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PEARL DRUMS:
Hitting consistently left with fletched arrows is telling you they are too stiff.

Muskyman:
Okay, I did some more shooting today and am still not sure what is up yet.. I took one arrow and took the fletching off it. It’s 55-60 lbs spline according to 3 rivers. Bow is 48-50 pounds at 30 inches. So you’re saying you shoot arrows splined less than your bow’s poundage? With 125 grain field tips.
I took some slow motion videos of my arrows flying but they haven’t loaded onto my iPad yet and are hard to see that great on my phone with these old eyes 👀. I’ll look them over when they load up. I think I’m part of the problem because I’ll get a few shots that seem really good bare shaft then some not so good. Might be trying to see what they are flying to quick.

bentstick54:
Yes, but I’m only drawing 28”, and I cut my arrows to 28-1/2” from throat of nock to back of point. If your bow is 48-50# @ 30” it’s probably closer to 42-45# @ 28”.  How long are you actually drawing, and did you take that into account? Lots of variables, form, arrow length, point weight, type of string, are just a few.

Muskyman:
My draw length is 30 inches. Arrow length is 30 1/2. I been trying different tip weights. 14 strands D97. I have test arrows from 35 to 80 lbs. I’m narrowing it down. Best I’m seeing so far is a 55-60 lb spline wt. 160 grain tip. Still playing with it but getting better results. Probably do more testing tomorrow.

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