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Author Topic: anyone use 4 fletchings???  (Read 407 times)

Offline frankwright

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Re: anyone use 4 fletchings???
« Reply #20 on: June 07, 2010, 11:01:00 AM »
I shot 4 4" feathers for a good while and they worked great, I ended up going back to 3 fletch more for looks than anything else.

I have also noticed that no matter what I was always told, it doesn't make much difference which way I nock the arrow.

Offline Bowspirit

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Re: anyone use 4 fletchings???
« Reply #21 on: June 07, 2010, 12:38:00 PM »
There's another way to fletch other than 4-fletch???  ;)

I've tried 3x5, 3x5.5, 4x4, 4x3, 4x5, and even 4x5.5, and settled on 4x5 as my favorite. Do I really need all that feather? No, but I still use it for the convieniance...
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Offline Ssamac

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Re: anyone use 4 fletchings???
« Reply #22 on: June 07, 2010, 05:34:00 PM »
I had some a year ago and really liked them. They seemed to shoot better maybe more stable for me. There was just something pleasing about them and easy to nock too.

sam

Offline Danny Rowan

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Re: anyone use 4 fletchings???
« Reply #23 on: June 07, 2010, 05:38:00 PM »
Yep, 4x4 4" is my preferred style now.
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Offline Dave Pagel

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Re: anyone use 4 fletchings???
« Reply #24 on: June 07, 2010, 06:45:00 PM »
4x4, 4 inch for my aluminums and carbons
4x4, 5 inch on my woodies

I just like the way they look and I think they handle broadheads well.

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Offline Mike Vines

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Re: anyone use 4 fletchings???
« Reply #25 on: June 07, 2010, 07:09:00 PM »
I just went out and put close to 100 of each downrange, and To my untrained eye, they seem the same, so I have concluded that it might cost a bit more (1 extra fletch), but looks way Kooler with the same flight, so the other half dozen just got stripped, and now I am gonna have a matched dozen of 4 fletch 5" shields.
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