bow and shooter accuracy is impossible. All the bow does is push the arrow. If the arrow is not spined for the bow and the shooter there is no chance of accuracy.
 The arrow is the prime part of the marriage, not the bow.

Pappy:
I have preached that for years Pat, if the arrow is tuned for the bow even the poorest tilled bow will shoot accurate , it is all about arrow and consistent form. That being said a well built/tillered/ no shock and well balanced bow will make the arrow tuning and consistent form much easier to accomplish so it all kind of goes hand in hand.
 Pappy

DC:
So carrying this to the extreme, if I was to mount sights and use a release, theoretically I should be able to shoot as well as a guy or girl with a compound. I guess the over center thing helps a lot too.

Pat B:
With trad bows it all has to do with properly spined arrows, consistent  form, draw, anchor and release. Center shot or not doesn't have anything to do with it. If you have a bow with a 2" wide handle you can shoot it accurately with properly spined arrows and consistent form, draw, anchor and release.

loon:
So maybe I don't suck that much, then? Hahaha. I wonder how did they did this spine thing 500 years ago in Asia. Or the native Americans. Probably a much more frustrating amount of experimentation..
I was getting horrible "groups", maybe 45" wide with a ~25-30# bow, thumb draw. Arrow on right side, arrows going to the right, and nock right. I switched to a ~40# bow, same arrows, they were going straighter and my groups shrank. But still pretty big. Maybe 20-25". But there was one time where I had a pretty small group of 3 arrows and some fliers with the weak bow...
All of this at 18m(20yd).. still very far from pie plate accuracy :\

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