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Old 06-28-2008 | 03:02 PM
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Everyone thank you for your replies.
SwampCollie:
1. I haven't done anything to it. Just my sight.
2. I was shooting the Gold Tips by themselves and I started to notice
that I wasn't shooting that well with them so I switched to FMJs and shot
them for a while and noticed that they shoot really good. So I switched back to the
Gold Tips and shooting didn't get any better so that's when I posted here.
3. I haven't done anything besides shooting through paper. I did try to make sure that
I don't have fletching contact so I put some baby powder on the arrow and tried to see if it was
making contact and as far as I could tell I'm not but it's really hard to see with the baby powder
I also tried carpenter's chaulk but that stuff gets on your arrows and it's hard to get it off, but I did see some
contact so I moved the nocks and that is when I tried the baby powder. I can try walk back tuning I was just afraid
that the results would not be accurate because of my arrows hitting in different spots. I'm also scared because
I don't have a lot of
experience with bow tuning so I'm afraid that changing something will make my whole bow outta wack and
it won't shoot well with the FMJs.
4. The groups with the Gold Tips aren't as tight as the FMJs and it always seems like there are two or 3 arrows that group together
and one or two arrows that go different ways. The arrows usually go high. Which I don't have this with my FMJs unless I jerk the shot or something.
I can't really tell if they are fishtailing for kicking but sometimes I noticed that some arrows stick out of the target a little sideways.

5. Please see answer 3.

I guess I picked the longer arrow for more Kenetic Energy. This may not seem like a good answer right now but it seemed like a pretty good idea at the time.
Jchapel:
What I meant by that statement was that some people shoot really well at slower speeds but when they increase the speed of there arrow
by going to a lighter arrow mistakes in form stick out more so than if they shot at the slower speeds. I know I'm nowhere near the
300s but some people don't have the gift. I hope that answers your question.
OHBowhntr:
Well that kinda sucks. I don't really wanna buy new arrows being that I just bought these ones. The archery shop helped me select
the arrows. Is there anyway that I can make these arrows work by changing the poundage or weight?
Roskoe:
I strongly agree that if something works don't change it. The problem is that the FMJ are pretty expensive. I bought them at first
thinking I would give them a try and then I found out that they can bend. I really thought they didn't bend, and so far I've broken one, lost one and bent a couple but I am
keeping that solution open.

So is there a way that I can make these Gold Tips work or am I just SOL? If you have anymore questions just let me know.
Thanks again.
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