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Old 10-24-2006, 03:37 PM
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Default RE: what's up with my Wisker Biscuit??

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Big - I was refering to the feathers getting a little scuffed, not the WB. As far as the "center shot", I'm not sure - I just took it to Gander Mt. and asked them to check the center shot (it was off a bit) - I believe it was the nock in relation to the hole in WB. As far as the nock not being 90 deg. to string, you may have something. I have noticed that some arrows look a bit "off" when nocked. I do have uni-nock on most arrows now, so that could be corrected (how do you know when exactly at 90? - eyeball? I do have the proper spine - referenced the charts when ordering (been using same arrows since I had this rig).

As Imentioned before, the bows appears to be shooting good ("appears" is the key word - flight could be messed up, but hitting correctly???). That is what makes this so strange.
Not to start anything here....but going to Gander Mountain was your first mistake

Yes you can set your nock level with just your eyes but if you aren't good at that sort of thing there are plenty of non expensive and basic tools available (even at Gander Mountain) to help you with this.

I suggest you re-mount your Biscuit making sure the center shot is center to the string. It's not as hard as you might think. The string will be off center (to the left) about 1/8-1/4of an inch from the center of the riser.

Hold the bow in your left hand like you are going to shoot it. Eye your string and place it so it divides the back edge of the riser just below your top limb pocket,(just before it starts to curve for the sight opening)then slowly move till the string is halfway between center riser and the left edge. This is approx where your string center shot is. All you need to do now is (holding the bow steady)look down through the biscuit opening. If the string is not splitting the opening down the middleadjust the Biscuittill it does. This will put you very close to having the Biscuit centered to the string and not the center of the bow.It helps if your sitting down when you are doing this. This way you can rest the lower cam on yourleg so you can be as steady as possible.

Just so we are clear, if the Biscuit opening is perfectly centered with the centerline of the bow, your arrow will be pointing to the right because on most bows the string is not centered with the bow it's off to the left slightly.....understand? Like I said that is with most bows, I believe your PSE is like this.

Next nock an arrow and hold the bow out away from you so that you are looking at it from the side. Look to see if your arrow is level. You can even put it on the floor and stand over it. Adjust the Biscuit up or down till it's level. If you can't judge things by eye good then get some basic tools.

Once that is set make sure the Biscuit itself is not tilted, it should be straight up and down. This is also done by eye.

The last thing I do is check my tiller. I measure from where the limb exits the pocket (where most bows put the information tag) to the string. I make sure both top and bottomare even or within 1/6 of an inch. You adjust tiller by turning your limb bolts. I don't know if you knew this or not so please forgive me if you do.

At this point you should be ready to do some final tuning. I have found that I have only had to make some minor adjustments from these basic settings. One of my bows (my single cam) I didn't have to touch it at all. It made bullet holes paper tuning and was perfectly lined up whenI walk back tuned.

All you need to do now is re-sight and get to shooting. I suspect your Biscuit problems will be a thing of the past.

Good Luck
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