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Old 06-28-2006 | 08:24 AM
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Default RE: paper tuning question

ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65

Hi Rick, check out this link. It explains center shot pretty well. I wouldn't suggest their way of finding center shot however. One thing that hasto always be assumed is that the individual doing the tune is very consistant,and that there is no torquing issues at full draw. Ofcourse that is never 100% with a person.

http://www.skookumarchers.com/Archery%20Library/Compound%20Bows.htm


Anyway, how did I used to get centershot without calling the manufacturer or using one of the gizmos out today?

I know what center shot is, I am just curious as to what others consider center shot and how they find it.

I am a big proponent of walk back tuning. I will first of all set 2nd and 3rd axis on a medicine stone bow vise. Once this is done, I will first shoot a 3 arrow group @ 20 yards and then walk back to 40 yards. I will hang a plumb bob from center of the 20 yard group and then shoot with my 20 yard pin or scope setting from 40. If the arrow drops vertically and I am using a pin sight, I then go to check paper tears at 5, 10, 15, and 20 yards. If all appears well there I let it be and sight it in. If I am using a scope (like on my FITA bow) I will actually walk back tune it to 70 meters. The most I cancomfortably hold a predictable group is out to 70 meters so that is why I will go back there instead of 90 meters w/ my fita rig. The place where I do a lot of my tuning has 60 yards indoors so I can do this kind of walkback tuning so that the arrow doesn't have wind to affect flight for the majority of it.

As far as papertuning for spine..........................

I have read a lot about this, but nearly every arrow I shoot is overspined according to OnTarget2 and any chart you might see because I shoot a lot of linecutter style shafts for spots, and 3D. Specifically I shoot Pro 22's and 30X Pro's. I never see symptoms of overspine on these arrows in terms of nock right tears once my walkback tune has been completed. As a matter of fact out of the 6 different types of arrows I have made up right now for different purposes only one set is spined correctly, and that is my skinny K&K Angel 405's that I use for out to 90 meters for FITA. Do you guys actually see these types of tears for too stiff of a spine? If so, why do I not see this?

I know a lot of guys that say that spine is so critical of accuracy, however I am shooting 445-448 with34-38X's on a 3 spot vegas face right now. When I miss, I know it isn't because of the spine, it is because of a poorly executed shot.

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