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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Scott Beitzel on November 26, 2009, 09:29:00 PM
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today after all the food festivities i strung up my new board bow with a new self made string pretty pround so far . and went to the neighbors house to cut loose at his target . i shot about 10-15 times and actually only missed the 3x3 target 2 times . still trying to catch on to the no sight thing .
but i have one question it seems like my arrows are fishtailing not all the time but quite often . is this a problem with longbows or maybe my tech which i don't have much of one right now but always looking for advice will do some searching .
thanks for reading a long winded speach lol.
Scott
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Do searchs for bow tuning and arrow tuning.
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what is your brace hight right now? You might play with that some first. post back and more things to fix can be given.
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did some searching and maybe i might be over spined i think my bow is right at 50 lbs at 29.5 inchs i am shooting goldtips 5575 with 125 tips 29.5 inch arrow length and it was the first shots on a new string but i have streached it for 2 nights on the bow it sstarted at 8 and is now at 7 1/4.
like i said i am new and ready to learn.. already wanting to build another bow.... this is quite addicting
thanks,
Scott
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Sounds to be overspined. I would bump the tip weight up to at least 200-250 grns. on a 55/75. Cheaper than new arrows. Worth a try.
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Yep your overspined by a good margin. With a selfbow or in this case a boardbow, you will find that arrow will need to be spined 5 -10 pounds under the draw weight to fly well. Takes more to get them around the riser. So with a 50 at 29.5, we are looking at a 45 @ 28 bow. So wtih your arrows you will need about 320 gr up front to get the spine where you need it.
Mike