I was shooting yesterday and noticed that that the metal part on my Nap drop away 2000 has noticeable marks where my blazers are hitting it. I'm assuming that this is some short of tuning issue, but id like to add that my bow is shooting dead on. Any advice that could help stop this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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2007 Hunt N Camp attendee
'07 Guardian equipped with:
Black Gold Radiant sight
Spot Hogg Whammy rest
Fuse stabilizer meta peep sight
100 grain Rage 2 blade
100 Grain Wasp Jackhammer sst
Goltip CAA Arrows
If it's on the outside where the arrow is pointing I really don't see how that could be a vane hitting it.
None the less, paper tune your bow. That will show any fletching contact right away. Also , check the vanes to see if there are any kind of marks on them. You could also powder test if you don't have access to a paper tuning rack.
I have only seen fletching contact only on the prongs and not on the rest itself.
if its the part i think your sayin that the blazers are hitting, and its hitting in the center of that piece, are you shooting with the odd vane straight down? If you are i would try flipping the arrow over so the odd is pointing up instead and see how that works. Thats how i shoot my trophy ridge and no problems at all. You may have to adjust your drop speed to get the vanes to clear the prongs but that should work fine.
Jeremy
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2008 Redhead Toxik - 68lbs, 26"
QAD Ultra-Rest
S-coil Stabilizer
Axcel Armortech HD sight
Scott Wildcat release
I shoot blazers also and was having problems with them clearing my QAD Ultra rest. Couldnt shoot cock vane straight up because not enough clearance from my cables, but vanes were hitting the rest when it was completely down. Just goes to show you that reading the directions helps, there was another launcher in the package that is an 1/8 taller and solved the problem. Made me feel pretty dumb for not reading the directions.
Yea i have the cock vane down. The arrow in the picture is just showing the peice i was talking about not where the contact is being made. The contact is being made in the center where the vane would go through the prongs. I agree with archer58. I think the cock arrow is supposed to be down for this model.
I forgot to add that bow is perfectly paper tuned and has a bullet hole when shot through the paper.
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2007 Hunt N Camp attendee
'07 Guardian equipped with:
Black Gold Radiant sight
Spot Hogg Whammy rest
Fuse stabilizer meta peep sight
100 grain Rage 2 blade
100 Grain Wasp Jackhammer sst
Goltip CAA Arrows
Well if you are having contact issues your bow is not "perfectly" tuned. The paper is lying to you. You will either have to adjust the timing of your rest or raise your nocking point so the fletching clears your rest. It clearly is not getting away in time.
The rest should come to the full up position in your last inch of draw, right before you hit the wall. If it is coming up before that it is coming up too soon the rest is in contact with the arrow too long. This would defeat the purpose of having a drop a way.
Rest contact and blazers are a BAD thing. They are so stiff they have no forgiveness at all. If you can't fix it I suggest going to feathers, they can hit stuff and have very little effect on arrow flight.
Paul
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