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Old 12-16-2002, 10:39 PM   #1
 
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I can shoot ping-pong size groups at 15 paces when I use my wife's 30# bow. When I use a heavier bow (50#) I'm lucky if I can keep my arrows in a pie plate at the same distance. Why is that? BTW I've been shooting arrows for about 5 months now.
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Old 12-16-2002, 10:49 PM   #2
 
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I can think of a couple of possible explainations.

The first one that comes to mind is that you are overbowed with your 50lb'er and are having difficulty staying consistent in form. Are you comfortable when you shoot your heavier bow or does the lighter bow feel better to you?

It may be that your equipment isn't set up as well with the heavier bow. Your arrows may be the wrong spine for that bow. What is your arrow flight like on the heavy bow? Are the arrows fish tailing or in other words swinging from side to side during flight? Are they kicking up and down, sometimes refered to porpoising?

There may also be other things going on but these 2 would be the ones I suggest you look at first.

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Old 12-17-2002, 03:38 AM   #3
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I can't think of anything other than what Ric mentioned--have you tried a bow that is in-between (40 lbs. or so)? If so, what were the results?

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Old 12-17-2002, 08:58 AM   #4
 
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I've got a 40# bow coming in the mail. Hopefully that will shed some light on this. Thanks.
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