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far rider
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LW or RW wind fletching?
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January 09, 2010, 10:50:00 PM »
Ok arrow builders. I want to try my hand at a set of arrows. I shoot a Hill longbow, Right hand, and I want to know which handed fletchings I should use ie rt wing, left wing, or rt helical/left helical etc. What works best for you guys. Someone posted how Howard Hill prefered his a certain way but I couldn't find it. HELP! Thanks in advance!
Tim
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jcar315
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Re: LW or RW wind fletching?
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January 09, 2010, 11:06:00 PM »
Does not matter. Either LW or RW will work equally fine. Just make sure they are all the same. Helical always IMO.
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AALLFAB
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Re: LW or RW wind fletching?
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January 09, 2010, 11:16:00 PM »
I remember reading Byron Ferguson likes one way or the other because one way if you shoot off your hand you dont get cut by a feather and the other you do. Jim
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JRY309
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Re: LW or RW wind fletching?
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January 09, 2010, 11:28:00 PM »
I shoot both LW and RW,but for arrows without tunable nocks I prefer LW being a RH shooter.Or if I fletched RW I would use my TM nock reciever and fletch the cock feather up.With tunable nocks you can just rotate for best clearence.
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Johnny Reb
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Re: LW or RW wind fletching?
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January 09, 2010, 11:30:00 PM »
I'm a right handed shooter (recurve) and for some reason I tend to shoot better with a left helical feather, tried a right helical but just dont shoot as good.
Some say it dont matter, they mite be rite, maybe it's a mental thing with me but if it help's I'm go'n for it, I fletch my own for that reason.
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screamin
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Re: LW or RW wind fletching?
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January 10, 2010, 12:03:00 AM »
I'm right handed and left wings seem to shoot best for me too. The thing to do is get one dozen of each and fletch up a couple arrows of each and shoot em. Keep the fletch that shoots the best.
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far rider
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Thanks!
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Don Baker
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Re: LW or RW wind fletching?
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January 10, 2010, 12:51:00 AM »
Right handed and I like LW best-if I shoot right wing I will get fletch contact on my knuckle.
Don
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I can get wood arrows tuned just a little bit better with left wing on a right hand longbow with a Jo Jan fletcher by first rotating the nock about an 1/8 turn counter clockwise. then stick the nock down with a dab of hot melt. after fletching, I rotate the arrow 1/8 turn counter clockwise to reposition it to the nock. this way the down side hen feather turns into the corner of the rest, while maintaining the grain angle to the string. For right wing and right hand bows this is not needed. After some trial and error I found an angle that reduces the finger cut. However, I still wrap about a 1/4 inch with thread and glue to soften the quail edge. For left hand bows the roatations go clockwise to get the feather turning into the corner.
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