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Title: Bare shaft?
Post by: ranger 3 on September 14, 2016, 04:17:00 PM
I am RH and shooting a PLX 48@28 and I draw 27 1/2 with a D-97 string. My arrows are 35/55 cut to 28 1/4 with a 50gr insert and 200 point. They fly tail left but hit the target straight, bare shaft and the arrows with 4 4" feathers. Why do they fly tail left but hit where I'm looking and straight?
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Post by: katman on September 14, 2016, 06:11:00 PM
Slight weak or form. Might try dropping brace height a touch. May need to bring out strike plate just a little. Stick a piece of mole skin on the side plate.
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Post by: olddogrib on September 14, 2016, 06:40:00 PM
Also could try less point weight.
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Post by: creekwood on September 14, 2016, 06:46:00 PM
It might mean that you are very close to having the shafts tuned.  Small adjustments can have big consequences when you are close.  I agree with olddogrib.
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Post by: damascusdave on September 14, 2016, 07:33:00 PM
How do you determine they are flying tail left

DDave
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Post by: The Whittler on September 14, 2016, 08:51:00 PM
Damascusdave, if you have the right color target you see you arrow as it flys down range.
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Post by: ranger 3 on September 15, 2016, 12:18:00 PM
Katman, thanks  forgot about brace height, I lowered it and the arrows and bare shaft straightened out.
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Post by: Bldtrailer on September 15, 2016, 12:37:00 PM
watch this vid it may help
https://vimeo.com/70422708
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Post by: katman on September 15, 2016, 06:31:00 PM
ranger 3, great, also forgot to mention you could adjust silencer position or weight also to fine tune.
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Post by: damascusdave on September 16, 2016, 07:24:00 PM
So if you are watching the arrow in flight would that be called good follow through...when I follow through I want to be watching where I was aiming the way my coach taught me to do it...and the guys I shoot with, guys who have been shooting for a lot of years, always watch over my shoulder to see what the flight is like...and I always check bareshaft flight at a variety of distances before I declare an arrow ready to hunt with...I hunt moose and elk with a chance at a very close shot when calling...I want great arrow flight at very short (12 feet and over) distances...a friend killed a moose at 9 feet a couple of years ago

DDave
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Post by: damascusdave on September 16, 2016, 07:27:00 PM
My final check is always to bareshaft with broadhead in my basement at about 12 feet

DDave
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Post by: ranger 3 on September 16, 2016, 09:41:00 PM
Just looking at the target I can see what the arrow is doing in flight. I was always told to never bare shaft with a broad head.
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Post by: forestdweller on September 16, 2016, 10:54:00 PM
How far can you back up and shoot?

The best way I have found to bareshaft tune has been to see how far I can go back and still manage to hit a target (usually a 9" pie plate).

By the time I reach my max bareshaft distance of 50 yards I can see how they are flying downrange and if they can hit the target at that distance I consider all tuning to be done.