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I can't thank you all enough, especially Rangeball and Arthur P.
You're welcome
Now, I do know I have the correct spine from the tables, although I am toward the upper range of draw weights for the spine I'm using.
This is what Arthur was talking about, if you're within 5#s of the upper range, jump up to the next stiffest spine. This could be some of your issue.
Sorry, but I don't get what you all are saying about spinning the nocks. Do you mean to just spin them to some random point? Or line them up with a vane, but not the cock vane?
Or what?
Yes, just turn them a bit at a time and shoot. What you are trying to do is find the same flex from arrow to arrow, which could vary by how the arrows were manufactured and subsequently fletched. Imagine a shaft. Mark two points, on on top, one on bottom. With the top spot up, the shaft bends easily. With the bottom mark up, the shaft doesn't bend as easily. The way most carbons are made, this is what is going on, and you are trying to match the same flex so that each arrow is released as close to the exact same way as possible.
Aluminums scare me to death, in theory, because I've never used them. They scare me because I'm very susceptible to mental hexes that I put on myself, at least where archery is concerned. It's the bending issue that bugs me. I'm going to be constantly convinced that I've bent a shaft. Say I lay the bow in the car to go practice and bump the arrows lightly. I'm going to go into that practice session with the thought in the back of my mind that maybe I bent an arrow. Then if I shoot a bad arrow, I'm going to be thinking, yep it's bent. Then it all goes down hill from there. Before you know I'm a basket case, can't hit the side of barn, and throw my bow in the lake. It may sound funny, but that's my so-called brain for you.
Try tequila...
How susceptible to bending are ACCs, or is it possible? They are blended aluminum and carbon, right?
I started out with 6 ACCs over a year ago, am now down to 4. One went through a door frame then into a brick wall when I was messing with my release sensitivity (light is bad), I lost the other when I shot under a buck this year, went into thick crap and couldn't find it.
That said, if you take care of them and don't yank and twist them like crazy when removing them from 3D targets, they should last a long long time. To me, the combine the best of both worlds- Aluminum consistency and carbon durability.
It's often said that carbon's are either straight or broken. Not entirely true, they may stay pretty straight, but spine degradation is their downfall. The aluminum core of the ACC seems to take care of this issue perfectly.
Also, I'll check out the CE Terminators.
Don't remember if Arthur suggested it, but make sure you get the "selects". They are available via pro-shop only (and some mail order shops, I think), and have the tightest specs.
Good Luck
Thanks again.
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