nock fit?

[sheepdogreno]

How tight do you like your nocks to fit your string? I changed out my boning nocks for gold tip nocks and I think they are a little on the loose side. Good click onto string but if I barely touch them they fall off. Cost me a squirrel today when my arrow fell to the ground.lol

[Biathlonman]

I like mine tight. I keep reading they are supposed to be loose, but I want to be able to draw, let down, and draw again withot having to worry about my arrow falling off.

[sheepdogreno]

That's what's happening to me in practice and in the field! So aggravating! I'm worried to go tight and lose accuracy or something. FYI I'm in first yr of trad shooting

[sheepdogreno]

That's what's happening to me in practice and in the field! So aggravating! I'm worried to go tight and lose accuracy or something. FYI I'm in first yr of trad shooting

[LBR]

I like a light snap.  Keep in mind it takes the same amount of energy to get the nock off the string as it takes to get it on.  Tight means more noise and it can cause tuning problems, especially with lighter draw weights.

[bigbadjon]

I like mine to snap tight enough at the ears of the nock to hold the string but have zero resistance in the throat (mine will slide up and down the string freely without a nock point).

[Stumpkiller]

Nock the arrow.  Point the bow down.  The arrow should stay; but if you tap the string it should drop.

That's my preference.  A tight nock is a noisy release.

[McDave]

You want the nock fit to be loose, but you certainly don't want the arrow to be falling off the string when you need it.  If you're going to use the GT nocks from now on, you should do something to make them fit.  You can replace the serving with the next thicker size.  You can put a wrap of very thin material such as dental floss over just the part of the serving where you nock, although I've tried this and the dental floss doesn't seem to hold up very long.  You can hold the nock in boiling water for a half minute or so and squeeze the ears together, although it's hard to get a consistent fit, and some of the modern plastics don't soften very much in boiling water.  Or, nocks not being very expensive, you can just buy nocks that fit.

[sheepdogreno]

Thanks for the advice everyone! I played around since the post with different nocks to see what works best teygold tips click on but barely hold. I have some others that are slightly tougher to click on string but once on they are loose.I shot these with no different results in accuracy.

[Sam McMichael]

I like it snug enough that the string will remain on the string but not so tight that it adversely affects the release.

[screamin]

I like them tight enough that I can snap one on the string, turn the bow sideways or riser facing up, and the arrow does not fall off the string and stays pointed down. Basically, the string rotates inside the nock but the arrow does not fall off.