How "high" should it be ??

[Droptines]

When setting up my new LX with a WB rest, I could'nt remember how high up the arrow should be sitting on the rest.Just over the hole in the riser for the rest,,or right through the middle of it.Does it matter ???.

[PABowhntr]

In most cases the arrow should pass squarely over the rest mounting hole in the riser. In some cases it is necessary to mount it higher than that in order to get fletching clearance off the arrow shelf. Considering how the WB is designed I would be placing the arrow squarely across the rest mounting hole and then shoot with the cock vane pointed upwards.

[Straightarrow]

I would also suggest lining the arrow up, so it goes through the center of the hole. Any vertical adjustments I make to arrow position, are done by moving the string nocking point up or down. I use tied on string-nocks, to make this easy.

[bowhack]

does this also apply with a prong style rest????

[Rangeball]

Yes.

[CBM SC]

I agree with the others........my LX was set dead center of the berger button hole with a WB ! My Outback is shooting better with it slightly on the low side.......or nock high ! And I also shoot cock vane up !

[Arrroman]

Droptines,
The arrow should center over the berger button hole. The whisker biscuit should be parallel to the bowstring not tipped forward or backward. The arrow should fit loosely inside the biscuit not tight. You should set the bow at an even tiller and nock the arrow at 90degrees to the bowstring. The windage for the rest is often about 1/8" to the left of the centerline of the bow on most right-handed bows. You should grouptune to establish the optimum windage setting for the bow using the correct spine arrows for the bow. You can leave the nocking point at the 90degree position on the bowstring and adjust the tiller of the bow if neccessary to achieve a level arrow in the target. A nock high arrow would require that you tighten the lower limb bolt to correct the tiller and shoot a level arrow. A nock low arrow would require that you tighten the upper limb bolt to correct the tiller and shoot a level arrow. If the bow and rest are tuned in this fashion the arrow will go straight through the center of the biscuit very quickly and quietly with no wear and tear on the fletching and your broadheads and fieldpoints will probably hit the same hole. Good luck hunting!

[Droptines]

Thanks for the reply guys.At this point I'm still breaking in the string and cables,so I'm not going to make any final adjustments just yet.
Should I bare shaft test with the WB ???.It seems like the WB would/will correct any slight arrow flight problem,,thus,not showing whats going on with the arrow after the release.Am I right ??????.

[Arrroman]

Its always a good idea to bareshaft tune your bow with the correct spine arrow. It is easier to see if thebow is shooting straight when there are no fletchings on the arrow, its sort of a reverse engineering, if the arrow flys well without fletching it will fly even better with it. Good luck hunting!

[Rangeball]

...to achieve a level arrow in the target.

Arrowman, very informative response, but the above is something I've always wondered about.

How does one accomplish this if they are shooting into anything other than a new(er) rigid perfectly square to level target? Does this assume that the person is launching the arrow parallel to the ground, and aiming at the above target placed high enough to intercept the arrow at it's launch level? I shoot into an old bag target. Even when it was new, it never held an arrow in the exact position it entered in. I'd be in tuning hell if I tried to follow your good advice, but soley due to the fault of my crappy target. Hopefully

If someone does what your recommending at a target placed on the ground for instance, and tunes for a level to the ground arrow, couldn't this actually show a nock low condition? Don't know, just rambling.


On the "level with the arrow's launch target height", it would seem this would be ideal, otherwise we are possibly dropping our bow arm a bit to aim at a target lower than level. I wonder how much improvement there would be if we instead aimed/tuned level, then to shoot lower targets, bend slightly at the waist, like we should be. Perhaps we would pick up some consistency?

Oh, and what are your thoughts/experiences on the '04 brown/black biscuits?