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Old 09-12-2006, 08:05 PM
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JimboHunter1
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co. Maryland
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Default Problem tuning bow- any suggestions?

The last few times I've gone out shooting, I have become a bit frustrated at my patterns. Earlier this season, I had several upgrades done to my 2002 Mathews Legacy, including a new cam to allow me to shoot my proper draw length, new stings and cables, and a new Ripcord fall away rest.

After getting all of this set up at my local pro shop two months ago, I got the bow paper tuned and things seemed to be fine. I was shooting decent groups and expected to only get better as bow season approaches. Shortly thereafter, I had my arrows cut down about two and a half inches because I had about 3.5 to 4 inches of overhang. After getting the arrows re-sized, I didn't havethe proshop re-tune my bow because I was assured by one of the employees at the shop that the adjustment in arrow length would not affect the tuning of the bow.

Due to my sub par groupings as of late, I decided to venture down to the basement tonight and shoot through some paper to see how the arrows were leaving the bow. It was immediately evident that I was tail low and tail left. By moving my knocking point (string loop) up the string about 1/8 inch, I quickly corrected the tail low problem. However, I've moved my Ripcord arrow rest adjustment to the right until I've run out of adjustment, and I'm STILL tail left about 1/4 inch.I've alsoexperimented by gradually working the restto the left, away from the riser, and the problem only got worse, plus I could easily see that it was out of adjustment when I moved it in that direction.

Just a few last details... I'm shooting a 28 inch draw (28.5 with my string loop), about 65 pounds, and I'm shooting GoldTip XT 5575 arrows that are 27 inches long including the knock.

I think I'm going to endup taking it back to the pro shop to have them fix it, but does anybody have any suggestions on how I can correct this?

Thanks in advance.
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