tuning questions

[Arrow Hunter]

Good morning. I seem to consistently have this problem with all arrows I shoot, wood, aluminum or carbon. Weather bare shaft or with feathers, the arrows 'seem' to fly straight but they are always slightly angled into the target. Facing the target the nock is always angled to the left by possibly 5 degrees. Sometimes they are straight but 90% of the time they this slight angle to them. I am a right handed shooter. My first thought is that the shaft needs to be stiffer. But shorten the shaft or decreasing the tip weight dosen't seem to make a difference. So I am wondering if the problem is me. Also when adding an arrow wrap does this increase or decrease the spine stiffness?

[R H Clark]

Adding a wrap or any weight to the nock will stiffen spine,actually just make it shoot like it is stiffer.

The fact that your arrows are sometimes straight hints at a form problem.

It's ok for bareshafts to show a little weak,actually better, because the weight of feathers will make them shoot a little stiffer.

[Phillyman]

Try raising your nockpoint slightly. Sometimes with too low of a nock point, you can get a little bump off the riser and cause it tweak arrow flight and make it look like the arrow is still too weak.

Worked for me, drove me crazy with some arrows we thought we had tuned pretty well.

[Arrow Hunter]

Thank you for the advice.

[Matt E]

Try different distances. It could be that your arrows are needing more time to recover from paradox.

[O.L. Adcock]

"the arrows 'seem' to fly straight but they are always slightly angled into the target."

Yep, I was watching a fellow shooting bare shafts into the gold at 90 meters, none of them "stuck" in the target straight nor did they appear to "fly" straight in the air...Did he have a tuning problem?

"My first thought is that the shaft needs to be stiffer. But shorten the shaft or decreasing the tip weight dosen't seem to make a difference. So I am wondering if the problem is me."

Yes, it's you, and me, and everone one else out there. Shooting a shaft "straight" is not an indication of good nor is it an indication of bad tuning. Use the planning method and end the frustration!   .....O.L.

[Arrow Hunter]

O.L Adcock, I may be a little wet behind the ears, what is the 'planning method'? I have never heard that term before.

[Arrow Hunter]

I came across some liturature last night on the planning method & am going to use it, thanks.

[R H Clark]

Try  www.bowmaker.net

[Fletcher]

Just for grins, try shooting cock feather in.