-------------------- Mr Terry.....will you turn on the crickets for me - Cade Cabrera Posts: 24189 | From: GAWGIA | Registered: Mar 2003
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Some folks here have recommended heating or boiling the nock horns to reshape them to the string. I'd recommend against that. Yes, heating nocks will soften the plastic and make it meldable but it'll also soften the adhesive holding the nock on. It's a great method for removing old nocks when repairing arrows...just heat and twist off. But as a string fit method it's risky/scary...just have one come off at a full draw release and you'll find out why in a hurry!
The safer approach really is is gentle filing. I use a small slim mill file that fits in the nocks just right...occasional cleaning and it lasts forever. The emery board disposables are also very good, as mentioned. Be careful, a little filing goes a long way.
Posts: 1780 | From: Maine | Registered: Apr 2003
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This is the first time I have heard of this. With a 16 strand string and probably too thick of a serving. With a new arrow I can actually pull the nock off the arrow before the string. Now this will relax some as I shoot them more. But with all the advantages I have read here about a proper fit nock, I can see some of the problems I have been having in shooting could be resolved. Can't wait to try
Posts: 97 | From: Utah | Registered: Jul 2004
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well, call me johnny opposite of johnny opposite!
just playin', robtattoo, you might be my favorite poster...behind ron laclair, of course. <grin>
i was amongst 2 mamas and 2 litters of hogs last week, with my german shorthair sally and my dachshund samson(be nice, now, they're enthusiastic amateurs, just like me), and every time i went to draw, the arrow came off the string.
fortunately, they were too busy with the dogs to notice my ineptitude, and i finally threw that arrow on the ground, nocked another......and missed a beautiful 25 yard shot.
still...i like that rascal to stay nocked.
'course i shoot with the advantage of a mechanical release.
my teeth.
joe
Posts: 232 | From: dickens county texas/grand junction colorado | Registered: Jun 2012
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I believe in the goldinocks principle. If its too tight its noisy and affects flight, if its too loose it can come of at the wrong time and cause a lost opportunity or dry fire (happened to my brand new bow less than 2 weeks ago). So you want them JUST right. Goldinocks. (errr Goldilocks )
Posts: 189 | From: South Africa | Registered: Sep 2006
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I took the emery board to my nocks. They were quite tight, with my 16 strand string. I cannot believe the difference it made in my accuracy. I am not sure if there are other factors involved but I am really happy I listened to the opinions of this thread
Posts: 97 | From: Utah | Registered: Jul 2004
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I have used the boiling water method where I submerge only the ears of the knock and have never had any issues. I would prefer this method instead of removing material.
Posts: 998 | From: Cherryville, NC | Registered: Jun 2011
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I like to sand out my nocks too but I like them to hold "just enough."
I've had them fall off my string in the treestand and had to go down and pick them up, that's a pain. In Africa I had two fall off the string while I sat on a steep and deep donga that was more than a "pain" because it affected the outcome of my hunt. Come to think of it I lost an arrow in a big spruce and it slid out onto the edge of a branch where I couldn't reach it and it took all kinds of fooling around to retreive it.
I'd still recomend filing them out though, as the otheres have said it makes a bid difference in accuracy.
Posts: 812 | From: canada | Registered: May 2007
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This has been helpful again for me. I agree that the nock has to fit properly-arrows stay on the string until lightly tapped. I'm about to "fingernail file" my 12 Surewoods from Snag after about 300ish shots through a new string from SBD strings. I read before about the serving "settling in" after some shooting. That seems to have taken place and now on to the nock work. I'm looking forward to the improved accuracy. It'll happen. This seems like one of those "little things" that can make a big difference. I believe it to be important as how can the arrow release cleanly if you to have pull it off with a "pop"? Method used is your choice, just make sure the fit is good.
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WHAT EACH OF US DOES IS OF ULTIMATE IMPORTANCE. Wendell Berry Posts: 1342 | From: Nova Scotia, Canada | Registered: Mar 2010
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One the other side of the coin, if they are too loose I have problems with them falling off and then I dry fire the bow. This has happened several times.
-------------------- I Corinthians 9 24-25 ...run in such a way so as to obtain the prize! Posts: 1196 | From: Stewartstown, Pa | Registered: Nov 2007
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