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Author Topic: How do you tune?  (Read 275 times)

Offline Biathlonman

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How do you tune?
« on: February 13, 2012, 07:06:00 PM »
Trying to get my new bow dialed in and I'm curious how you all like to tune.  Watching arrow flight, bareshaft, paper?
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Offline JamesKerr

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2012, 07:51:00 PM »
I use O.L. Adcock's method of shooting bare shafts along with fletched shafts and tuning based on how they group or don't group together. I am not a big advocate of paper tuning as I don't have a good enough release to send even a perfectly tuned bare shaft straight (like a fletched arrow flies) all the time.
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Offline Old Chief

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2012, 08:58:00 PM »
I also use O.L. Adcock's method and check field point with broadheads using flecthed shafts at the end.  Nice to see I am not the only one having trouble with paper tuning.
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Offline ishoot4thrills

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2012, 09:23:00 PM »
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Originally posted by JamesKerr:
I use O.L. Adcock's method of shooting bare shafts along with fletched shafts and tuning based on how they group or don't group together. I am not a big advocate of paper tuning as I don't have a good enough release to send even a perfectly tuned bare shaft straight (like a fletched arrow flies) all the time.
Here's the link. Click on it and then click on "bow tuning":

 http://bowmaker.net/index2.htm
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Offline Bowwild

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2012, 09:27:00 PM »
I start by setting the bow up according to the bowyer's recomendations regarding nock locator and brace height.

Then I go to Stu's Calculator to build an arrow that should shoot well. Then I paper tune from 6, 9, and 21 feet.

My last and most crucial test is to shoot broadheads and field tips at 20-30 yards. (Broadheads first to avoid damaging arrows).

SO far this has worked out very well for me.

Good luck and I wish I was asking your question when I first started so many years ago!
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Offline Bjorn

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2012, 10:15:00 PM »
OL 's Bareshaft method.
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Offline Night Wing

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2012, 10:42:00 PM »
I set the brace height for a bow per the bowyer's recommendation. Then I use Stu Miller's calculator program for a starting point.

Then I shoot an arrow to see where the arrow is hitting on the target. I then fine tune by adjusting the brace height.

When the arrow is hitting where I'm looking and "seems" to be flying like a dart, I paper tune.

Then comes a broadhead tipped arrow to see if it's hitting the same place I'm aiming at. If it does, then I paper tune again only this time with the broadhead tipped arrow.
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Offline Red Beastmaster

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2012, 10:51:00 PM »
First I start with an arrow that matches my bow weight. The length is 1" longer than my draw, always a 125gr point or broadhead.

For the bow, I set my nock at 5/8", brace is set from the crack of my wrist to the tip of my middle finger in the deepest part of the grip. I might be lucky but 90% of every bow I ever owned shot perfectly at that setting. The others required a few more twists to raise the brace a bit.

I refuse to tinker with what works. This works for me, every time.
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Offline Zradix

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2012, 11:12:00 PM »
paper
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Offline elknutz

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2012, 01:32:00 AM »
I probably go overboard, but I bare shaft, paper tune and broadhead tune.  It takes some time but I enjoy tinkering with them and I hate arrows that don't fly straight.  I'm on board with OL's method.
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Offline stujay

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2012, 02:56:00 AM »
I use OL's method as well.
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Offline don_h

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2012, 03:01:00 AM »
Boyers recommended brace height range and bare shaft till nock is correct and bow is happy, then silencers and feathers.
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Offline Dan Adair

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2012, 04:27:00 AM »
I like to see how well it'll zip an arrow through a black bear first  :)
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Offline cbCrow

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2012, 07:28:00 AM »
I usually set bow to reccomended brace hgt, go to Stu's and put all the  proper  inputs in,make up the arrow, paper tune at 10'. Sometimes I have to tinker to get just so, usually nock hgt,paper test again than make up a BH and see how it flys and make adjustments as necessary.  :thumbsup:    :archer:
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Offline JR Williams

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Re: How do you tune?
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2012, 01:08:00 PM »
OL's Bareshaft Method for me, first with field points and then follow up with broadheads. It has worked great for me so far.
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