Help Please

[Hogcoots]

New to traditional archery. I am consistently shooting about 2 inches left of aim point at 20 yards.  I am shooting GT 3555's cut at 29" with 5" LW parabolic fletching.  I also am shooting 125 gr. target points.  Bow is a recurve 56" 50 lb. @ 28 inches.    Overall 3 shot patterns are relatively tight out to 20 yards (about 4 inch groups).  I have shot out to 38 yards and can put 3 in a pie plate.  However, all groups are consistently left of aim point. If I add weight to the point, will I move the arrow to the right?

[razorback]

Sounds like you are a little stiff in the spine of your arrows. So adding some point weight should help, I think.

[moebow]

I'd look at form before changing hardware!  Make sure you are getting the nock end of the arrow under your eye.  Most students I have hit right due to a string hand that is too far to the right of the face/anchor point.  Tuck that string hand into your face!!

I think as a community, we are too fast to blame equipment.  FORM!FORM!FORM!!!!!

[Danny Rowan]

Yep, a bit stiff, hitting left of point of aim is a good indicator. Go higher in point weight or longer in shaft length. Or just buy yourself some AD trad lites, cut them to 29.5", put in some 100 gr brass inserts, fletch and shoot with the 125 gr point, bet you anything they will be right on the money.

Danny

[Ragnarok Forge]

Form and aim to the right a bit.  Once you have form down, then worry about equipment changes.

[Panzer II]

What they said. Also If you are canting your bow, make sure you can't your head with your torso. If you don't this can cause you to shoot left if you are a right handed shooter.  

[Lazy Ike]

Also try these two things.If you're not already using a soft strike plate in your sight window , try it. Female (fuzzy)side of industrial strength velcro works well. And try raising your brace height just a bit . Maybe 4 to 6 twists in the string. Try either one or both. They work. Try one at a time to see which helps the most.


Ike

P S Rick welch gets the credit for the first one.Viper the second.

[McDave]

Taking what you said at face value, that you are getting 4" groups at 20 yards and pieplate groups at 38 yards, and your groups at 20 yards at within 2" of where you want them, I wouldn't think there is anything wrong with your form.  Not that we all can't improve our form, however well we shoot, but I don't think a form change is the solution to your problem.

Try using 145 grain points, try shooting a longer arrow, and just shoot a lot, and I'm sure you'll be on target pretty soon.

[painthorse]

I had the same problem. I could shoot good groups out 25 yards but always 2-3" left of aim. I tried point weight,different arrows and brace. That made some difference but it would affect my group size. As a last resort I had my wife watch me shoot.It turns that at my anchor I had a bend in my wrist that was making me cup my face and kicking my drawing elbow out.While I thought I was using back tension and my form was good I was collapsing at the shot.Bow arm moving and with elbow pointed left the arrows were going where I was aiming.
This may not be your problem but my issue was so slight I didn't notice it. I had tuned everything with the form issue so I was able to shoot good groups they just didn't go where I wanted.