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Author Topic: tie on nocks or brass?  (Read 1297 times)

Offline dbd870

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #20 on: July 22, 2014, 03:12:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Sam McMichael:
I use brass, simply because it is quick and easy.
Same here
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Offline Jon Stewart

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #21 on: July 22, 2014, 05:01:00 PM »
Forgot to add that I put more wax on the nocking point and very carefully hold a match under it, twist the string to melt the wax into the dental floss.

Offline bowhuntingrn

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #22 on: July 22, 2014, 05:12:00 PM »
Definitely tie on. I hate trying to make a 1/16" - 1/32" adjustment with brass when tuning.So much easier when you can just twist it up and down the serving.
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Offline Uncle Buck

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #23 on: July 22, 2014, 06:31:00 PM »
tie on for me I can always scavenge something to use for it.

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #24 on: July 22, 2014, 06:39:00 PM »
After I tie it off and burn the ends I also put a small drop of glue on the knot.
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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #25 on: July 22, 2014, 08:58:00 PM »
I prefer a tie on adjustable. When I get my NP just right I anchor it with some glue.  I use Halo .035 serving to tie mine.
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Offline Bill Turner

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #26 on: July 23, 2014, 11:35:00 AM »
I've used tie on nocks ever since I noticed a couple strands of my string had been cut by the metal nock
during crimping. Never again.   :banghead:

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #27 on: July 23, 2014, 01:41:00 PM »
I like the tied on ones but have had them all of a sudden come unraveled and don't want to deal with that up elk hunting a long ways from things to fix it so iI went back to brass and can see no difference in performance, not even through a good Chrono.
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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #28 on: July 23, 2014, 01:58:00 PM »
Brass for me-- never had a problem.

Offline ranger 3

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #29 on: July 23, 2014, 03:58:00 PM »
Tie n for me
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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #30 on: July 23, 2014, 05:11:00 PM »
Definitely outnumbered so far, but another brass user.
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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #31 on: July 23, 2014, 06:19:00 PM »
I know everyone here will apply brass nock locators very securely if they use them. However, some time ago (years) a youngster in 4-H lost an eye as a brass NL came off, bounced of the riser face and...you know the rest.

That's why NASP doesn't allow Brass NL to be used in its tournaments. Tied on is easy, cheap, and effective.

Offline RecurveRookie

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #32 on: July 23, 2014, 07:31:00 PM »
I like tied on with serving thread the best
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Offline 2bird

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #33 on: July 23, 2014, 10:36:00 PM »
Wow lost a eye!?!?!? I started tiring nocks just because I'm too cheap to buy a pair of nock pliers but dang...
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Offline Jerry Jeffer

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #34 on: July 23, 2014, 11:29:00 PM »
Neither. I shoot three under, so I just serve an extra thick above the nock point. So I have three fingers under up against the nock which is up against the double served section.
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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #35 on: July 24, 2014, 05:14:00 AM »
Two .030 tie on nocks for me for the past several years..

Offline Meathook 1

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #36 on: July 24, 2014, 05:18:00 AM »
Brass on top tie on bottom.

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #37 on: July 24, 2014, 09:25:00 AM »
Jerry,

Whats you process for tuning?
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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #38 on: July 24, 2014, 09:45:00 AM »
I just learned how to tie them on and I like it better. I still use brass nocks when I get a new bow. I will put the brass ones on and find out where I like it best and then mark the string and tie some on.

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Re: tie on nocks or brass?
« Reply #39 on: July 24, 2014, 02:37:00 PM »
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Originally posted by 2bird:
I tie them on because they are lighter then brass, easier IMO and I anchor close to my face and the brass tears my lips/nose up. I had been using dental floss and it worked good, but it got gummed up after a few hundred arrows...
so, your floss got gummed up?

Tie on, easy on the string, the tab and the finger.
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