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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: redant 60/65 on March 28, 2011, 08:40:00 AM
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Quick question if you shoot three fingers under do you lower your nock or raise it, from original bowers recommendations?
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I have to raise mine.
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Lyle
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Just move it to where it shoot the best.
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Depends on if bow was positive tillered and how much or not. But when shooting a bow tillered for split fingers you would raise the nock to shoot it 3 under.
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All my bows end up being about 9/16 - 5/8 above center and is based on how the bow tunes rather than how its tillered. When I shot split it was usually around 3/8. Also play with the brace height a little. On some bows it makes a difference and some it dont.
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Typically it would be about an 1/8" higher than you would have it for split. My current ACS is tilled split but I shoot 3 under and my nock is 11/16" above center.
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what everybody above said
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Ditto that
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yep.
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Guys,can't you tell by a paper test? :dunno: Mine was kicking the fletchings up after release. Even my friend saw it from the side and suggested I raise my nock. Now it's nice and flat.
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Thanks Gang :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Don't forget to use a nock set below your arrow nock as well. If you use just the conventional one nock set above the arrow and shoot 3 under, the nock of the arrow can be pushed down the string a bit when you release and the flight of the arrow will have a lot of up and down movement.
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raise
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Raise it to 5/8
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Start with your string nock at 3/4" above perpendicular.
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When mine was too low I could see it in the paper test. Big rip on top..... Now the paper test shows a nice clean hole with it 3/4" above perpendicular. I got the advice (3/4" above) from one of the best longbow shooters who shoots 3 under.
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Generally start around 7/8" and work my way down in relationship to bare shaft tuning results.
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For me it seems more dependent on what the bow likes than where I put my fingers.
I rarely have to raise my nock above 3/8"-1/2" but also have a couple bows that want closer to 5/8"
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up........
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I shoot 3 under and my bow is tillered for 3 under, my knock is pretty much in the same place as when I shot 2 under, somewhere close to 3/8 inch above the bow square, give or take a bit.
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a bow tillered for split i find most tune in with the nock about 5/8 above center. i use a single nock and have never heard of the arrow sliding down the string on release.
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Originally posted by 3undr:
a bow tillered for split i find most tune in with the nock about 5/8 above center. i use a single nock and have never heard of the arrow sliding down the string on release.
Try a second nock sometime, you might be surprised...
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Just shoot split.. :bigsmyl:
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I have to raise the nock to about 3/4 in above 90
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about 3/8 above 90, but I've never shot split, and I have heard other guys say that it don't make a lot of diff :campfire:
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Like the other 3undr said about 5/8" sometimes for split finger tillered bows.
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Well as always lots of good info. here. When I shot split finger I set my Morrison Shawnee nock at just a little above 1/2", so as it's seems most shoot about 5/8" so that's what I did and I put a nock on the bottom
I went out and shot today and my arrows flew great, it looks like my point of aim is about
35/40 yards. For now I'm working on getting used to three under. There was one thing I learned clean up your brass nock after you cramped them.
(cut my nose up a little). Thanks for all the input. :thumbsup:
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I put the arrow above my three fingers and the nock just above the arrow ; )
Couldn't resist.
I move my nock up to shoot three under.