Nock high and low ...

[Jessebeaux]

Thanks for tips everyone! I was able to add a lower nock like a few suggested and that tightened me up some and then I just relaxed and shoot some broadheads and they flew true! So I appreciate everyone's help. Glad to be able to just enjoy shooting this classic bow.

[KevinK]

Sounds like you're good then! Also, I see you have other bows to shoot. If you ever get hung up with something on one bow, say all of the sudden a setup that was tuned seems out of tune put that bow down for a little while, pick up a different one and enjoy it for a little while. Then go back to the "problem bow". You might find that the issue resolved itself. A lot of this is mental and we can be our own worst enemy sometimes.

[Jessebeaux]

Great advice!

[Scott Barr]

Originally posted by OBXArcher:
"Some people /bows are just cursed with that. I know I am. As long as everything groups together (fletched, bare shafts and broad heads) you're fine. I think sometimes we over think things".

I too ran into a bow this year that, no matter what I did, it would paper tune nock high. The only bow that caused me to lose some hair trying to figure it out. But like OBXArcher says, I found that I still grouped the arrows well and so have let it be.

[KevinK]

FWIW I also have a compound (that I haven't shot since Labor day weekend of 2016). It used to drive me crazy paper tuning. It is a 60 pound bow that shoots a 400 grain arrow just at 280FPS. After a few shots through paper it would always show nock low and I mean seriously low. It was due to residue building up on my drop away rest. At the time I was shooting G5 Montecs and I was dead on out to 30 yards with my field points. Now me listing the speed was not to brag but in my experience (and I am no expert so someone correct me if I'm wrong) the faster the bow the more tuning problems and errors are magnified. At 40 yards I was seriously high with those Montecs. I switched to 2 blade Magnus Stingers and the nock low with a 280fps bow was not a problem. 2 inch groups out to 50, 4 inch at 60 yards. And again the reason I switched to all Trad was the "driving me crazy" part, it's not a rifle, it's a primitive weapon. Get close, both in tuning and your target/quarry and you should be fine.

[forestdweller]

You need to build the shelf up so that your arrow is resting on a single point, similar to how regular arrow rests are.

I used to have the same problem with my recurve.

I now shoot a longbow with a short and narrow shelf and I have no nock high/nock low issues and I don't even use a nocking point.

With the long wide shelves built into most recurves there's too much surface area for your nock to potentially hit and bounce off of so I'd build it up higher and shorter.