Hey, tradgangers,
I am just back from the range, with a few thoughts in my head I would like to share.
As mentioned in another topic, I recently changed the way I make my flemish string. I'm happy with it as brace and loops are much more stable now. As a downside though, the nocking point seemed to need tuning. I shoot one above and two under, and I used to nock at 3/8". With the new string though, bare shafts were hitting quite lower than the fletched arrows. As per manual, I moved the nock down to 2/8". Sure enough the arrows and bare shafts were impacting at the same height, but the flight was bad and noisy. Tried to move the nock to 4/8" and 5/8": the arrows were fliyng straight, but the shafts were always going too low.
I was quite discouraged, out of desperation I moved the nocking point up to ~6/8" and shafts and arrows impact now in the same place.
It may seem silly, but I was quite surprised. In every manual I read that if shafts impact too low it's because the nocking point is too high. This showed me that theory is important, but needs to be completed with hands-on experience. In the end, what's important is to make it work. Next time I'll try with broad heads.
Well, I just wanted to share.
Happy arrows
Max