okay, as some of you might recall, i am recently a mech release shooter-to-finger shooter convert. (don't hold that against me.
j/k) anyway, to the problem at hand...the last couple of months i have been primarily working on the mechanics of finger shooting, namely the actual release. i feel like i have it down pretty well now. i am using a split-finger hold (one finger above, two below) and am using back tension and relaxing the fingers at the same time to let the arrow "escape" (thanks arthur!
) anyway, since i feel i have the release down, i began tuning my bow tonight. well, here is my set-up: 67#, 29" arrow, xx75 2315 or 2317, 125 gr. tip. (i wasn't sure which spine i would have to have as tuning with fingers is new to me.) i am tuning through paper...so, i grab the 2317 and fire it through the paper...nock high-right tear...hmmm...right tear is indicitive of a stiff spine for fingers according to my old easton tuning guide. high tear is due to high nocking point. no problem. next i grab the 2315 to see if i can get rid of the right tear. i fire away. sure enough, only a high tear now. (although, i figured the 2315 would be a bit weak for my set-up. anyone agree?) so, i begin to move the nock down and down and down...nothing but the same high tear. hmmm...okay just to see what happens i start moving the nock back up...result-same high tear...grrrr...now i'm getting frustrated. okay, so what gives? [:@] when shooting a release i have never had problems tuning my bow. now that i have gone to fingers, i have problems. now, here is another little tidbit, i'm using the wb for my rest. i know guys that shoot fingers with the wb and have really good arrow flight. i really liked this rest with my mech release and definately want to keep it. (so, please don't tell me to ditch the wb.) so, does anyone have any idea what is causing this? could there be some kind of nock pinch going on with my holding method? (bow is 34" ata, yeah, kind of short for a finger shooter. [8D]) i know for a release shooter sometimes a nock high tear is due to weak spine, but that isn't the case for a finger shooter, is it?
please, HELP!