I am shooting a longbow cut to center. Using a leather arrow rest shooting off the shelf. The problem is that i cannot get the bareshaft to stop nosediving off the release. This would seem to indicate a nock high or nock too low condition. I have tried everything. I have put the nock point up to 3/4" and lowered it by 1/16" down to 1/2" below. And still it is the same result. There doesnt even seem to be any improvement as I move the nock one way or another it just stays the same. THe bow is from a reputable bowyer so I dont think it is a tillering probelm. The only other thoughts I have is that is might be the brace height (which is set within the bowyers recommendations) or I am thinking of putting on a rug rest in the theory that the leather one is too hard of a surface for the arrow to transition from.
Any help is appresiated.
Try shooting it cock feather in and see what happens.
i will try that monster but I am still concerned with the bareshaft problem, unless this suggestion is independent of bareshafting and is to be considered as a tuning implement
Brain lock up for a second there, sorry. How tight are the nocks?
they are not moving a hair
Can you tap the string and get them to fall off?
oh the arrow nocks, sorry brain lock up..
they can be tapped off
Is the shelf rounded or flat?
radiused with the hight point over the throat of the grip
Put on a rug and see if less drag helps. Shouldn't be a big deal on a radiused shelf, but short of seeing you actually shoot it's hard to know what's happening.
im quite sure its not form related, i shoot my other bows with what I think is good form,
I even tried one of my other bows arrows without fletching with the same problem. Also when shooting fletched shafts there is also apparent nosedive and a nock high condition until the fletching takes over.
If the bow was out of kilter that could be seen by watching you bring it to anchor and shooting also.
The bow may have been tillered for 3 under, try a nock point of 7/8"s and shoot it. Shawn
I should of said before doing that make sure your elbow is not too high. That is what it could be in the first place. Shawn
That's true. You may have to go as high as an inch, depending on the tiller if it's a three under bow.
I asked the bowyer before I bought it what it was tillered for and he said split finger nonetheless will try higher
I think it is time you told us exactly what the arrow/bow combo is.............give us all the numbers including you draw length and the string type. Then I am sure vermonster and shawn cann help you even better.
ok, 58@28 whisperstik voodoo. Drawing 27" Fastflite, with 2219 arrows cut to 30in. 145 gr points.
Way stiff arrow. Try a 2016. A 2219 spines out for a 90# bow at that length.
i tried a 2115 with the same results, cut to 30 in as well with a 125 point