How do you tune?

[Biathlonman]

Trying to get my new bow dialed in and I'm curious how you all like to tune.  Watching arrow flight, bareshaft, paper?

[JamesKerr]

I use O.L. Adcock's method of shooting bare shafts along with fletched shafts and tuning based on how they group or don't group together. I am not a big advocate of paper tuning as I don't have a good enough release to send even a perfectly tuned bare shaft straight (like a fletched arrow flies) all the time.

[Old Chief]

I also use O.L. Adcock's method and check field point with broadheads using flecthed shafts at the end.  Nice to see I am not the only one having trouble with paper tuning.

[ishoot4thrills]

Originally posted by JamesKerr:
I use O.L. Adcock's method of shooting bare shafts along with fletched shafts and tuning based on how they group or don't group together. I am not a big advocate of paper tuning as I don't have a good enough release to send even a perfectly tuned bare shaft straight (like a fletched arrow flies) all the time.

Here's the link. Click on it and then click on "bow tuning":

http://bowmaker.net/index2.htm

[Bowwild]

I start by setting the bow up according to the bowyer's recomendations regarding nock locator and brace height.

Then I go to Stu's Calculator to build an arrow that should shoot well. Then I paper tune from 6, 9, and 21 feet.

My last and most crucial test is to shoot broadheads and field tips at 20-30 yards. (Broadheads first to avoid damaging arrows).

SO far this has worked out very well for me.

Good luck and I wish I was asking your question when I first started so many years ago!

[Bjorn]

OL 's Bareshaft method.

[Night Wing]

I set the brace height for a bow per the bowyer's recommendation. Then I use Stu Miller's calculator program for a starting point.

Then I shoot an arrow to see where the arrow is hitting on the target. I then fine tune by adjusting the brace height.

When the arrow is hitting where I'm looking and "seems" to be flying like a dart, I paper tune.

Then comes a broadhead tipped arrow to see if it's hitting the same place I'm aiming at. If it does, then I paper tune again only this time with the broadhead tipped arrow.

[Red Beastmaster]

First I start with an arrow that matches my bow weight. The length is 1" longer than my draw, always a 125gr point or broadhead.

For the bow, I set my nock at 5/8", brace is set from the crack of my wrist to the tip of my middle finger in the deepest part of the grip. I might be lucky but 90% of every bow I ever owned shot perfectly at that setting. The others required a few more twists to raise the brace a bit.

I refuse to tinker with what works. This works for me, every time.

[Zradix]

paper

[elknutz]

I probably go overboard, but I bare shaft, paper tune and broadhead tune.  It takes some time but I enjoy tinkering with them and I hate arrows that don't fly straight.  I'm on board with OL's method.

[stujay]

I use OL's method as well.

[don_h]

Boyers recommended brace height range and bare shaft till nock is correct and bow is happy, then silencers and feathers.

[Dan Adair]

I like to see how well it'll zip an arrow through a black bear first  

[cbCrow]

I usually set bow to reccomended brace hgt, go to Stu's and put all the  proper  inputs in,make up the arrow, paper tune at 10'. Sometimes I have to tinker to get just so, usually nock hgt,paper test again than make up a BH and see how it flys and make adjustments as necessary.      

[JR Williams]

OL's Bareshaft Method for me, first with field points and then follow up with broadheads. It has worked great for me so far.