Anybody shoot left helical feathers or vanes?
 

Is there any difference between left and right helical fletching for a right hand shooter? Also, for you that do shoot left, do you ever have trouble with field tips or broadheads coming loose?

RE: Anybody shoot left helical feathers or vanes?
 

Loose points are the only problem I have.....I use a feather as a 3rd anchor point and LW is the only way it works. I haven' t found that the loose points are that big a deal.....I' ve never had a problem with BH at all if that is your concern.

RE: Anybody shoot left helical feathers or vanes?
 

I use left wing with 5" feathers. Works well for me and in 40 years, never really considered the point thing a problem. I' d imagine right wing would work just as well but that' s not what my fletcher is set up to do.

RE: Anybody shoot left helical feathers or vanes?
 

Heck, all I use is left helical for years now. That is, unless I am using right helical. Yes, I use both and there is no difference. NONE, get that? All I shoot is feathers, 2" for 3D and 4" for hunting.
To help with keeping those points tight just put a little bowstring wax on the threads and tighten them down. You can use the old bees wax if ya got it, cause it ain' t the right stuff for synthetic strings anyway. For that you want ML6.

RE: Anybody shoot left helical feathers or vanes?
 

It really doesn' t matter what kind of helical you use, right or left, it shouldn' t change your point of impact. The only thing is left helical will loosen your heads on contact. No big problem though. Here is a little secret for ya. I shoot left helical shield cut feathers and what I do is apply a little bowstring wax to the threads of my field points or broadheads and that is enough to keep them from working loose. You wouldn' t believe how well that works. Give it a try oops I just saw the post above me I guess BGfisher beat me to the punch.

RE: Anybody shoot left helical feathers or vanes?
 

I shoot Right fletch and my points are always coming loose[:' (]

RE: Anybody shoot left helical feathers or vanes?
 

Right versus left helical makes no difference. Just make sure you use left helical clamps for left wing feathers, and right for right.

JRW

RE: Anybody shoot left helical feathers or vanes?
 

I use left helical and am right handed. I think that it tightens the points, not the other way around. I have never had a tip come loose on me and I just finger tighten them in.