Im not sure if this is the section this belongs in, but I wasnt sure where tuning stuff goes.. Please move it to its appropriate place if this isnt it..
Spent 3 hours today trying to bareshaft tune my bow/arrows. By bareshaft tuning, I mean shooting a bare shaft arrow into a blank target bale to see the angle it is going in..
Ok so my bow is a Samick Sage T/D at 45#. I only pull it to 27", so I am only pulling 42#, checked on a scale.
I have a half dozen Gold Tip 3555 (.500 spine) arrows that I am shooting.
First issue - arrow is impacting nock-high. I have moved my nock point down, down, down and nothing helped, so then I moved it up, up, and up, and still get the same thing. I switched my fingers on the string since I thought maybe I was getting nock pinch, and it didnt help. I then switched my limbs around, thinking maybe one limb had a different deflection and my tiller was off, and I still get the same nock-high result.
Next problem - Nock-right. I would assume this means my spine is too stiff. So I began adding weight...and more weight...and more. I had it up to a 145gr tip and 200gr of brass inserts..at the end, it was better than the beginning, but still nock-right. Arrows are full length (31"). I assume this means my spine is still too stiff, but with 345gr of weight up front, am I really still too stiff?? I dont really want to buy new arrows without knowing thats most likely going to fix my problem.
Should I go to a 1535 (.600) arrow? The gold tip arrow selection chart tells me I should be shooting a 5575 (.400) at that weight and length - are those charts really THAT far off??
I tried shooting my bare shaft into a group of my fletched arrows and it hits the same spot, just crooked..
Please help me out guys - I was ready to throw my bow in the garbage (not really, but you get what I mean).