Bare shaft?

[ranger 3]

I am RH and shooting a PLX 48@28 and I draw 27 1/2 with a D-97 string. My arrows are 35/55 cut to 28 1/4 with a 50gr insert and 200 point. They fly tail left but hit the target straight, bare shaft and the arrows with 4 4" feathers. Why do they fly tail left but hit where I'm looking and straight?

[katman]

Slight weak or form. Might try dropping brace height a touch. May need to bring out strike plate just a little. Stick a piece of mole skin on the side plate.

[olddogrib]

Also could try less point weight.

[creekwood]

It might mean that you are very close to having the shafts tuned.  Small adjustments can have big consequences when you are close.  I agree with olddogrib.

[damascusdave]

How do you determine they are flying tail left

DDave

[The Whittler]

Damascusdave, if you have the right color target you see you arrow as it flys down range.

[ranger 3]

Katman, thanks  forgot about brace height, I lowered it and the arrows and bare shaft straightened out.

[Bldtrailer]

watch this vid it may help
 

[katman]

ranger 3, great, also forgot to mention you could adjust silencer position or weight also to fine tune.

[damascusdave]

So if you are watching the arrow in flight would that be called good follow through...when I follow through I want to be watching where I was aiming the way my coach taught me to do it...and the guys I shoot with, guys who have been shooting for a lot of years, always watch over my shoulder to see what the flight is like...and I always check bareshaft flight at a variety of distances before I declare an arrow ready to hunt with...I hunt moose and elk with a chance at a very close shot when calling...I want great arrow flight at very short (12 feet and over) distances...a friend killed a moose at 9 feet a couple of years ago

DDave

[damascusdave]

My final check is always to bareshaft with broadhead in my basement at about 12 feet

DDave

[ranger 3]

Just looking at the target I can see what the arrow is doing in flight. I was always told to never bare shaft with a broad head.

[forestdweller]

How far can you back up and shoot?

The best way I have found to bareshaft tune has been to see how far I can go back and still manage to hit a target (usually a 9" pie plate).

By the time I reach my max bareshaft distance of 50 yards I can see how they are flying downrange and if they can hit the target at that distance I consider all tuning to be done.