ilf with elevated rest and cushion plunger

[Mr Green 740]

Anyone out there shooting a similar setup? Im having a difficult time tuning my setup as everyone around me shoots off the shelf and cant give me specific technical advice. Any help would help ESPECIALLY a youtube or photobucket video!

Specifics would help some.  Type of rest, weight of bow, brace and nocking point height, type of plunger, length, type and spine of arrows and points.

What is your concerns or problems?

[Mr Green 740]

Sorry! 16" Morrison riser with d limbs for a 60" bow.Flipper style rest with shorty plunger.7" brace height,nock point 5/8ths above as I shoot 3 under. Full length gold tip 3555 with 125 up front. As i bare shaft my groups are consistantly to the right. Does this mean I need to stiffen the tension spring or move the plunger out from the riser?

Should I assume that we're talking about the 46# bow in your signature?  What is your actual draw length?

The answer may not be as simple as expected.  IMO, if you have the bow tillered to -0-, your nocking point is too high already,and that could cause trouble to begin with.  So........ first things first.

Have you bare shafted to determine that 5/8" in your actual nocking point?  (This needs to be established first IMO)

[Mr Green 740]

Its a different bow that is 43#. My bare shaft flies nock showing level but shows a little weak when shot from 20 yds. I believe my nock point is accurate but as i said im trying to tune the bow to me. Instead of the bow shooting where im looking its shooting to the right about 8 to 12 inches but my yardage is good. I watched the Rick Welch dvd the accuracy factory where he describes how to adjust your side plate with either a hard or soft side plate,but doesnt describe how to adjust a plunger.

[SHOOTO8S]

Weak....increase plunger spring tension

Stiff......decrease plunger spring tension


You want to adjust plunger depth by aligning the bowstring down center of limbs and setting depth so the arrow point aligns slightly to the left of the string, when viewed from behind the bow...assuming your a RH shooter

Like Jim mentioned be positive your nock height is correct,is the first step.

Since I’m a simple-minded guy, here’s my simple way to get started.  It works for me.

Here’s what I do:


1) Set the depth of the plunger so that the tip sits slightly to the left of the centerline.

2)   At 10 yards shoot two bare shafts and two arrows. Raise or lower nocking point as needed to get arrows and shafts "impacting" at the same elevation. If bare shafts hit low, your nocking point is too high; hitting too high, your point is too low.(I don’t worry about nock high, low, R or L, at this point).

3)   Once the nocking point is established, shoot the arrows and bare shafts again.  If the bare shafts hit right, they are showing weak, and the tension needs to increase; if the bareshaft hit to the left, they show stiff and tension needs to be weakened.

Pretty simple huh.  IMO, your arrows are too stiff and you “may” not be able to tune that much out with the plunger.  (Scratching my head here) I'm at a bit of a loss to know why those arrows are showing weak.