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Author Topic: How do you finish tuning?  (Read 384 times)

Offline New to Traditional

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How do you finish tuning?
« on: March 24, 2008, 10:25:00 PM »
Hey all!
Tuning my 57#@28" Jordan Stalker with a full length mfx 340 shaft with 175grs. up front.Bare shaft shows nock high(I'll get on that) and slightly to very slightly weak(nock left).So heres the question.For one my finished broadheads will be around 10grs. lighter and two I've heard of other shooters on here tuning slightly weak because the feathers add spine.I'll be shooting 3 5" feathers with a good amount of helical and zephyr tempest so there wont be any weight distribution/spine problems like a 3:1 ratio broadhead would cause.My intents were to bareshaft slightly stiff but with it bareshafting so close and access to an arrow cut-off saw being difficult right now,I thought I'd ask you all.So I thank anyone who can give me input here.


Thanks  ;)  
Ethan
Dont shoot feather light arras,shoot railroad ties.

Offline sweet old bill

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Re: How do you finish tuning?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2008, 05:44:00 AM »
The one way to find out if the setup will work is to shoot the Broadhead arrows and see if they fly the same as your target tips. I find that being on the heavy spine is always better, than being under spined. As a weak arrow will never recover. I have a small pile of dirt I use to shootinto to test my hunting arrows with BH on them.
you should see how I use to shoot
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Offline James Wrenn

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Re: How do you finish tuning?
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2008, 06:16:00 AM »
Put your broadheads on and see how they do is the only way to know for sure.When broadheads shoot down the middle at longer ranges I am done tuning.
....Quality deer management means shooting them before they get tough....

Offline New to Traditional

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Re: How do you finish tuning?
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2008, 07:25:00 PM »
Yep thats what I was figuring.Now if this crazy wind will die down I can try her again.Fletched field points were tailing right out to 30yds today,but as I said this wind is going crazy.

Thanks guys,
Ethan
Dont shoot feather light arras,shoot railroad ties.

Offline baretraks

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Re: How do you finish tuning?
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2008, 08:20:00 PM »
I agree with everyone else. I keep a box with several different types of broadheads in it and try them systematically one right after the other. My favorite "tester" is a Snuffer. It's my experience that if that sucker will fly straight, the others usually will follow suit...not talking bad about the head by no means, but they have a lot more surface area to mess up the aerodynamic properties of the arrow while in flight. Another good "tester" head is a Simmons Shark. My experience is that if your bow is out just a little bit, those two heads will tell you really quick.
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