Three Under - You Were Right, Thanks

[USBP_1969]

I just wanted to say thanks to whomever it was who told me about a cure for an arrow “bumping up” slightly when shooting three under.

When I was told this I had been shooting 66” Howard Hill Longbows for years with a three under tiller with no problem, but when I tried to get perfect arrow flight from my grand daughter's three under tillered recurve, both bare shafts and fletched arrows came off the shelf nock high, no matter what I did.

This morning, after years of putting it off, I tried what had been recommended.  I attached a second nock set loosely directly below a nocked arrow and the came to full draw.  Just the old timer said, the lower (slightly loose) nock had moved down a bit to make room for the nock.  I crimped it in that location, drew and released. The normally nock high bare shaft flew like a dart straight to the target!  It was indeed a beautiful sight.

All I can figure is that since I shoot with equal string pressure on all three fingers, there's a radical difference in string angle upon release, This causes the arrow to slide down the string a bit and the second nock set stopped that from happening.

In any case, whomever it was that passed that info along, you have my sincere thanks.

USBP_1969