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Offline jayman448

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bow tuning
« on: June 15, 2015, 09:54:46 pm »
This is somehing that i believed to be pretty much inconcequential... until i shot a tournament last week. I shot worse than i ever have in my life. Someone suggested my brace height and knock point were out of wack. So yesterday i rebraced my biw and moved the nock point up a quarter inch. What a difference! I or course did these consecutively and found that raising the nock point actually brought my aim farther right (which is perfect because i always shoot left) i have no clue of the physics behind it all but im sold. Tuning your arrows and bows is a must in my books. Just thought id share
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Offline Pappy

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Re: bow tuning
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2015, 05:34:40 am »
Yep, very important, can't hit where you look if the arrows are flying bad. :)
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: bow tuning
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2015, 03:43:50 pm »
 Here's what CROOKETARROW told me once. If your arrow dos'nt leap from the bow fly  like a dart to the target. There's something wrong. I'm sure you people that have tuned the arrow to the bow have seen what I'm talking about.
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Offline joachimM

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Re: bow tuning
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2015, 04:16:16 pm »
Changes in moisture and temperature can affect your bow's behavior. Because of that the optimal arrow placing can change through time, and that's one of the reasons why I rarely add arrow rests. Not that I'm a good shooter...   ::)

Especially sinew-horn bows can be very finnicky about that, as the stiffness of both the horn and the sinew depend a lot on moisture, much more than with wood. 
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