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Author Topic: Tuned arrows!  (Read 162 times)

Offline Skipmaster1

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Tuned arrows!
« on: March 16, 2011, 01:43:00 AM »
For the past few years I have always made sure my arrows were pretty well tuned. I made sure they put the broadhead right in there with my field points and  the flight didn't look squirrely. Well the past few weeks I have really been trying to tune arrows for the new 250grain VPAs I had coming. I had been shooting different arrows and 175grain heads. I decided to do this right and bareshaft tune. I first tried to bareshaft my old set up and while it was close it really needed 125 grain heads, not 175's. I then took my new arrows and started cutting and shooting until they were flying perfect. Until then i didn't know how perfect a bareshaft could fly. At 25yds they were flying right where I was looking and not a hint of fish tailing or porpoising, sticking straight in the target and right with my fletched shaft.

After putting the 1 1/4" 250 grain VPA on a fletched shaft I was and still am amazed. i am shooting better than ever. Even with a less than perfect release the arrows are hitting dead on. After reading OL Adcocks method on tuning, i believe i have always been inside the adequate part of the bell curve but not at top, or best. Achieving the "best" flight has really made the difference and it should really show in hunting situations where a less than perfect release is likely.

Offline straitera

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Re: Tuned arrows!
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2011, 02:40:00 AM »
Tuned will perform. A concise beginner's list of "how tos", "whats", & "wheres" might eliminate headaches later on. Ideas?
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Offline duncan idaho

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Re: Tuned arrows!
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2011, 08:22:00 AM »
Does anyone know of a DVD that demonstrates the complete tuning process,especially for large broadheads?
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Offline Blaino

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Re: Tuned arrows!
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2011, 08:37:00 AM »
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Offline Javi

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Re: Tuned arrows!
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2011, 08:48:00 AM »
The Easton tuning guide is still the best written explanation, I don't know of a DVD...

Mostly it's a series of trial and error.. till you get it right.. The problem is that you can only tune as well as you can shoot and you can only shoot as well as you can tune...
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Re: Tuned arrows!
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2011, 08:58:00 AM »
Seems that bareshaft tuned arrows at 25 yards and beyond is where I get results that I can count on when switching to BH's.
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Re: Tuned arrows!
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2011, 10:19:00 AM »
David Sosa has a pretty good segment on bare shaft tuning in Masters of the Bare bow II.

Javi nailed it  "The problem is that you can only tune as well as you can shoot and you can only shoot as well as you can tune..."

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Offline Jason R. Wesbrock

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Re: Tuned arrows!
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2011, 11:31:00 AM »
Skipmaster1,

Well done! Too many people slap arrows together (or think they can just add weight up front without retuning) and "thiunk" they fly well. Then we see story after story about poor penetration, and folks who think they need cape buffalo tackle to shoot through a whitetail.

There's just no substitute for proper tuning.

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