Am I on the right track? Where do I go from here?

[rybohunter]

OK, I am attempting to set up my longbow that is 50# @ 28” and I draw 27.5. I hoped to tune it for 2016 aluminums. I had previously shot woods that were 28.75” and they were spined at the shop. I believe they were 45/50# shafts.

Here’s what I’ve done so far:
I’ve already cut the shafts to 30” cause I don’t like a real long arrow sticking out and am using 125 gr points.
Using the current nock & brace height, I shot fletched and unfletched arrows from about 8-10 yds. They both impacted the same spot but the unfletched ones were flying significantly nock right. I was shooting with the normal cant to my bow. The fletched arrow flight was nice, but not perfect.

Should I bareshaft closer or further? Am I too stiff? Do I need to shoot vertically, and get my nock & BH perfected before doing this bareshaft thing?

[Whip]

You are definately on the right track, and if your bareshafts are impacting with your fletched arrows, you are doing very good.  Might try moving back a bit and see if you can notice differences in the groups.  Nock and brace height are both a part of the tuning process right along with arrow spine.  

Here is O.L.'s website with the best arrow tuning instructions I have found.
 http://bowmaker.net/tuning.htm

[old dog]

If the bareshafts fly to the right and you are right handed the arrow is to limber, you can eather go to a stiffer shaft (spine weight) or reduce your pile weight as this will make the shaft more riged, double check your arrow length as shorter = stiffer.
Old dog (longbow archer in the UK).