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Bare shaft breakage

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TSA:
you do need to be reasonably close to the final spine- thats where the charts get you off on the right foot.
was the shaft showing weak or stiff when it broke, go up or down a spine accordingly and try again.
if you are too far off, they will still break at times.

another thing i have done, is take your test arrows to a field- and shoot them- watch how they fly.
use a judo- or shoot at an angle that wont lose the shafts.
that can get you close without breaking shafts.
when you have a shaft that is a bit long and still a wee bit weak- then start bareshafting.

this is only necessary if your bow is an anomaly- and defies the charts. :D

Knoll:
If shooting from just 10' and shaft is reasonably close to appropriate spine and you're breaking shafts . . . your release may be culprit.

DC:
The last one was too stiff. All the ones I've broken before were too limp so I erred on the stiff side. Judging by the chunk left in the target it was nock right by maybe 3".

TSA:
mmmm, shouldnt have broken if it was off center by only 3 "
dunno what to say my friend! :-\

DC:
I keep thinking that the face material is too strong and has no give. It's that heavy white tarp material that big tote bags are made from. But if that's the case I'm sure someone else would have had the same problem. Maybe Knoll is right but I don't know where to go with that. People say, "Your release is wrong" but I've never seen anything to say what to do to correct it.

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