I started tuning a new ACS. the bow is 47@29. the bow has a SBD 6 strand string. I had to reserve the string to make it fit my axis arrows. I started bare shafting my arrows as I always do. I brought out the side plate to where everyone recommended and was shooting an axis 340 with a 175 grains out front. In 35 yrs of shooting, I never have hit my hand. the front of the front quill is hitting the top of my hand. Has anyone ever experienced this. I kept the brace height about 7 inches. Does anyone know how to fix this or have any insight to the problem.

Try raising the nock point a little.

Cock feather in might solve it.

Yes try raising your nock point,my ACS likes a 5/8" nock point for split finger.Most of my other bows are right around 1/2".

I have had this happen a few times with different bows, usually it is the quill on the feather that has risen a little and needs to be retrimmed and that solves it.

I have been looking up on the shooting forum searches. I am going to check the nock point again as you suggested. Arrows fly bareshaft great. I use me cock feather to tip my nose sometimes. I am going to try to adjust that. I have had to pick quills out of my hand. Skinny hands would help.

Is it always the same arrow?  If so trim the quill.  If any arrow does it raise nock point.

If all else fails rotate cock feather alignment and check against both above.

Ditch the shield cut and go parabolic  

Tim,
Sent you an e-mail.

Its different arrows, I raised nock point and brace height and it still did it.  After the nock point raise, I  shot a 4 inch feather again and only then,  did it not hit.
Its the front of the quill thats hitting so it should not make any differance wheather it is shield or parabolic.

Are you by chance "rotating" your wrist up due to the bows grip...  as opposed to holding it straight or heel down?

Had that happen to me once.  Had to concentrate on keeping wrist low.

I just went back and looked at your pics.  Just temporarily tie in a nock point below your arrow nock.  Use dental floss but tie it in snug below your nock

Just another thought

If its shooting good....just get some fletching glue and put a big bead at the front of those shafts.

They look to me as if you did not put a bead of glue on the front end of the fletch.

I had a similar problem when I shot 3 fletch. I solved it by changing from left to right helical. I don't really know why but it worked.

Raise the nock point. Switch to right helical fletch. Change your grip.

I had that problem when I had an issue with my release.  Have a nice scare in the same spot and learned really quick to keep my release clean.  I thought it was my fletching and cut the front down and put glob of glue on them and it didnt help, only fix was in my release...

I had this happen with once. It was not the quill but the feather itself. The reason I know is it left a couple small pieces of feather embedded in my hand. I suspect it was because the shelf was a little too low. I solved the problem by raising the nock point.

Raise the nock point. Switch to right helical fletch. Change your grip.

I'm with Centaur. I had the same problem with one of my bows until I started shooting with the cock feather in.  Problem solved.  Try it.

If all else fails you said you built the side plate out. Try putting it back where it was originally was.

You'd never think that a simple thing like a quill could sting you, but they will.   I'm one of those who likes my hand level with the shelf and I'm always getting nicked.      I had to do the exact same thing that last of the breed is recommending and watch my release.   Still happens sometime but a smooth release helps.