Good morning....
You all know I have the Reflex Highlander lefty model with the simple NAP Quiktune 1000 prong rest.... I have been allsetup, tuned, dead on accurate out to 30 yards. Magnus Stingers & Buzzcuts hitting with my field tips. BUT... for some reason I kept getting rippled cock vanes. So, I slightly turned my nocks so the vane would clearly pass through (or so I thought). I discovered it was still just barely brushing against the left side of the prong rest, but not causing a disturbance to arrow flight. So I re-read the tuning guide and read advice from this board and another site called "archery talk".
Long story short: I got it... I just, ever so carefully, ever so gently, nudged my prong rest (probably 1/16 of an inch - heck even 1/32" if that) to the left (closer to riser - remember I'm lefty). And double checked my alignment again.
I smeared vaseline on the left side of the black cutout on the NAP Quiktune 1000 where the cock vane would brush up against, and shot a test arrow at 20 yards. Yeah!No contact at all! The cock vane is clean and the vaseline is still there!
Now I just double checked my Magnus Stinger Buzzcuts with field tips and wish I could snap a photo of this.... Itore the fletching of the field tip arrow with the next Magnus Stinger Buzzcut arrow! I mean, OMG, I have never had arrows group that well before!!!
[8D]
Walk back tuning results (VBG Camelback pendulum locked in sighted at 20 yards):
10 yards: top ofbullseye maybe 1" high
20 yards: dead on center bullseye (tore fletching on field tip arrow)
30 yards: bottom near center bullseye, maybe 2 1/2 or 3" low.
..and the best part - NO rippled cock vanes! I finally got the NAP Quiktune 1000 adjusted properly. It's a great rest and simple to use, but can be real touchy with vane clearance.
I really wish I could post a photo of the 6 arrows in my Block 4X4, but my wife has the digital camera and is visiting her sister this weekend. Also, perhaps the reason I was able to shoot and tune my bow so well, is it was early Saturday morning, nobody is around, it's quiet, and I'm relaxed and focused on very carefully tweaking my bow. NOW I'M SET!!!! [8D]
Butch A.