left or right helical

[Deputy]

ok since iam a right handed shooter which do i use left or right handed helical, i have a buddy who has been using a left handed helical off his right handed set up with awesome results go figure! i use right helical since iam right handed

[c903]

Your friend' s " awesome results" are not the result of left helical being a better stabilizer than right helical; or in reverse. Although the left helical seems to be working for your friend, in general it does not matter which you use.

[benhuntin]

I use both with no difference in point of impact. ARrow rotates left... or arrow rotates right. For some reason though, with right helical my broadheads tend to loosen up on the shaft after a 10 or 15 shots.
I guess the left rotation of the arrow must do something to it.

[Arthur P]

Points loosening is not the fault of the left helical, but of the sloppy fit of the threads. I use right wing and my points all loosen up. Some a couple of turns on every shot. A little string wax on the threads will help keep ' em in place.

Unless you' re shooting a selfbow off your knuckle, then helical direction doesn' t make any difference. Left helical will take the leading end of the bottom hen feather off a right handed shooter' s knuckle, so it won' t cut the hand as it passes. If you' re shooting off the shelf it' s not a huge concern. Off an elevated rest and it' s no concern at all.

But, then... There' s that Coriolis effect that might come into play here... Where' s a physicist when you need one?

[Trushot_archer]

I' ll reiterate...doesn' t matter one way or the other. Using the drop away, you can go either way.