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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: riverrat on October 28, 2015, 05:45:38 pm

Title: arrow flight questions.
Post by: riverrat on October 28, 2015, 05:45:38 pm

o.k. im a right handed shooter. arrow goes to left side of my bow i use my hand as a shelf. i draw with a 3 finger release. i have all my shoot shaft arrows spined the same. same length give or take a inch. all hit whatever target im aiming at. i have 2 arrows out of a doz. that have flight issues. 1- the rear end kicks up just about every time. the other wobbles all the way to target side to side. the rest shoot straight.ive looked them over, looking for a bend. something. but i cant find anything. any ideas? thanks Tony

Title: Re: arrow flight questions.
Post by: le0n on October 28, 2015, 06:15:43 pm

re-check the spine on those two.

they may need to be re-nocked.

shoot them with the cock feather inward and see if their flight improves.

Title: Re: arrow flight questions.
Post by: Del the cat on October 28, 2015, 06:20:30 pm

You need to hold those arrows firmly in two hands and bend the point round until it meets the nock.
That will cure any flight problems >:D
Del

Title: Re: arrow flight questions.
Post by: le0n on October 28, 2015, 06:35:40 pm

hah hah.

Title: Re: arrow flight questions.
Post by: DC on October 28, 2015, 06:41:35 pm

I had one that wouldn't shoot worth a darn. I tried changing everything. What I finally found was a bend right in front of the fletching. It wasn't a big bend but I'm guessing that being that far back it steered the arrow a bit weird. Being right in front of the fletching it didn't jump out at me when I sighted down the arrow looking for bends. Anyway that fixed it.

Title: Re: arrow flight questions.
Post by: Pat B on October 28, 2015, 07:58:52 pm

Try flipping the bad shooting arrows over, cock feather in towards the bow.

Title: Re: arrow flight questions.
Post by: riverrat on October 28, 2015, 08:12:31 pm

i use a two feather fletch. but i will  shoot them two tomorrow one way then the other to see if it changes anything. i will also recheck them for spine. its possible they could of dried more and became stiffer. it makes sense.i may try that if all fails Dell lol. Tony

Title: Re: arrow flight questions.
Post by: riverrat on October 29, 2015, 11:56:16 am

o.k. the one with the wobble side to side, after careful examination once again, i found that between the two feather fletch the shaft had a kink i thought i had gottin out but i guess i didnt do it good enough. so i unfletched it, heated over wood stove, used antler tool to bend it out. held it till it cooled. re-fletched it, shot it, no more wobble :). other one that kicks up. re checked spine. seems good.i did notice that the nock is off center just a tad. might be the issue. im going to cut it off and make a new one.ill also have to unfletch it and move the fletch up further.Tony