A few lessons learned

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Jamesh76
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A few lessons learned

#1 Post by Jamesh76 »

I recently started bareshafting my 40# Black Hunter. I almost threw it in the burn pile. Never have I been so frustrated with tuning a bow. Turns out it was pretty much my fault.

Here were my issues

kept trying to use a portable bow square which has a hinge in the middle. never could get a consistent reading.
-Set at 3/16 and work up/down until good flight- don't measure every time

kept adjusting brace height as string was new and stretching as I tuned.
-make sure string is shot in and not moving before tuning

shooting multiple spines with multiple tip weights and lengths.
-pick a spine and try to tune it 2 bareshaft, 2 fletched. cut/adjust as necessary when that don't work move up or down in spine and start over.


turns out I was pretty close from the get go. I kept trying to get it perfect. I settled for good spine with a slightly high nock which I couldn't get rid of. ended up 29" 1816, 100 gr head and a 1/2" nock point. brace right at 8"

stumper
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#2 Post by stumper »

Nice.
Nothing clears a troubled mind like shooting a bow.

Lawrence128
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Re: A few lessons learned

#3 Post by Lawrence128 »

Good stuff.

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#4 Post by Graps »

Been a few times in my life where I had a struggle with getting a bow setup.
It can be frustrating.
A few years ago I got out one of my bows that I hadn't shot for quite a long time.
Grabbed the arrows that I thought it liked and started shooting. The arrows were flying very erratically and I figured I just didn't remember the spine correctly.
So I grabbed some diffrent arrows and it was shooting better but the bow just didnt seem right.???
:idea: Check the brace height you idiot! :? :oops:
Was about an inch and a half low.
Why was that not the first thing I would have checked?
"Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much." ~ Joni Eareckson Tada

Jamesh76
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#6 Post by stumper »

That's so good shooting. Here's too a freezer full this year.
Nothing clears a troubled mind like shooting a bow.

Lawrence128
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#7 Post by Lawrence128 »

Nice group!

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#8 Post by Captainkirk »

Good info, James. As Graps has pointed out more than once, it's easy to overthink yourself and wind up moving backwards instead of forward.
Aim small, miss small!

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