bareshaft tuning bow

[dbldroptyne]

Hello everyone, need a little help in diagnosing bareshaft impact. My bareshaft arrows are impacting very close to my fletched shafts.The point is in the bullseye,but the nock is pointing left. I am a right hand shooter.

[JRY309]

Sounds like the spine is alittle weak.What kind of arrows are you tuning.

[elk ninja]

Hey double,
Did you check this out?
 http://www.acsbows.com/bareshaftplaning.html
Mike

[katman]

What distance are you shooting at, 20 yds?, back up 5-10 yards and see what happens, if you are correctly spined the impacts will remain the same. Arrow flying nock left could be underspined or just the arrows tendency to lean left due to the irregular shaft surface or nock. Arrow flying straight but leaning one way after hitting target could be due to the target material. Moving back also gives you more time to view the shaft in flight. I like shooting a lighted nock at dusk.

[Flyrite]

It is important to watch the arrow in flight, not the impact angle on the bag, Katman is right about the bag causing diagnosis problems. Watch the arrow as it leaves the bow. If the arrow is nock left in flight it would indicate a weak spine. Remember to shoot the arrow ...say five times to rule out a bad release or...?. Good luck!

[SteveB]

Unless your form and release are dead nuts perfect, it is the grouping that matters - not flight or nock orientation.

Steve

[T Folts]

I just went thru this bareshafting some carbons.
I was so overspined my arrows looked weak, after advice from here I started increasing point tip weight. But I still got arrows nock left so I concentrated real hard at the best release I could and the same arrows would vary from nock left to straight to slight nock right so most of it is in my release. I've learned to shoot a bunch before making a change.

Terry

[Don Stokes]

The best target material is very soft foam, like an old sofa cushion. I bought big foam cubes from a furniture foam supplier. You won't break or warp nearly as many shafts, and the shaft orientation isn't affected by the material.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

what steveB said... look for flight, when you add fletchings the nock will be straight. Also remember to hold the bow straight up & down... No canter.

[Brent Hill]

Everyone sounds right on and assuming your form is right, sounds a little week.  However, fleching may cure that.  I have started bareshafting and then take my bare shafted arrow and put fletching on and test with field point and then my broadhead combo that I know will always hit dead on with a properly spined arrow.  If the arrow will hit dead on with all three, its good for me.  Assuming your are using carbons or aluminums, you can duplicate the arrow spine combination to get the same spine (and retest).

[Flyrite]

If you shoot instinctively, and use a grouping as your guide, your brain will adjust itself to bring the group to center. If you bareshaft in flight and smooth it out your bow will be shooting true.