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DC:
I shoot off my knuckle. If the fletching hits my knuckle I raise the nock height until I can't feel the arrow go by. Is there any relationship between this adjustment and proper nock height?

burchett.donald:
DC,
      I have shot off the hand for years and have always felt the fletching and sinewed wrap brush my hand...Your bow may be shooting well with a high knock...I am a stickler when it comes to arrow flight using stone points...I need that arrow coming off like a drill bit...I start slightly above 90 degrees, say quarter inch...I have found when I achieve the flight I want on all my bows I will have a slight brush of the fletch lying down as it passes my knuckle, always...Usually never above a half inch at 90 degrees...
      Are you getting good flight...I do place my hand on the handle in the exact spot every time...If your fletch isn't coming out high then go with it...Knock to low and you will feel a burn and see the arrow kick up, to high and you will see slight porposing...
                                                                    Don
                                                                 

Pat B:
I use a Floppy rest now. It protects my thinning skin and still feels like I'm shooting off my hand. I also wrap the forward end of the fletching smoothly to prevent chafing(or worse) of my hand.

DC:
I use string wrapped around the serving so it's adjustable. Sometimes it gets a bit loose and will move on its own. If it moves down I will start to feel the arrow tickle my knuckle. I screw it up about a turn which may be 1/32" and it stops tickling. It's very precise. The arrows seem to fly fine as long as the nock point is within 1/4" here or there. So the method I have been using is to turn the nock down until I can feel the arrow and then turn it back up a turn. I just wasn't sure if this was close and thought someone else may have noticed the same thing. I'm not much of a shot so I don't know if I would notice if it was wrong.

bradsmith2010:
I dont use a nocking point,,
if the bow is tillered pretty good,, just a bit above 90 degrees,, should work,,
I just kind of eye ball it,,
I can tell if the arrow is flying good,,
on a shorter bow,, if the bottom limb is weak,, the arrow will hit your hand,,
on longer bows ,, seems easier to tune,,

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