OK. I recently sold two of my bows b/c I hadn't been shooting or hunting lately and I needed the money.
An unexpected result is that my interest in shooting has been rekindled.
I have one bow left; an old Pearson Gamester that I ****ed a few years ago.
With the renewed interest, I decided that I would really get some arrows tuned up for this bow.
I still have my M.o.t.B.B. II DVD so I watched the Ken Beck tuning segment and began shooting.
Well, first I cut a 2018 shaft to 30" and taped in a point insert. I screwed in a 125gr Saunders combo point.
I had been shooting a 29 3/4 inch 2018 with this point, fletched up.
I planned to bare shaft this newly trimmed shaft and see what was really happening.
My target is a 4'x4' piece of 3" thick foam (fairly dense). It is made from three strips glued together and has two seams running thru it.
I was using one of these seams as a vertical axis and seeing which side of the seam most of the hits were on. They were hitting on the left side: strong shaft indication. I bumped up to a 145 grain point and started hitting the line.
However, I tried shooting my older fletched arrows a few times (I was back to 25 yards) and see where they hit.
The fletched arrows were consistantly hitting 4-5 inches right of the vertical line! (I use point of aim method).
WOW! That at least in part (my guess a big part) explains my inconsistency shooting.
I screwed some 100 grain points into the arrows and started really stacking them close to & on the line!
In case something isn't jiving in your mind, your right. The bare shaft has a 6 1/2 inch crest wrap on it. It is a little stiffer than the fletched arrows.
This may not be revolutionary info for you all, but a light came on in my head today!
I guess after a few shots my mind just compensated a little so I could kind of hit what I was aiming at. I expect better shooting in my future.
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